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Except for ex-CAF birds, the normed color should be RAL7001 "Silbergrau"/silver-grey for the undersides. That's a light grey (non-metallic AFAIK) as Jennings already said.

I see we do agree all the way, Eduardo, as you too paint "corrogard" as some metallic color. Sure, most metals are just some shade of grey if you erase reflections. I just wanted to point out that the pic of the flying ANA 744 you show does very well have corrogarded wing bottom sides, but due to reflections they appear light grey like the rest of the wing. Regards Alex

Be careful here. Corrogard is not just a dark grey. Those corrogarded inspars vary from almost black to almost white pending on lighting conditions (reflections!). The very same ANA 744 from a different angle: http://www.airliners.net/photo/All-Nippon-Airways/Boeing-747-481/0564852/L/&sid=da4434946e79699150d20b2134c8bd2e And another ANA 744 (JA403A) shot from above: http://www.airliners.net/photo/All-Nippon-Airways/Boeing-747-481/0842282/&sid=a60ac3a6c27dd93bf51ca0807271be04 again http://www.airliners.net/photo/All-Nippon-Airways/Boeing-747-481/0767906/&sid=53907c34a8d004e2f

Hello Artur, what set are you looking for in particular? The Norm90J stencil set in 1/48 should still be available directly from AirDOC

Long time no post for me in this forum... Thought these pics might fit in this thread. Taken Lechfeld AB, Germany, June 24 2010. F-4E Terminator 2020 of the 171 Filo "Korsar" from Erhac

Not only the #2 intake. The entire vertical tail is completely different as is most vissible with the APU exhaust which has been relocated to starboard side on the M, while the B etc. had it just above #2 exhaust. IIRC the stabilizer is also different on the M - but don't quote me on that. Add to the wing roots the redesigned slats and flaps on the M - though this should be changed to acceptable results with some re-scribing of the panel lines. Technically, if you want a correct A/B/B2, the forward fuselage is the only thing that you could use from an M - if at all.

Thanks, that could well be true. I think I remember doing it 2/3 for front/aft last time. Model will be of F-WUAB, using a 1/400 metal diecast as "donor" (due to space limitations on my shelf). I'll post some pics when done.

Hi all, just have a quick question to you. I'm about to shorten an A300B2/B4 fuselage to make a B1. I already did so more than once a couple years ago but cannot find my notes anywhere and cannot remember the data. As I'm currently not able to find the data on the net or in any book (?), does somebody know the length of the fuselage sections I need to cut out front and aft of the wings? I know that the B1 fuselage is in total 2,65m shorter than the B2/B4. Thanks in advance

Great weather for shooting pictures today. :P Here's a few of them: Tornado ECR, 46+31, JaboG32, "Flying Monsters" Eurofighter, 30+30, no assignment yet [EADS/WTD61 (FlightTest)] F-4F/ICE Phantom II, 37+15, WTD61 (FlightTest) doing a nice low pass... Hope you like them.

Congrats to this great looking model! Now I'm really tempted to build one, too. Here's the real thing as it came in front of my cam last thursday - I love the sight and sound...

Fully fueled up they may bend down noticeably on the outer wing section - just the normal thing gravity does to a fueled wing. When empty, they should be almost straight. Here's a front shot of one I made a couple weeks ago - there's a really slight bend downwards, although this is barely vissible due to deployed slats:

I think one of the main reasons could be the ejection seat as well as sealing might be another important point. A sliding one might be fairly difficult to jettison - of course you could rely on a detonating fuse like on the Tornado for example ... :( . The clamshell canopy can easily be jettisoned after unlocking by simply tossing it open with the help of pneumatic driven bolts (like I know it from the F-4) in order to keep zero-zero capabilities - and of course by simply using the airflow as soon as the canopy gets unlocked when bailing out in flight.

My favourite airliner is the 707 - too bad there's only a few 707 around these days and I wish I could see some 707-120's and -320's flying again... This ex Sabena 707-329C (now a NATO TCA) got in front of my camera two weeks ago while performing some touch and goes at ETSI. I love the smoke trails and sound of those JT3D powerplants - no smoke trail behind #4 as this one was shut down on this approach Like Trevor said, cheatlines rule. My favourite livery would be South African's early 1970's scheme on a 707-344. TMA's pre-1974 scheme on 707-327C is a close 2nd. As for the 747, South Afri

That would be PW on the Finnair 757.

Could it be the legal disclaimer in question was added on later? Well anyways, the emails to the editor worked... http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/...Air+Force+One+g raffiti+tagger+admits+to+elaborate+hoax.html "Air Force One graffiti tagger admits to elaborate hoax The video purporting to show graffiti artist Mark Ecko spray painting a tag onto the side of US Air Force One presidential transport Boeing 747-200B (VC-25A) has been identified by Flightglobal readers as an elaborate fake, leading the artist himself to issue a legal disclaimer. The video purporting to show graffiti a