Peter's 2019 paint thread

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

People sometimes need to understand that FS painters .... be these painters of our or other FS models .... are often "limited" in what they can do/achieve (easily) by the texture mapping designed into 3D models .... most models imposing difficulties/irregularities to greater or lesser extent.

I think you've done very well Peter

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Peter Liddell]

Ok for today's trick...

I threatened to start on there some time ago... and well, the mood hit me today... so...

N992EA, DC-9-51, Eastern Air Lines, 1978, fresh from the factory:





N992EA was the first delivered of Eastern's 9 factory fresh D95s. It became N410EA in late 1978. Eastern also had used DC-9-50s from Allegheny (8), Hawaiian (4), Swissair (2) and Austrian (3).

2 more EA DC-9-51s versions to come... Unpainted engines 1987ish (probably N415EA), and final Blue Nose 1990 (N409EA)

Then I will see about going through the DC-9-30s and DC-9-10s, there are many more versions of each of those. But considering how difficult it is to do proper metal with reflectivity on this texture layout, it won't be quickly, they will appear in small sets every so often most likely.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

Now ya talking Peter

EAL and the DC-9's .... they're just asking for an article/historic feature to be composed .... if not a feature/historic article on EAL generally

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Peter Liddell]

We shall see about that

Here's the later metal engine and more weathered metal skin version... I did N419EA 1986:





and N413EA, 1990, final blue nose scheme

[Peter Liddell]

And here, have one more for tonight... a much more unusual one...

What's wrong with these pictures?















give up?








Ok... despite appearances, that DC-9 never flew for Eastern. N901E was previously registered N9DC, it was the DC-9 prototype. It was painted up in Eastern colors for media, the only DC-9-11 so painted... though there are some glaring differences in the paint job from the real EA DC-9s like fully painted intake to reverser tip engines.

And I think I got it pretty much right:





After some time back in a less colorful livery, it became N1301T with TTA (as a DC-9-14), became Texas International, merged into Continental, then sold to Emerald Air then to Air Sur as EC-FCQ and finally to Viscount Air Services at N914LF. Broken up 1995

[Herman]

Marvelous work Peter, on all the above and some previous pages. Great (actual) image of the EAL DC-9-14.

Herman

[Peter Liddell]

Thanks Herman, though it's actually a DC-9-11

Anyways...

N8903E, 1966, delivery colors, this is a DC-9-14

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

"VERY NICE" Peter

And before anyone suggests N8903E in the 1966 EAL delivery scheme is too similar to that of the earlier presented N901E .... then be advised "they're not".

As Peter mentioned ....

N901E "never" flew with EAL.

It was simply DC-9 SHIP ONE N9DC hastily repainted into EAL livery using a water soluble solution and then given the fake registration "N901E" .... specifically for a DC-9 concept presentation to EAL officials during January 1965. It's fuselage, tail. and engine striping was much thicker than that eventually used on the first DC-9-10's delivered to EAL from 1966.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Peter Liddell]

Nov 25, 2019 20:13:04 GMT aerofoto - HJG Admin said:

"VERY NICE" Peter

And before anyone suggests N8903E in the 1966 EAL delivery scheme is too similar to that of the earlier presented N901E .... then be advised "they're not".

As Peter mentioned ....

N901E "never" flew with EAL.

It was simply DC-9 SHIP ONE N9DC hastily repainted into EAL livery using a water soluble solution and then given the fake registration "N901E" .... specifically for a DC-9 concept presentation to EAL officials during January 1965. It's fuselage, tail. and engine striping was much thicker than that eventually used on the first DC-9-10's delivered to EAL from 1966.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

Well... There are many more differences between n901e and n8903e than there will be between many of the variations coming up

A few other differences on n901e: no glare shield, smaller black spot on radome, the previously mentioned engine paint, no metal underside and registration location.

[Peter Liddell]

N8913E, 1969:

[Peter Liddell]

N8908E, 1972:

[Erik Ingram - HJG]

Great stuff, Peter! The DC-9 has long been one of my favorite aircraft, and I always love seeing all the unusual variations that crop up in service.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

So do I too .... in as much as I also like seeing EAL "properly represented" (for FS) as Peter's apparently doing

I liken it to "a revival of an old classic" .... given the historical importance of EAL

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Peter Liddell]

Well then you will both be happy to know there are at least 4 more DC-9-10s coming (late whisper, 2 bicentennials and metal... might do a couple hybrids too )... and at least 10 DC-9-30s, maybe more.

[Peter Liddell]

So, while looking for more variations of the short 9 at Eastern... I found something else

N8908E in 1979 after being sold to Republic (well actually sold to Southern who had merged into Republic by the time they were delivered). It's the silver bullet... it's the right beer now...sorry wrong thing. It's all metal, it was in the metal hockey stick with EA before it was sold. N8908E didn't last long in service bare metal, by mid 1980 it was in normal Republic nee North Central green/blue/white colors.






Note that it got a painted blue and green tailcone from another plane in the fleet, and for a short time had a solid blue tailcone (ex-Southern maybe?), but this was how it appeared for most of it's short life with a grey tailcone. Apparently the grey one fell off on the ramp at MEM while taxing in on day, then 2 weeks later the solid blue one also dropped off on landing... resulting in the donor cone with Blue/Green.