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What custom livery for a 1/48 Academy MD-500?

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  • Member since
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  • From: NW Washington
What custom livery for a 1/48 Academy MD-500?
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Friday, February 4, 2011 2:36 PM

   So, I picked up an Academy MD-500 (the ASW version) off of Ebay for $7.00.  I'm thinking of dressing it up as a civilian version, going for either a seafoam green paint scheme with NUMA markings from Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels, OR.....a white paint job with MNU markings from the movie District 9.  What do you guys think?  I don't think I've ever seen an aircraft in markings of either of these options.

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    March 2007
  • From: New york
Posted by JEFFB on Sunday, February 6, 2011 4:52 PM

I have a source for ya to check out helicopter schemes. The site is airliners.net. They have tons of  MD-500 paint jobs...You'll love the  G-JIVE  heli. I used to fly RC helicopters, and built a scale MD-500, and this was a popular place to choose paint jobs.  I actually spoke to the original painter of the heli I built!!! 

Jeff

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: New york
Posted by JEFFB on Sunday, February 6, 2011 4:56 PM

http://www.airliners.net/photo/MD-Helicopters-MD-500E/1862070/M/

Hopefully the link works....This is G- JIVE  a beautiful heli. too bad someone repainted her.....

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    March 2010
Posted by shoot&scoot on Monday, February 7, 2011 3:56 AM

Or T.C.'s helicopter from Magnum P.I.

http://magnum-mania.com/images/1_8_f_full.jpg

                                                                                         Pat.

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  • From: NW Washington
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:35 PM

  Well, I decided to go with the sea foam green NUMA paint job.  I've got a can of Krylon in that color that I'm trying to figure out how to decant later this week. 

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

  • Member since
    January 2010
  • From: Wisconsin, Appleton
Posted by autovomatic88 on Monday, March 7, 2011 12:38 PM

That is a nice paint job on that heli......... sub the blue with lime green to make a statement lol.

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