Now I was thinking... what is the green depending on? Airframes used to be all aluminum, thus the silver color, but what is it that makes the 747-8's fuselage green?
Moreover, if ever airlines like American, which has a "no paint" livery, were to order 747-8s, would they keep them green? Or would they have to paint them silver and then put on the actual livery?
BoeEngr From United States of America, joined Feb 2010, 312 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 6401 times:
The green is just a protective cover over the aluminum. It gets washed off in the paint hangar.
BoeEngr From United States of America, joined Feb 2010, 312 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 6330 times:
Quoting AZA330 (Reply 2): So they fly with it to avoid ruining the actual surface of the metal?
It's to protect it while in the factory. But the planes are often flown to another site for painting, so it doesn't get washed off until then and that's why sometimes you see green ones flying.
planesailing From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 802 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 5485 times:
Quoting AZA330 (Thread starter): Moreover, if ever airlines like American, which has a "no paint" livery, were to order 747-8s, would they keep them green?
The 787 fuselage is not made of aluminimum, therefore, I believe American will be painting them grey like the A300's they used to have.
FX1816 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1400 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3915 times:
Quoting planesailing (Reply 4): Quoting AZA330 (Thread starter):
Moreover, if ever airlines like American, which has a "no paint" livery, were to order 747-8s, would they keep them green?
The 787 fuselage is not made of aluminimum, therefore, I believe American will be painting them grey like the A300's they used to have.
That was only the first couple of years after that the majority of time they spent with AA, the A300's had silver paint I believe it was. So they did match the rest of the fleet and didn't have the dull grey.
NorthStarDC4M From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2804 posts, RR: 41 Reply 8, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 3512 times:
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Quoting FX1816 (Reply 7): That was only the first couple of years after that the majority of time they spent with AA, the A300's had silver paint I believe it was. So they did match the rest of the fleet and didn't have the dull grey.
The A300s were delievered in either grey or white
AA later replaced the skin panels and they were bare metal like the rest of the fleet.
AA may go for some sort of metalic paint on the 787 for a faux-metal finish... there are many paints out now that get that metal look, though more costly than flat or even regular metallic paints.
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21461 posts, RR: 24 Reply 9, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2947 times:
Quoting FX1816 (Reply 7): That was only the first couple of years after that the majority of time they spent with AA, the A300's had silver paint I believe it was.
The AA A300s were bare metal after their first few years painted. I think the AA A300s during their bare metal years are still the only Airbus aircraft ever operated without fully-painted fuselages, which is supposedly for anti-corrosion purposes. Obviously AA was able to find some way to do away with the paint wihtout any corrosion issues.
Byrdluvs747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2140 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2890 times:
Quoting NorthStarDC4M (Reply 8): AA may go for some sort of metalic paint on the 787 for a faux-metal finish... there are many paints out now that get that metal look, though more costly than flat or even regular metallic paints.
These paints are also heavier than normal paints as well. Due to the conditions that a plane is exposed to, I believe they would also require some type of "Clear-coat" to protect the metallic content in the paint itself. Otherwise, the metalic finish dulls over time. I remember reading it somewhere.
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AA will never have 747s of any kind...unless there is a big change in Management and they start growing and give AA the complete overhaul of image it desperately needs... :O Just dreaming!!!! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! AA 787s are ways away especially since there is no progress in labor talks with any of its unions; especially w/APA Pilots union.
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