Paint Paint Paint & Wild Helicopter Artwork

[NearlyStol]

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/ATT1254613.jpg
Seen anything to beat this?

[HeliTigg]

I'm not sure it beats the eagle, but i couldn't help it, its my namesake (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/367811/M/)

And i found this (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=273473&WxsIERv=TWlsIE1pLTE0&WdsYXMg=UG9sYW5kIC0gTmF2eQ%3D%3D&QtODMg=UmFkb20gLSBTYWRr83cgKEVQUkEp&ERDLTkt=UG9sYW5k&ktODMp=U2VwdGVtYmVyIDcsIDIwMDI%3D&BP=0&WNEb25u=V29qY2llY2ggS3V6aWEgW2Vwd2Ffc3BvdHRlcnNd&xsIERvdWdsY=MTAxMA%3D%3D&MgTUQtODMgKE=UmFkb20gQWlyU2hvdyAyMDAyLiBWZXJ5IG5pY2UgcGFpbnR uaWcgOik%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MTM3Ng%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMi0wOS0xMQ%3D%3D&static=yes) lying in a folder.

But i think you have a winner there NS

Tigg

[oldpinger]

Saw a Aussie navy Sea King painted up to look like the Shaguar from Austin Powers, anyone got a Photo??

[GroundGirl]

What do you think of this?

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr_2002/EagleCopter1.jpg

Any one else seen better?:ok:

[Aesir]

Really cool paint job on this Mi-24 Hind. I belive its with the Hungarian army.

I've had another pic of it as wallpaper on my home PC for almost two years now.

[Heliport]

Always strong reactions to this paint job.
It's also been posted as the worst paint job ever.

[autosync]

I think its being used for Merc Work somewhere in Africa.
Amazing piece of work in my opinion!

[Hughesy]

Cool paint job, but does it like crackers? :D

[heliheaven]

Please can anyone help????
I have a JetRanger going to be painted in the next couple of weeks and I really dont know what colours/designs to use.
What I dont want....
A boring standard 206 design!!!
What I do want....
It to look seriously smart!!!
Has anyone got any Ideas???? Or maybe you have seen a good design or better still have a picture???


Thanks :cool:

[Whirlygig]

I rather like G-HOOT - I think it is a TVR colour?

http://www.phillrawlins.com/images/g-hoot.jpg


Cheers

Whirlygig

[moosp]

The G-HOOT scheme looks like a a seriously cool Eurocopter paint that has a multicoloured pigment and a pyramid type inclusion. The result is that it changes colour depending from which direction you view it. So, for instance it looks metallic green when it approaches and metallic red once it has passed.

I know it is not your chosen make but Eurocopter have a neat interactive site for their EC 120 so you can try different paint schemes.

Can't seem to get this into HTML but you can cut and paste.

http://www.eurocopter.com/ec120/fpaint.html

Otherwise take a line drawing of your machine into a hot bar on ladies night, go up to a group of wicked looking women that look like they are in advertising, tell them you want a scheme for YOUR helicopter and ask their advice. You will get a superb design and get laid too.

[HeliEng]

G-JETX wins my vote!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/G-JETX002.jpg

It's a fantastic pearlescent colour, the photo doesn't do it justice!

[Av8r]

I agree with moosp, go with ColorShift paint.

Apparently very expensive, but then, so is your helicopter.

When its done, we want pictures.


P.S. HeliEng, re your favourite:

"...yeah sorry mate, ran out of time. Bring it back Monday and we'll finish it off!"

;)

[jellycopter]

ColourShift paints can look good, others look awful. There's a particularly dodgy looking purplish A109 flying around the UK. Also bear in mind that these paints are extremely difficult to get a good colour match if you need to get a single panel re-sprayed.

My favourite colour is Subaru World Rally Blue (paint code O2C), it's the dogs testacles. But please don't paint any stripes on it; you wouldn't have stripes painted on your car, so why on your helicopter.

J

[Hughesy]

What a mint paint job on G-HOOT!
Alot of boy racers have similar jobs on their cars here in NZ, what a waste of a paint scheme. Finally someone has used it for a decent machine! :ok: :D

[heliheaven]

Thanks guys some great ideas. G-HOOT is pretty cool but that dodgy looking A109 puts me off a bit I saw it in France! Big thanks to Moosp for the best idea, I m off to the pub to see if it works!!!

