speedbird Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hi guys just a quick question hoping you chaps can clear up a bit of confusion.. I have the two six decals for the vickers viscount and I'm wanting to build one in the northeast airlines scheme. The decal instructions would have you paint the underside of the wings and tail plane yellow like the top of the fuselage but, all the photos I've found show them as being grey like the lower fuselage. Does anyone know Whitch finish is right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyguy Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hello Speedbird I've just checked some old slides.The "northeast" Viscounts certainly had Yellow applied on the undersides of the tailplanes and elevators whilst the upper and lower surfaces of the wings were light grey with bare metal leading edges that extended round the tips. Kind regards G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Cheers for that mate.... good job I checked and just goes to show one should not always believe the decal sheets.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Their Tridents had yellow wings (á la BEA's red wings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Trident under restoration at my local Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Ooooooo that looks nice.... where is that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesmodels Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) G-AOYL had yellow under the wings with metal leading edges when I saw it after painting at Rhoose. There is also a photo of G-AOYO on ebay at the moment that has yellow with metal L/E under the wings. Maybe some did and others didn't. Edited December 2, 2016 by mikesmodels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) I've just found this pic http://www.airteamimages.com/vickers-viscount_G-APEX_northeast-airlines-28uk29_159808.html that seems to show yellow under the wings or at least on the flaps...I'm confused now 😊 Edited December 2, 2016 by speedbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26Decals Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Check this out: http://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1266943 Wing undersides are yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyguy Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I have now projected the slide previously mentioned onto a white wall and yes the undersides of the wings and flaps are Yellow.Certainly, on this slide the paint appears quite dull compared to the tailplane undersides ,The airframe was G-AOYH photographed 9/72.Apologies for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 26decals you've just made my day, G-AOYO is the one on the twosix sheet and the one I want to do! jyguy no worries mate, it all worked out in the end 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 22 hours ago, speedbird said: Ooooooo that looks nice.... where is that? It's at the Sunderland air museum,the wing's and tail,engines etc are on site for a full restoration I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Ah right... might call in there next time I'm up at seaton sluice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Here's a link to my build of OYO, my favourite Viscount for what it is worth. Don't mess up the tail decals like I did but even so she still makes me smile every time I look in the cabinet. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234962717-northeast-viscount/#comment-1659431 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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