Paint designs

dgkirk · Post by **dgkirk** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:06 am

I just bought a damaged '54 170B and am in the process of rebuilding it. It has nice paint, but it's a rather blah medium blue on white with a so-so design. Since I'm replacing several fuselage skins and the cowling, I want to change the color and design. Will need to stay with the white since the wings and tail were not damaged and I don't want to strip them. Can anyone supply a '54 paint scheme or picture? I've got a '52 B model flying that is in the original design, but not sure what the '54 had. Any help?

I can attest to the PPonk mod as the gear didn't come out, but it did in both fwd and aft bulkheads (but no wing damage since the gear stayed put).

Also looking for a late model single door opening upper cowl if anyone knows of one.

Thanks!

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:16 pm

John Craver has a '54 in the original scheme. check out his website (Hope you don't mind me taking the liberty here, John).

http://cessna1200.tripod.com/

(his plane: http://cessna1200.tripod.com/id23.htm )

Hi plane is the February one for this year's C170 calendar and was also on the cover of the Q4 2006 170 News.

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:15 pm

Thanks Doug..... My plane had the original paint when I bought it, so it was easy to just follow the lines. I would be happy to take some detailed pictures if dgkirk wants them......

Indopilot · Post by **Indopilot** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:26 pm

I just painted a 54. The owner purchased from cessna the paint scheme blueprint. If you would like I can check with him and see if he would mind taking a photo copy of that blue print and sending it on to you. Brian
P.S he wanted Materhorn white and Takeoff Red in Jet Glow

N1478D · Post by **N1478D** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:53 pm

doug8082a wrote:John Craver has a '54 in the original scheme. check out his website (Hope you don't mind me taking the liberty here, John).

http://cessna1200.tripod.com/

(his plane: http://cessna1200.tripod.com/id23.htm )

Hi plane is the February one for this year's C170 calendar and was also on the cover of the Q4 2006 170 News.

That sure is a BEAUTIFUL airplane! And a GREAT picture!

But, those wings sure look bent!

dgkirk · Post by **dgkirk** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:54 pm

Thanks everybody for the help. I could use the photos, John and if Indopilot could get a copy of the blueprint that would be great!

Now if I could just find the upper cowl...............

Dan Kirkpatrick

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:24 am

I will take some over the weekend and email them to you....

Indopilot · Post by **Indopilot** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:05 pm

My man said no problem. PM me with your address and I will photocopy this and snailmail it to you. Brian

C170BDan · Post by **C170BDan** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:15 pm

N2865C wrote:Thanks Doug..... My plane had the original paint when I bought it, so it was easy to just follow the lines. I would be happy to take some detailed pictures if dgkirk wants them......

Still working on getting mine to shine like yours! Has to be one of the nicest B models I have ever seen. Here is one of my pics from Merced.

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:56 pm

Aw shucks..... Thanks for the complement. It was nice meeting you at Merced.

CF-HEW · Post by **CF-HEW** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:00 pm

One of my favorites from airliners.net

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1059410/L/

Is that the original color?

Post by **GAHorn** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:18 pm

The original airplane was not polished. It was natural. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.)

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:41 pm

CF-HEW wrote:
Is that the original color?

The original was just a a bit more maroon. It looked good on the paint chips, but when finished it turned out a little more red than the original.

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:50 pm

gahorn wrote:The original airplane was not polished. It was natural. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.)

Well it's looking a whole lot more "natural" right now than it did last summer..... I'll start polishing again next week...... or the week after.......or maybe the week after that

redneck · Post by **redneck** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:11 am

To dgkirk and any others: This is an old thread, but I'm trying to get original specs on painting a '52 B. I've seen lots of pix on airliners.net, but I guess my paint shop is gonna want dimensions and artwork. Anybody got anything specific on the '52 paint scheme? I'll use an off-white as the foundation color, just need the accent layout. Thanks.

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