Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Oct 21, 2014 3:30:40 GMT
Ok so, I've long faced a strange historical quandary...
Eastern got it's first DC-8-51 in 1964... a full year before the 1st hockeysticks began being painted... yet I'd never seen a picture of one in the pre-hockeystick "spear" scheme...
Then a few months ago, I finally found this picture....
N8781R in 1964
Interesting looking I thought... then I found another picture in a set i bought off ebay with a full tail on 8781R though not much view of the fuselage... so... one DC-8-51 to be painted!
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Now obviously this is an over paint of the previous owners cheatline... and when I get back from my 2 and a half weeks in the Caribbean I'll get that version painted too!
Still I quite like it myself... would of looked smashing with a gold leaf line between the red and white but... can't have everything!
Eastern got it's first DC-8-51 in 1964... a full year before the 1st hockeysticks began being painted... yet I'd never seen a picture of one in the pre-hockeystick "spear" scheme...
Then a few months ago, I finally found this picture....
N8781R in 1964
Interesting looking I thought... then I found another picture in a set i bought off ebay with a full tail on 8781R though not much view of the fuselage... so... one DC-8-51 to be painted!
HiRes1
HiRes2
HiRes3
Now obviously this is an over paint of the previous owners cheatline... and when I get back from my 2 and a half weeks in the Caribbean I'll get that version painted too!
Still I quite like it myself... would of looked smashing with a gold leaf line between the red and white but... can't have everything!
.... and .... I/we all look forward to seeing the other one later on too 