Le Taureau Qui Rit Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas of the actual colours of the livery worn by Dragon Rapides employed by Air Kruise on their cross-channel service during the 1950s. Pictures here I've managed to find a few photos but only ever in black and white. The best clue I can find is on a postcard which features a cigarette-card style painting of an Air Kruise DC-3 (see here) which (in combination with the black and white photos) suggests something like an Oxford Blue cheat line and Navy Blue lettering but I'm not sure that was also the case with their Dragon Rapides. Any information or information gratefully received. Edited July 6, 2020 by Le Taureau Qui Rit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I can't give you a direct answer but S&M Decals used to do a 1/72 sheet for Air Kruise Oxford and Rapide. AJ Aviation list it on their website http://ajaviation.co.uk/decals-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Taureau Qui Rit Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thank you. I can't seem to find an image anywhere, but at least I've now got another direction to go to investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 The Air Kruise DC 3 picture was a Roy Cross painting. Many of Roy's civil paintings appeared in a small soft back book called "Know your Airliners" in the 1950's The colours are overall Silver with a White top mid to dark Blue cheat line the with of the windows and the title in the same Blue. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Taureau Qui Rit Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 That's fantastic. Thank you very much. The Air Kruise Dragon Rapides look like they were silver overall (as far as I can tell from the photos I have seen), but I imagine the blue that Air Kruise used would probably have been constant throughout their fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 SM decal SM7267 £9.99 Rapides G-AIUS/ESR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Taureau Qui Rit Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Le Taureau Qui Rit said: That's fantastic. Thank you very much. The Air Kruise Dragon Rapides look like they were silver overall (as far as I can tell from the photos I have seen), but I imagine the blue that Air Kruise used would probably have been constant throughout their fleet. Correct! I have built an Air Kruise Dragon Rapide using the S&M decal sheet which has dark blue trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Taureau Qui Rit Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 7 hours ago, AMB said: Correct! I have built an Air Kruise Dragon Rapide using the S&M decal sheet which has dark blue trim. Excellent! Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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