Ryan_426
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This was the only photo I could find of this livery after a little bit of digging. I frankly have zero idea why this was painted on an L 1011.
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I found more info in a quick search:
Operated by American Trans Air as N190AT and leased to Aer Lingus in the late 80s/early 90s. I really thought that blue cheatline was reminiscent of Eastern Airlines livery but no... this Tristar was ex-Delta and was never operated by Eastern.
planes_on_a_shelf
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This is one of my CRP wishes
Please vote for it if you'd like it made
Personally I love this weird but nice looking hybrid - very very 80s - nostalgia
This is one of my CRP wishes
Please vote for it if you'd like it made
Personally I love this weird but nice looking hybrid - very very 80s - nostalgia
Could be a good Buchannan release
Phantom
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Today another one of my alltime favourites and one that was as important to my collecting as was the ATA TriStar, but just the other way round...
South African Airways 707-344B, "ZS-SAE"
Aeroclassics ACZSSAE (?)
released in 2008
the model:
tries to depict SAA's very short lived colors "as delivered" in the mid 1960's. Aside of minor flaws like the IATA-logo, reg on wings(?) or a white outlined Springbok on tail, the model has one glaring error: an airframe registered ZS-SAE did not exist in this livery.
Nevertheless the combination of my alltime favourite jetliner with my favourite livery keeps this one in the front line of my collection.
the real thing:
19133/538, this airframe was delivered new to SAA as ZS-EKV in January 1967 and named "Windhoek". Typically for airliners of the 1960's the airframe received quite a few livery updates and gradually transitioned to "1968" colors. SAA's entire fleet was re-registered in 1968 after reg. pattern was changed away from chronological entries. SAA's 707 fleet received ZS-SAx regs and so EKV, being the 5th 707 for SAA, was allocated ZS-SAE.
The airframe left SAA in 1977 and went through various hands and regs until it was bought by Omega Air for canibalization and flown to Davis-Monthan in 1990. Its remains were left there for more than two decades but it is reported scrapped 2013.
Here she's among her sisterships:
South African Airways 707-344B, "ZS-SAE"
Aeroclassics ACZSSAE (?)
released in 2008
the model:
tries to depict SAA's very short lived colors "as delivered" in the mid 1960's. Aside of minor flaws like the IATA-logo, reg on wings(?) or a white outlined Springbok on tail, the model has one glaring error: an airframe registered ZS-SAE did not exist in this livery.
Nevertheless the combination of my alltime favourite jetliner with my favourite livery keeps this one in the front line of my collection.
the real thing:
19133/538, this airframe was delivered new to SAA as ZS-EKV in January 1967 and named "Windhoek". Typically for airliners of the 1960's the airframe received quite a few livery updates and gradually transitioned to "1968" colors. SAA's entire fleet was re-registered in 1968 after reg. pattern was changed away from chronological entries. SAA's 707 fleet received ZS-SAx regs and so EKV, being the 5th 707 for SAA, was allocated ZS-SAE.
The airframe left SAA in 1977 and went through various hands and regs until it was bought by Omega Air for canibalization and flown to Davis-Monthan in 1990. Its remains were left there for more than two decades but it is reported scrapped 2013.
Here she's among her sisterships:
planes_on_a_shelf
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Today another one of my alltime favourites and one that was as important to my collecting as was the ATA TriStar, but just the other way round...
South African Airways 707-344B, "ZS-SAE"
Aeroclassics ACZSSAE (?)
released in 2008
the model:
tries to depict SAA's very short lived colors "as delivered" in the mid 1960's. Aside of minor flaws like the IATA-logo, reg on wings(?) or a white outlined Springbok on tail, the model has one glaring error: an airframe registered ZS-SAE did not exist in this livery.
Nevertheless the combination of my alltime favourite jetliner with my favourite livery keeps this one in the front line of my collection.
the real thing:
19133/538, this airframe was delivered new to SAA as ZS-EKV in January 1967 and named "Windhoek". Typically for airliners of the 1960's the airframe received quite a few livery updates and gradually transitioned to "1968" colors. SAA's entire fleet was re-registered in 1968 after reg. pattern was changed away from chronological entries. SAA's 707 fleet received ZS-SAx regs and so EKV, being the 5th 707 for SAA, was allocated ZS-SAE.
The airframe left SAA in 1977 and went through various hands and regs until it was bought by Omega Air for canibalization and flown to Davis-Monthan in 1990. Its remains were left there for more than two decades but it is reported scrapped 2013.
Here she's among her sisterships:
Lovely Lovely! This is one of the best looking schemes to have ever flown no doubt!
And I too try to collect as many in this scheme as I can get my hands on. Still brood over missing out on the DC-7.
I have the Av400 version of ZS-SAE - though have to look up again what scheme it carries
Phantom
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This is basically a "1968" livery but with updated (now grey) door outlines the way it was seen in the 70's.
Phantom
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Another random model from the display cabinet and a funny example for how cameras (or sometimes photographers 
) can fail to correctly reproduce purple in pictures...
Thai Airways A380-841, HS-TUA
Aviation400 AV4186
released in 2023
the model:
not much to say about AV400's A380 mould. IMO it's the best A380 mould there is and - apart from the engine inlets - a really great one. I wish I could say that about any of the other AV400 moulds.
The model has a really nice and rich purple colour however this hue is something a camera's sensor/algorithm in combination with artificial light is prone to reproduce wrong - it often displays blue. I didn't even try to correct this in my pics.
the real thing:
sn 087, first flown in March 2012 and delivered to Thai Airways in September'12, HS-TUA was the airlines first A380 and named "Si Rattana".