Heliheaven:ok: ;)

[imabell]

john weymouth's squirrel,


http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/paint.jpg

painted then wrapped in glad wrap, great effect.

[Bomber ARIS]

Must have been expensive if the pilot had to sell his shoes!

[StevieTerrier]

I have to agree with jellycopter. Who would want stripes on their car when they could have it painted like my little beauty??

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/StevieTerrier/car.bmp

:8

[My names Turkish]

One of my Favs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/HeliTeamSud.jpg


Or something a little bolder perhaps?

Stars N' Bars
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/StarsnStripes.jpg

[HeliEng]

How about this one??


http://www.helispot.com/images/00745.jpg


http://www.helispot.com/images/00744.jpg
And this?

http://www.helispot.com/images/02354.jpg

The elephants actually have texture! Supposedly like the feel of real elephant skin! AMAZING!

[rotorrookie]

How about to paint it like Austin Powers "Shaguar" wrap in the union jack. :ok:

"yeah baby yeah"
http://austinspad.tripod.com/images/photos/ap1/austin02.jpg

p.s. but you would have to register it as G-SHAG :p

[mini]

Can anyone give me an indication of the reasonable cost to paint & repaint a B212 prior to positioning in SE Asia? single colour.

[slowrotor]

You need to be specific about the paint prep.
Will the old paint be stripped off? Or sand and paint over?
Depends on the condition/age of the old paint.

I painted helicopters in the 1970-80's. Back then about $10000... now I can't even guess, probably more than twice that.

Make sure the painter understands and has experience with helos, very easy to permanently damage the helo in numerous ways.

slowrotor

[Ascend Charlie]

Be REAL careful about choosing an aviation painter. Simply going for the cheapest quote can lead to grief - they can sand the tops off rivets, use solvents that dissolve skins, paint over static vents and so on.

But above all, when you are talking paint, WHAT YOU PAY FOR IS WHAT YOU GET. If the only viewers are jungle bunnies, then a bit of orange peel skin won't matter.

[Ed Thrust IV]

Which country do you want the respray to be done?

[Oxen]

We at Kimetsan Aerospace and Defence Coatings Ltd, a Scottish company, can provide a waterborne 2 pack D45-AMS MO (primer) and D45-AMS (top coat) FOB Ankara (where the R&D & manufacturing is carried out) for US$68.75/litre.

Recommended total dry film, (primer and top coat) 60 microns (2.5mil). Coating coverage at 20sq/m per litre at 25.4 microns (1mil)

If your 212 is for corporate work, suggest you use D45-AMS BJ at up to 160 microns dry film, but this is purely for aesthetic reasons,
and would not be recommended for commercial aircraft as it limits available payload.

The advantages:

High (95% transfer efficiency based on 2psi spray pressure)

No Toxic chemicals, No isocyanates in Component 'B', No chromates in the primer. and low VOCs - less than 120g/l - even for the top coat.

Virually indistructable, unlike high solid coatings that chip, crack and generally no longer protect the substrate that conventional coatings used to do. And because it is not packed with extenders to lower the VOCs, as with HS coatings, it is light weight.

Proven to perform on hundreds of F-16 radomes over the past 6 years and now being evaluated by a number US aerospace organisations while the material already has a number of NATO NSNs.

Requires very little maintainance as it is anti static and hyrophilic.

e-mail [email protected] for MSDS and additional information .

[CHOPPER74]

I am interested in seeing some photos of really interesting Artwork/Designs on helicopters. Ones that really stand out. There must be some of you out there that have seen a bit of this.:ok:

[Ascend Charlie]

Like this one?

Buzz Aviation Bell 407 VH-YZZ.
This side is the beach side, on the other is the night side, with impressions of Sydney at night plus fireworks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/B407VH-YZZ.jpg
Photo by Craig Murray

[212man]

Don't have a link (surely one of the S. African guys must do?) but the De Boers (Harry Oppenheimer) EC-155 has a pretty zany scheme.

