Gimme Shelter Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Ray Charles of 26 Decals and I got talking the moment the BA retro livery BOAC 747-436 landed at LHR last Month - with his website already advertised his plans to release his 1/144 sets of the BOAC 747 livery, Ray kindly sent me over a picture of his test livery in 1/200 that immediately tempted me to purchase a pair of these new laser printed sheets (one set as a spare just in case that nose wrap did not go to plan on my first attempt) Arriving just a day or so later, the set is really very nice and includes all you need with the exception of the white rectangular bars that sit above the BOAC logo block on each side of the 4 Rollers. I am in the process of producing some white decals for these which will be applied above the BOAC engine logo. I could have masked and painted them but I felt it quicker to use decals. I have used Contrails resin 1/200 RB211 engines for the model. All in all - I thoroughly recommend Ray's 1/200 decal set. The pictures below show her before I added the correct satellite pan and made some alterations to the top antenna placements. Gold is not a forgiving colour to print out in 4 colour process LaserJet so I intend also to produce my own golden Speedbird tail logo decals this week Keep Calm and Bo-wac On... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Looking forward to seeing that in the flesh in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Apparently the 747 will retain their retro schemes up to retirement of the type. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 56 minutes ago, Eric Mc said: Looking forward to seeing that in the flesh in the not too distant future. club night next month Eric or at Yeovil on Saturday - it's going to both see you soon - J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Won't be at Yeovil this weekend as I am helping with a production of "Evita" at Princes Hall, Aldershot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Eric Mc said: Yeovil Don't cry for me Somerset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I was thinking more on the lines of "Oh What a Circus, Oh What a Show". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovis Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is there not a time limit on what can be termed as "retro"? The 747 in Landor is beautiful, but seriously, Landor "retro"? Is last season's football shirt retro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It's over 20 years since the Landor scheme was dropped in favour of the infamous Utopia scheme(s) of which the current Chatham Dockyard scheme is the sole survivor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Eric Mc said: It's over 20 years since the Landor scheme was dropped in favour of the infamous Utopia scheme(s) of which the current Chatham Dockyard scheme is the sole survivor. Which is a shame, because a lot of them were way better looking than the dull and charmless Chatham offering... best, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I kind of like the Chatham scheme - which is not too far removed from the original 1974 scheme. I actually was not a fan of the Landor scheme to be honest as I thought it was rather dull and, well, grey. And I thought that the Utopia project was ill conceived (to say the least). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 11:04 PM, Eric Mc said: Erm - there is. a definite date that the present BA came into being. That is the legal date of birth of the current entity. And it is 1 April 1974. My mum was born on 21 June 1924. She is a direct predecessor of me. That does not make me 95 years old. I love the retro schemes. But I'm not impressed with the pretence that lies behind them. Dunno... that profile picture .... don’t look a day over 94..... xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich2010 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 With all the consternation about the 100 years, can no one see that all BA have done is added the booking & admin fees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26Decals Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) The Negus & Negus has been rolled out: https://www.planespotters.net/photo/934222/g-civb-british-airways-boeing-747-436 Edited March 21, 2019 by 26Decals added pic 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, 26Decals said: The Negus & Negus has been rolled out: https://www.planespotters.net/photo/934222/g-civb-british-airways-boeing-747-436 watched this from within a fluorescent jacket this morning - she is a real Queen. -x- I lurve her madly Ray - here's your new decal set finished last night John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 20/03/2019 at 16:04, Agent K said: Dunno... that profile picture .... don’t look a day over 94..... xx The picture is 14 years old - so guess what age I am now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 That model looks lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/19/2019 at 10:26 PM, hovis said: what can be termed as "retro"? It means It means backward , behind a style /fashion from the past (no time limit) But don't walk around in 2017/2018 season's shirt.. It's so last year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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