KS Ong 1 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 Stay tuned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syukri 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 U got this one too ?? Come on.......(super envy) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knasrul 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 ahhh. cant wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JianCheng 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 Time-lapse video available? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hafiz_tahir 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 yup, Time-lapse video available? like you did on MAS Retro 737-8? cant wait... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 I wish i was there :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 Looking forward to it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lock SH 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 KS Ong, Great news indeed !!! Keep them coming ........ When and what airframe next to be painted with OW livery? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abdnaim 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) http://www.airliners.net/photo/Oneworld-(Malaysia-Airlines)/Airbus-A330-323X/2220319/L/&sid=b2656e6977847375d24b7c7e50d1869b Edited February 11, 2013 by abdnaim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KS Ong 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Once again, it was a pleasure working with Malaysia Airlines again to document another historic moment, joining the oneworld alliance. Equipment used was 9M-MTE, a one and half years young, delivered August 11. Her schedule has been quite tight. Prior to painting, she underwent C check from 16 Jan till the 24. And she has to be ready for the unveiling on the 31. 24 Jan - Rub Down (This is a new plane, no paint strip required), Primer 25 Jan - White Fuselage, Tail, Winglet 26 Jan - Stenciling oneworld, logo 27 Jan - Masking, Blue and Red 28 Jan - Demask for Degrease, Clear Coat 29 Jan - Full Demask Here she is before being prep for the rub down Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knasrul 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 nice photos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KS Ong 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Rubdown It is considered to many the noisiest, one of the most tiring, tedious and time consuming process before painting an aircraft. Rub-down is literally sandpapering old paint from the fuselage using Air Sander. It works like your ordinary car polisher. Instead of sponge, the painters had to stick sandpaper at the rotating end and it uses pneumatics system instead of electric power. Size wise, it is slightly bigger than a person's hand. For MTE, the painters only rubbed down three selected areas instead of the whole aircraft. Forward fuselage (between door 1 and slightly after door 2), tail, and winglets. The reason, oneworld would want the member airline to maintain their original livery elements while adapting its logo. Back to the rub-down. It took them almost 12 hours, just to finish it as they had minimal manpower to cover a big area with a small tool. Moreover, they had to change the sandpaper every 2/3 minutes and work on a particular area for about 10-15 minutes before moving to another. They also had to use force to press the sander against the fuselage to ensure the paint is properly sand away. This is literally 'Hard Labor'. Time lapse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Nice set Ong.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samsyuri 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2013 Keep it going Ong.. Very nice pics and videos... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KS Ong 1 Report post Posted February 16, 2013 From where I left off... The painters who rubbed down MTE. Overnight, the applied primers and the next morning, MTE is ready for WHITE. All done and ready for another coat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KS Ong 1 Report post Posted February 17, 2013 Another stage that is tedious, time consuming and tiring is the stenciling, drawing and lining the masking tape process. Unlike the Retro scheme which comes with pre-mask (pre printed sticker which later can be removed), the team only had one tail logo and one oneworld template. First, they had to cut small triangle holes (side of a thumb) along the edges of the template. This is very time consuming and the gap between two holes should not be wider than a palm, especially at the sections that curves. Then, they bring up to the aircraft, measure, leveling and position correctly before drawing lines in the triangle holes. Once the lines are drawn, the painters remove the template and uses masking tapes to connect the lines. This is probably the adult version of drawing/connecting the lines. Straight lines are easy to do. But the curves, it can take quite some time to get it right. By the time they finish the tail/winglet, including wrapping, it was already sun set; and still continuing to doing the forward oneworld section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Lau 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2013 9m-mxc is going to paint one world logo,right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashmil Abd Ghani 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2013 Many thanks Ong for sharing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted February 28, 2013 When is MND gonna have 'One World' on it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted March 11, 2013 Why was the tail-logo removed and re-applied again on MTE ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S M Tang 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2013 Why was the tail-logo removed and re-applied again on MTE ? They repositioned the tail-logo. The new position of the tail logo is similar to the ones on the A380. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites