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Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 14:14
by Garry Russell
DaveB wrote:You know.. I look at pics similar to these all the time and have not noticed the size of the red square before

My eyes are open but they do not see!!
ATB
DaveB :tab:
:shock: :redface:
BTW the Comet was the same
It had a smaller tail square at first........go on DB say you noticed that and no one else had
Garry
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 14:28
by Garry Russell
Hi DB
I take it you don't have this repaint I did a while ago :huf:
It is the earliest form of BEA Red Square on the Vanguard...........before delivery the metallic bottom was painted grey and the wingtips lost the red and the red spots were removed from the tailplane.
By the beginning of September 1962 it has the larger square as well
Garry
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 14:28
by Davem2004
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 14:30
by Garry Russell
:-$
I would think the stories the same
BTW they made the Comets reg bigger as well to a size that just jammed into the fin band.
Garry
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 15:23
by DaveB
Yo GR...
But of course I have that paint. The problem is.. I don't have much in the way of AI, certainly no classic stuff so when I see them, they're on their own and thus the differences (subtle ones like that) are not so easy to spot. Anyway.. a good pilot should always be on the flightdeck, not swanning around in the etha (not that I'm a good pilot)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 15:45
by Garry Russell
Garry
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 17:32
by ianhind
BTW they made the Comets reg bigger as well to a size that just jammed into the fin band.
I think that was done so I could read them off from where I lived

Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 17:47
by Garry Russell
Would that be when you live in a tent at the end of 28 right?
Garry
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 18:42
by ianhind
I think that was done so I could read them off from where I lived
I should have added
with binoculars
to avoid Garry's comment :roll:
Posted: 10 Aug 2006, 22:14
by DaveB