It however was one of the many 380s that fell victim to COVID. It had its last revenue service in March 2020 and has been in storage at Bangkok since then. The aircraft appears to be in a pretty faded state these days.
Here's HS-TUA as I photographed her on a rainy day in January 2013 while roaring down FRA's 18 on the way to BKK.
Natural light in overcast conditions works wonders for reproducing purple...
) can fail to correctly reproduce purple in pictures...Thai Airways A380-841, HS-TUA
Aviation400 AV4186
released in 2023
the model:
not much to say about AV400's A380 mould. IMO it's the best A380 mould there is and - apart from the engine inlets - a really great one. I wish I could say that about any of the other AV400 moulds.
The model has a really nice and rich purple colour however this hue is something a camera's sensor/algorithm in combination with artificial light is prone to reproduce wrong - it often displays blue. I didn't even try to correct this in my pics.
the real thing:
sn 087, first flown in March 2012 and delivered to Thai Airways in September'12, HS-TUA was the airlines first A380 and named "Si Rattana".
It however was one of the many 380s that fell victim to COVID. It had its last revenue service in March 2020 and has been in storage at Bangkok since then. The aircraft appears to be in a pretty faded state these days.
Here's HS-TUA as I photographed her on a rainy day in January 2013 while roaring down FRA's 18 on the way to BKK.
Natural light in overcast conditions works wonders for reproducing purple...
Phantom
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I came accross this Sudanese duo while digging through my storage boxes on the hunt for stuff that needs to go...
Sudan Airways 707-3J8C; ST-AFA
Aeroclassics ACSTAFA
released in 2007
Sudan Airway 707-369C; ST-AIX
Aeroclassics ACSTAIX
released in 2007
the models:
one of the many great Aeroclassics subjects sadly also with the sloppiness typical for AC. I'd have prefered these with corogard and emergency exit walkways on the wings instead of regs...
Still this livery - particularly the early "full" Sudan colors as seen on AFA - makes these really nice models.
ST-AFA depicts Sudan's full colors as seen in the later 1970's.
ST-AIX was one of several 2nd hand 707s for the airline and represents 1980's colors.
the real thing:
ST-AFA
20897/885 was delivered new to Sudan Airways in June 1974. It was the first of two 707s built for the airline. The airframe stayed with Sudan throughout its entire service life and spent its final years flying cargo. It however never received a full freighter conversion. AFA's last flight was logged in summer 2010. It's been stored (abandoned?) at Karthoum airport since then.
ST-AIX:
20068/764 was originally built for Kuwait Airways and was delivered to this airline as 9K-ACL in November 1968.
It joined Sudan Airways in January 1984 and served with the airline the following years. Sources suggest the airframe was withdrawn from use in 1992, canibalized at Karthoum and finally scraped until 2002 (?)
Sudan Airways 707-3J8C; ST-AFA
Aeroclassics ACSTAFA
released in 2007
Sudan Airway 707-369C; ST-AIX
Aeroclassics ACSTAIX
released in 2007
the models:
one of the many great Aeroclassics subjects sadly also with the sloppiness typical for AC. I'd have prefered these with corogard and emergency exit walkways on the wings instead of regs...
Still this livery - particularly the early "full" Sudan colors as seen on AFA - makes these really nice models.
ST-AFA depicts Sudan's full colors as seen in the later 1970's.
ST-AIX was one of several 2nd hand 707s for the airline and represents 1980's colors.
the real thing:
ST-AFA
20897/885 was delivered new to Sudan Airways in June 1974. It was the first of two 707s built for the airline. The airframe stayed with Sudan throughout its entire service life and spent its final years flying cargo. It however never received a full freighter conversion. AFA's last flight was logged in summer 2010. It's been stored (abandoned?) at Karthoum airport since then.
ST-AIX:
20068/764 was originally built for Kuwait Airways and was delivered to this airline as 9K-ACL in November 1968.
It joined Sudan Airways in January 1984 and served with the airline the following years. Sources suggest the airframe was withdrawn from use in 1992, canibalized at Karthoum and finally scraped until 2002 (?)
I came accross this Sudanese duo while digging through my storage boxes on the hunt for stuff that needs to go...
Sudan Airways 707-3J8C; ST-AFA
Aeroclassics ACSTAFA
released in 2007
Sudan Airway 707-369C; ST-AIX
Aeroclassics ACSTAIX
released in 2007
the models:
one of the many great Aeroclassics subjects sadly also with the sloppiness typical for AC. I'd have prefered these with corogard and emergency exit walkways on the wings instead of regs...
Still this livery - particularly the early "full" Sudan colors as seen on AFA - makes these really nice models.
ST-AFA depicts Sudan's full colors as seen in the later 1970's.
ST-AIX was one of several 2nd hand 707s for the airline and represents 1980's colors.
the real thing:
ST-AFA
20897/885 was delivered new to Sudan Airways in June 1974. It was the first of two 707s built for the airline. The airframe stayed with Sudan throughout its entire service life and spent its final years flying cargo. It however never received a full freighter conversion. AFA's last flight was logged in summer 2010. It's been stored (abandoned?) at Karthoum airport since then.
ST-AIX:
20068/764 was originally built for Kuwait Airways and was delivered to this airline as 9K-ACL in November 1968.
It joined Sudan Airways in January 1984 and served with the airline the following years. Sources suggest the airframe was withdrawn from use in 1992, canibalized at Karthoum and finally scraped until 2002 (?)
Two lovely models (despite the flaws by AC) and great pics, as always!
