william From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 1138 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1912 times:
AA states the color of this new livey is suppose to remind us of the polished look. Yet not all silver liveries ar the same. The new AA livery does not look as metallic as the Jetstar silver livery paint. Even Aeroflots look more metallic than AAs.
Waiting to see the AA livery in person, but in pictures, it does not look metallic in comparison to other silver liveries. It reminds me of NWAs that used to fade so easily.
micstatic From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 762 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (2 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1158 times:
I personally have disliked these new age silver paint scheme's since they started. NW, Virgin etc. Nothing is going to look as good as bare medal, so why even try to mimic it. I know this is not true if money and airplane economics are not a factor.
spacecadet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3249 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (2 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 913 times:
Mostly different lighting between your two photos (sun in front vs. behind). Wait to see the new AA livery in person.
NW's livery also looked very grey in most photos, but was beautiful in person with the light dancing off of it.
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n729pa From UK - England, joined Jan 2011, 262 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 512 times:
I have to confess I was always a fan of the "old" AA livery, and I still like it, but twice this week I've looked up from my desk and looked out the window and seen an American 777 in the new colours landing at LHR and it's growing on me actually. I'm not sure the font is quite right as the window seem to make the "American" word seen a bit bullet ridden for the want of a better expression but it does stand out.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21464 posts, RR: 24 Reply 7, posted (2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 457 times:
Quoting micstatic (Reply 3): I personally have disliked these new age silver paint scheme's since they started. NW, Virgin etc. Nothing is going to look as good as bare medal, so why even try to mimic it.
People seem to like various shades of silver/gray metallic, at least based on the huge number of cars in those colors these days. In Europe it seems like 3 out every 4 cars on the road is some variation of silver/gray metallic. Can't think of anything more drab and boring.
n729pa From UK - England, joined Jan 2011, 262 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 413 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 7): In Europe it seems like 3 out every 4 cars on the road is some variation of silver/gray metallic. Can't think of anything more drab and boring.
I agree, but I noticed in Germany most cars are dark grey/black or blue. But I used to have a silver car......it never showed the dirt as much as other colours do, that's why I think it's popular. Dark cars show the scratches and chips more too.
Sorry to get off topic!
I do like the polished metal AA livery, perhaps because it's a nostagic throw back to the 1930s when most planes weren't painted much, and there tended to be more bare metal polished or otherwise.
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