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Adam Frisch

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Cool paint job
« on: December 24, 2022, 08:06:42 am »
I know a lot of paint jobs these days are inspired by the "bandit" look that a certain unsavory Russian oligarch painted on his Falcon a few years back. But I never thought it would work on a Commander due to its lines. But a flight sim software company did a virtual paint job on one and it looks terrific! Good inspiration.

Slumming it in the turboprop world - so you don't have to.

donv

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2022, 07:33:13 pm »
Wasn't there a 1000 with a very similar paint job for a while?

Adam Frisch

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2023, 11:33:51 am »
I think it was that glass panel 1000 model with the blue interior, right?
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Bruce Byerly

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2023, 03:26:42 pm »
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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2023, 11:52:56 am »
Until he hit the deer, repainted.

Adam Frisch

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2023, 01:02:11 am »
That was a trip that story. Tells you how tough they are as he made it around the patch with half his tail gone.
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donv

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2023, 01:34:53 pm »
Yes, I see from flight aware that they went back to a more traditional paint scheme. Honestly, I think the current scheme looks better, at least to me.

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2023, 01:39:09 pm »
Because you like the classic look.  On your next paintjob Don, go back to the original 980 scheme!  So we aren't the only one in the world!

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Re: Cool paint job
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2023, 01:44:28 pm »
The problem is, my airplane was originally Bavarian Creme! I can't bring myself to do anything like that. Maybe by the time it needs to be painted again (around 2040, hopefully), earth tones will be back.