[widgeon]

http://www.wildlandfire.com/pics/heli13/ec120.jpg

Paul spring's EC120 now with Edmonton police.

http://www.safarihelicopters.com/assets/images/slides/bigisland/slide12.gif

http://www.helispot.com/images/00597.jpg

[chopperdr]

widgeon: send me a pm, have the new phoenix ec-130 jpeg, makes the 120 almost look tame. HAI went well, have some good pix. gordo, benoit, richard all there. good show, well attended.
also have heard that edmonton repainted the 120 just recently. calgary also getting a couple 120's
dr

[helidevon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/hungary.jpg

:ok:

[IntheTin]

helidevon,


Awesome pic! :ok:

[Vfrpilotpb]

The big Rooshian must get first prize!


it looks just Awesome!!

Vfr

[HeliEng]

As requested, a picture of the Oppenheimers EC155

http://www.helispot.com/images/02313.jpg



(Edited due to inability to post photos!!! :D :O )


"Mad as a mooing fish!"



It works now. ;)
Heliport

Cheers Heliport!

[whatsarunway]

looks like one of those smart cars where you can change a body panel if you dont like the colour!

or maybe im jealous:\

[212man]

Thanks HeliEng! I have to say; not its most flattering scheme!

[TangoMikeYankee]

Parked on Moreton Island

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/solitair/Tangalooma3.jpg

[Southern Cross]

I am just about to start a cosmetic refurb of my 206 and need to decide upon a paint scheme. As I am completely undecided on what to implement, if anyone who has come across any 206's in paint schemes they thought were particularly interesting / attractive / complimentary, could they post a copy here to provide me with some inspiration?

Many thanks

SC

[Barshifter]

http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/Barshifter/th_Jet_Ranger.jpg

[Bravo73]

Here's a good place to start looking:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search? (http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?engine_version=5&nr_of_rows=2247&sort_order=photo_id+desc&first_this_page=0&page_limit=120&thumbnails=&&aircraft_genericsearch=Agusta%20AB-206%20JetRanger%7CBell%20206%2F406%20JetRanger%20%28H-4%2FH-57%2FH-58%2FH-67%29%7CCommonwealth%20CA-32%20Kiowa%20%28206%29)


HTH,

B73 :ok:

[pohm1]

Why not go for something like one colour on the upper body and cowls, then another on the lower half that extends along the tail boom. :yuk: maybe add a couple of go-faster stripes as well?
Must be good, because almost every single jetranger has it!;)

Or this............
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting.com/photos/3d55a8701bab79df51b2e5068b369a3e.jpg

[i4iq]

I'd be happy to apply a scheme to a 3D Model to help with your visualisations... for a small fee!:O

[Southern Cross]

I should have mentioned that I have already trawled through Airliners.net, which covers a lot of aircraft, but as Pohm1 points out, there is a lot of similarity and not much imagination in the majority of schemes...

[Flying Bull]

Hi SC,

take a look at http://new.helionline.net/photogallery/5.html
There you find pictures from nearly every Bell, registered in Germany.

I personally like
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Rotorheads/D_HAFY.jpg

evenso ist a Agusta Bell - but it´s an eye-catcher, especial when selling pleasure flights.
Greetings Flying Bull

[Big Bucks Bernie]

Here is an eye-catching colourscheme that I reckon works really well on the Bell 407. Might not look to shabby on a Bell 206 JetRanger either:

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/0/7/3/0928370.jpg

Alternatively, an all white Bell 206 JetRanger with a stylish company logo can look extremely snazzy too:

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/8/2/4/0905428.jpg

[flint4xx]

http://www.helispot.com/images/00745.jpg

[TiPwEiGhT]

G-JETX is nice!

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/GImages/G-JETX001.jpg



TiP:ok:

[MPR]

I think these are all good conservative schemes, others might say they are a bit dated, but if it's a working machine something a bit different might not be what you are looking for.
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/54986574.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/40413562.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/40413413.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/40413426.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/56304694.jpg

Not on JetRanger's, but you could go for something very different!!!!

http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/40413418.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/40804158.jpg

If you are UK based as you profile suggests, I know a very good paintshop in the south of UK!

[Big Bucks Bernie]

Here is another rather unique colourscheme from Downunder:


http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/4/7/5/0369574.jpg



http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/3/4/5/0908543.jpg




Or these two:

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/3/9/3/0279393.jpg



http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/7/5/6/0385657.jpg



Despite all that pink in the second one, it actually is a rather classic colourscheme.

[John Eacott]

Southern Cross,

Lots of interesting colour schemes, but a couple of points to consider, before you make up your mind!

Is your machine for private or business use, and to what sort of "working" environment will it be exposed? All machines will encounter knocks and scratches during the year, some more than others, and touching up exotic schemes can be very difficult. Apart from colour matching on metallic paints (talk to any motor vehicle paint shop), there can also be clear laquer coats over better schemes, and pearl highlights on base white. Nice and pretty when new, but even rain erosion can prove a PITA long term! Lighter coloured tail booms will show exhaust stains more than dark, and detract from the overall look: just look at the pink German machine as an example. Longtitudinal stripes will make the 206 look slimmer, and an upsweep at the end of the fuselage will continue that through to the tailboom.

I've got two 206's with pearl over white + two clear coats, so I'm speaking from experience: constant problem to keep them looking good. Also, is the aircraft to be hangared, or parked outside? Hangarage will preserve the paint much longer than exposure to the elements, plus add about 10% to resale value.

Good luck :ok:

[Southern Cross]

Thanks everyone. Some interesting suggestions. It will be a working machine so needs to look corporate without being overly dated. I fully get the point about dark tailboom colour having flown a white 206 which requires more than the average amount of spit-polish... I also agree on the longitudinal swishes...basically anything that makes a 206 at least look fast has to be good right?

I think I'm getting a nice design together. When its done, I'll post back and you can all shoot it down...!

Thanks, SC.

[Sir Cumference]

Another word of advice (2 cents worth) is to stick to the manufacturer's scheme. Go to the Bell website and have a look at the latest schemes. The reason for this is that you can take a fairly old Jettie and make it look like it has just come off the production line. Whilst Bell do not offer the jazzy paint schemes, generally they have designers who look at issues like making the machine look streamlined etc.

From a resale value point of view, a standard paint scheme is one that requires 'no excuses'. You may paint a helo in a dramatic design that you love but the chances are good that a potential buyer might not share your enthusiasm. Hence possibly devaluing the machine unecessarily. Like I said earlier, my two cents worth!

SC (also)

[Choppersquad]

guys

can any one recommend a company to do a interior and repaint on a bell 206
the company would have to be based in the uk.

thanks
choppersquad.

[HeliEng]

For the paint, I would recommend Edmundson's at Thruxton, I think the telephone number is: 01264 773200. You will get a first class job, they are normally really busy and there is a long wait, but in my opinion, it is well worth it!

For the interior, Patriot Aviation at Cranfield are the Bell dealers for UK and Eire, you could give them a try. Telephone number is:- 01234 752220.

[quichemech]

Nice plug:D :rolleyes:

[nigelh]

I have just had my AS350 done by Farnborough Aircraft Interiors at Farnborough Airport...EXCELLENT and really nice guys, not expensive and the best quality leather stitching i have ever seen . Speak to Hugh.:ok:

[Hughes500]

Have had 4 of my 500's done by Edmundson - enough said. Interiors done by a local ( Exeter ) guy - Connolly leather hides on every piece of plastic for under £ 5000. The first one done 5 years ago still looks the dogs. PM me for more info

[Choppersquad]

thanks
guys for the info.
i was told flying colours for the paint job are the only people to use as a lot of the fittout shops send the machine to them anyway.your comments if possable.

choppersquad.

[Hughes500]

Edmundson at Thruxton do the "dogs" of a job, I think they must paint just about every UK helicopter.

[Southern Cross]

If you want an opinion on 206 paint job at Flying Colours, I will be able to tell you by mid June as my 206 is going in at the end of May.... From what I have heard they are excellent but I have also heard very good things about the Thruxton outfit - however Thruston tend to be very busy and they are a small team, so you would need to book a slot as early as possible.

[Choppersquad]

thank
guys

going to start ringing for costs based on the info.

choppersquad.