Great to see those red tanks again!!!
These tanks were painted by the 1435Flt ground crew in the couple of days before all 4 aircraft there were due to fly home from the Falklands. Must have been late 1989/early 1990, Each aircraft had different colour tanks. One red, one blue another was I seem to remember a manky yellow the other escapes my memory. The paint was scavenged in the traditional way and done without the managements knowledge. It was planned to paint the whole tank but paint and time ran out.
The first time the det EngO knew of the high jinks was when the 4 aircraft checked in as a colour, which initially confused everybody but became clear as they taxied out of the sheds.....the horror on EngO's face was fantastic to watch!!
I think there was quite a bit of flack after the aircraft got home as it was household gloss paint... not so easy to remove apparently...EngO attempted a bollocking to a bunch of hairy giggling lineys noted and taken on board...Honest gov!!!