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Originally posted by Ozz
You know, it they got rid of the powder blue windows they wouldn't look like cheap tin toys
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They may have been cheap when they were first made, but NOT ANY MORE! And some of them have amazing detail as well.
I have a tin 747 that has black cabin windows to contrast with the blue Pan Am cheat line. However, the three upper deck windows are light blue! Go figure ...
Those manufacturers that do use blue windows probably assume that they look like the sky reflected - but, as somebody pointed out, and it may have been you, I can't remember, the windows really appear to be dark grey.
I would love a VC-10 also! Corgi models lack the superb refinement of Gemini Jets but are nevertheless attractive. Preferably one in colors other than BOAC, not because I don't love BOAC, I do! Rather, I would like something different for a change on a VC-10: BUA, MEA or
East African, for instance. I currently have one tin/plastic VC-10 and about ten diecast versions, some beautiful (Aero Mini, Play Art) and others quite weird and ghastly (M Toy, Mandarin).
BTW deja vu : Corgi sold Lintoy's British Airways VC-10 back in the 1970s, a nice model with retractable gear but decorated with stickers as well as painted detail.