Swissair DC-8-32 registration HB-IDA KLM DC-8-30 registration PH-DCC Japan Air Lines DC-8-30 registration JA8001 US Navy Blue Angels L-1049 Constellation
Swissair and KLM DC-8's for me
Last edited by filip; 08-17-2017 at 12:41 PM.
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Thank you Filip for the info, do you happen to know the color schemes?
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Don't think so as the price is the same as the other DC-8 releases. iirc... models with GSE usually go for a few bucks more...
That's a pitty, would have loved to get some Swissair GSE. Maybe Aeroclassic can release the GSE for iconic airlines separately, like Pan Am, Lufthansa, Swissair and so on.
Hope all is well & regards from the other side of the pond.
We met back in 2015 at ARD when we shared a cup of tea and some biscuits with Trevor (rest is sole) & Malcum.
Here's a few links to some Aeroclassics/Western 1/200 Scale CP Air Douglas DC-8-41, DC-8-43 & DC-8-53 model airplanes:
Hope that this information helps.
Regards, Robert
Hi Robert, thanks for the links.I've now got myself sorted out with these "8's". I have pre-ordered the JAL and SWISSAIR from ARD. Sadly I had to pay a fortune for the CP Air and ALITALIA from Aviation Megastore. That'll teach me to take my off the ball. 275 euros for the pair shipped together!
Sadly I had to pay a fortune for the CP Air and ALITALIA from Aviation Megastore. That'll teach me to take my off the ball. 275 euros for the pair shipped together!
You are not alone... have just done exactly the same.. same two models..
€278........ Which equates to £266 when put through Paypal.... Hey ho...
I was thinking the same DC8DUDE! We need a 61 series frame with the first being a JAL Crane livery! Come on Andrew...you could not give me a Piedmont DC-3 (although I appreciate the other Piedmonts recently...). What does it take....a free filet at Don P's?
Both are very nice.. the GSE for the Alitalia is in plain poly bags.. and looks like its been played with...
I didnt notice the green being too dark, I seem to remember some discussion about that and a Herpa Viscount down at Kemption a couple of years ago...
Thing is, shots from that time, the colours are all over the place.. and ones memory plays tricks..
Whats really nice, is that there is very little tarnishing, if any, on the natural metal bits..
I agree that time and memory can play tricks, but when these aircraft were delivered (Caravelles and DC-8s), they were bright , polished and sparkly.....very impressive. No way was that Alitalia green tail the same shade/pantone reference as Aer Lingus green upon delivery. Aer Lingus is positively dull. Looking at images the green varies enormously I agree. I wonder if the darker green was introduced some years after delivery. The later more modern Alitalia scheme definitely has darker green cheat line.
Yep one or two have been quite vocal as to the Alitalia green and the colour shots from the sixties can support either claim... they might well have changed the shade.. It would kinda fit with other things Italian such as Gucci which is a darker shade.. Personally I prefer the darker shade which is why I snapped up Mr Beacom's modified Herpa Viscount..
......bit like the BEA wings, as kids we were transported regularly between London and Renfrew and I remember Vanguard wings as being mattish red... certainly not pillar box... I can remember that... cant remember what happened yesterday though...
......bit like the BEA wings, as kids we were transported regularly between London and Renfrew and I remember Vanguard wings as being mattish red... certainly not pillar box... I can remember that... cant remember what happened yesterday though...
JAL and KLM, no photo yet of the Swissair: these models are very very nice.
Ordered all 3 DC8's , I could not resist.
Andrew, please bring us the Pomair DC8 OO-TCP in the original colours.
Last edited by filip; 09-12-2017 at 09:55 AM.
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They turned out very nice indeed! Love all three of them. Hoping for a blue KLM in the future.
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Nice photo Jean Pierre. Orly doesn't look very busy. My black and white photo was one I took myself in 1961, It was a quiet day so I just strolled out to the edge of the ramp and clicked away. Happy days !
My black and white photo was one I took myself in 1961, It was a quiet day so I just strolled out to the edge of the ramp and clicked away. Happy days !
I wish I could have been around before air-travel went over the top...
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JAL DC8 sold out in a matter of hours at aviation megastore! She's very popular!
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