boeing 747-8 lufthansa top wing colour?

[pperkins]

hi all I am doing the revel Boeing 747-8 in the Lufthansa colours my question is that revel say the top of the wings are white but pics I have seen on airliners.net and others show its grey does anyone have the correct answer to which colour it is.

[pinky coffeeboat]

I see your confusion. There are some pictures that seem to show the wings as being light grey and others that show them as being white. For my rapidly progressing RV 747-8 build I will go with standard LH wing colours (white), with Revell 374 for the lower surfaces.

Jeff

Edited May 13, 2013 by pinky coffeeboat

[Kev1n]

They are white - trust me, they are.

[Kev1n]

and if it helps - courtesy of airliners.net;

[Kev1n]

and just to confirm it -

there are over 40 pages of 747-8's on a.net, inlcuding numerous of lufty's so take your time researching - your bound to find whaty you need eventually

hth

[madaboutmodels]

Nice, but i want to know something, how on earth do they get those Air to Air photos!!!!

[EmiratesFTW]

i would assume a helicopter getting an artistic photograph

[madaboutmodels]

Suppose that would make sense :-P

The shadow makes it look like it has a random blue Elevator lol.

Also look at the amount of 4x4, theirs loads of them, you can tell that's America.... :-D

[Tackleberry]

i would assume a helicopter getting an artistic photograph

Wouldn't have thought they'd allow a helicopter into the flight path of an airport and given how low the 748 looks I'd more than likely say a nearby office block or multi storey carpark with a zoom lens...

[EmiratesFTW]

they dont call it intercontinental for nothing you know...

[Jessica]

Wouldn't have thought they'd allow a helicopter into the flight path of an airport and given how low the 748 looks I'd more than likely say a nearby office block or multi storey carpark with a zoom lens...

I've seen many of these air-to-air shots from LAX. I think that there's a business there which specialises in them. They fly Cessnas parallel to the runways, far enough out that they're not interfering with the traffic, and of course are operating in the Control Zone in full contact with the Tower at all times. Most likely the pilots of the heavies are aware they're being photographed. Here's the most dramatic one I've seen, and this one's taken a few seconds later. The foreshortening from the telephoto lens is dramatically apparent in the first shot.

[Tackleberry]

I've seen many of these air-to-air shots from LAX. I think that there's a business there which specialises in them. They fly Cessnas parallel to the runways, far enough out that they're not interfering with the traffic, and of course are operating in the Control Zone in full contact with the Tower at all times. Most likely the pilots of the heavies are aware they're being photographed. Here's the most dramatic one I've seen, and this one's taken a few seconds later. The foreshortening from the telephoto lens is dramatically apparent in the first shot.

That first one is actually quite good!!!

Anyway, returning on topic - glad this subject has come up as I have a Lufthansa 748 to build as well!!!

[Jennings Heilig]

Some of that "air to air" stuff at LAX is taken from the control tower with a really long lens. I've taken some from up there myself. I was lucky enough to get a tour of the "new" (then) tower in 1996 before the FAA had even moved into it. The structure was complete, but the cab was totally empty! It's a LONG way up in the air.

[garryrussell]

Whether air to air or from the tower, the shot is a long lens so whatever it was taken from was not as close as it looks.

[madaboutmodels]

Its still a brilliant photo!

[Kev1n]

...and Lufty's wings are still white

don't forget also that the white lines up with the centre of the wing leading edge but also the trailing edge as well so it's usually lower behind the wing

[Back in the Saddle]

Resurrecting this one...

 

Are all 747-8 wings white on top or are any ‘Boeing Grey’? I’ve looked online but cant find a definitive answer!

 

Thanks.

[Team Aer Lingus]

Those pics looking like Sam Chui pics taken from R44s that you can hire from LAX they are allowed fly in the CTA along a narrow corridor pricey but I'm sure worth it 

 

I think they are Boeing grey too 😉  a conundrum like the Irish Air Corps Dauphins some people thought they were white all over not light aircraft grey on the lower parts.  787s are white though I think 😁

 

Eamonn

[modelldoc]

Checked my pictures from 2015.

Flew with an LH 747-8 and took some photos, all of the wing is light grey.

 

modelldoc

 

 

[Timo]

Since this thread began LH introduced their 2018 livery in which wings are white top and bottom.

Until then B748 wings were white on top with LH grey undersides (I sat staring at them for 8 hours going to the USA in 2017).

Cheers

Tim

[Back in the Saddle]

Sorry for the late reply - I forgot about this thread until today, when I asked myself the same question again!

 

As my build is a 'what if', I'm tempted to go with light grey wings - I think the model will have too much white on it otherwise. Plus it will be a contrast to the fuselage and a nod to the previous BA liveries.

[Abandoned Project]

2 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said:

BA liveries

Thing to remember is this thread was originally started about LH not BA and being a What-if no-one can say it's wrong. Plus the wings are constructed differently to the B787 and the A350 which have less tolerance to thermal expansion and flexing.

Edit: I would say that Boeing grey wings without coroguard will be perfectly acceptable. It's what I'm going to do with mine.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Abandoned Project