Best colour to paint the plane?

[russianthru_thesky]

Curious as to what would be the best colour to paint a plane. Everyone has white ones which are phenomonally boring, and depending on the conditions, hard to see. Was thinking of maybe Jet Black, possibly with a big silver fern emblazoned down the side and some sharks teeth on the intake...especially good for an 08-600, perhaps not easy to keep clean if its doing super tho i suspect.
What do u reckon would be the easiest colour to spot in the sky?
So many choices

[Poto]

How about 'Sky Blue';)

[russianthru_thesky]

Its amazing how many sky blue planes are actually out there!!!!
As for Pindan Red, you wouldnt be suggesting that colour for the parts of australia around say, Derby Breadvans by any chance? :D

[neville_nobody]

If you're from WA the last thing you want is a black aeroplane. :eek:

[havick]

red, with racing stripes... makes it go faster

[russianthru_thesky]

And paint some oil stain marks down the left side of the pod??

[AerocatS2A]

In my experience black looks like crap after not long. It fades and loses its gloss. Old black looks a lot worse than old white.

[PyroTek]

3 choices,

- use a reddish paint with iron oxide powder, makes your plane a nice display if any hot naked flame is put near it :P (thermite reaction) (only if the body is aluminium though)

- hot pink

- yellow, with red racing stripes

but i love your idea of the jet black with jaws :P. might make the plane a bit hot though.
maybe green/brown camo on top, and sky blue on the bottom :P

[ScottyDoo]

How about Air Superiority Grey for your "plane".....??

[PingDit]

Dayglo orange?

[Peter Fanelli]

Wrinkle finish red :}

[slackie]

...don't know about the best colour, but there are problems when larger flying schools paint ALL their aircraft of the same type with the same colour scheme...while it might look good on the ground, it makes it pretty difficult (if not impossible) to tell them apart in the air...annonymity in numbers??

[Ell85]

Zebra... then you get the best of both worlds, shiny black and long lasting white.

[high talker]

Im sure if you speak to the guys at qlink they could supply you with pink.

[russianthru_thesky]

I was thinking maybe black and yellow stripes could look interesting....bumble bee style!!

[training wheels]

Anyone know what happened to Jack (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0462650/L/)? ;)

[Paper Planes]

I once saw a cessna 208 parked out at Archerfield all decked out in black with red fire streaks. The shiny black paint made it look great. I wonder how often they wash it to keep it looking so shiny clean?

[207Wannabe]

Fluoro colours are back! You then have the choice of wearing your happy pants or parachute pants when flying!

[PyroTek]

207wannabe: Thats what i refer to as a "Raver plane" :P

how about an olden day silver look? :P

[russianthru_thesky]

I reckon those old B29s and Mustangs painted silver looked fantastic....but how much brasso would u need to keep them looking so shiny?

[cwc]

kermit green

[PyroTek]

i think the correct term is "silvo" :hmm:
hehe
well in australia it is anyway, theres silvo and brasso... one for silver and one for brass colour.. lol
we use brasso for our piano pedals, and silvo for uh.. silver candle holders and stuff...
but yeah, for one coat of silvo would be at least $200 i'd say

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Hard to go past white with a nice trim if you spend any time in the Ozzie outback!

Dr :8

PS: Hmmmm, "Sex on wings"!

http://www.fototime.com/7CFA8A3740AB3E1/standard.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Seems thats a Viagra substitute for the Dr hey?:}

J:E