And what we can expect for a final product - this was the end result of the photoshoot back in December of 2013 when Mickey was painted. It worked well with the ground covered in snow.
Yep that's exactly what I saw. pretty much what I expected when I saw you guys talking about the Frozen plane.
At first sight from Stoney Trail I was almost thinking the passenger plane had a military escort from some reason, with a small get flying just off its wing. But that seemed too crazy.
Well over $120k for a scheme like this, which is surely among the most elaborate ever painted on an airliner. 3 weeks of work around the clock, which is 3x as long as a 737 could be painted in an ordinary scheme. I can only speculate as to the exact percentage that Disney is contributing (I heard a figure but cannot disclose it), but of note is the fact that this plane is 6 years old and would have been due for new paint anyway, so in a sense the cost of a standard paint job could be subtracted - $50k or so.
120K? I don't think that would cover a standard paint job. You're looking at 10x that amount. Materials alone would be in the 120k range. I'm sure there's some complicated partenership with Disney where the true cost will never be known, but it's not that cheap to paint an airliner.
120K? I don't think that would cover a standard paint job. You're looking at 10x that amount. Materials alone would be in the 120k range. I'm sure there's some complicated partenership with Disney where the true cost will never be known, but it's not that cheap to paint an airliner.
PPffftttt, give me a paint roller, a couple gallons of paint, a case of beer and a Saturday afternoon and I'll have that bird painted for you for well less than $120K.
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And what we can expect for a final product - this was the end result of the photoshoot back in December of 2013 when Mickey was painted. It worked well with the ground covered in snow.
I might be wrong, but I'm quite sure I saw the Wolfe Air plane trailing the new one the other day...
PPffftttt, give me a paint roller, a couple gallons of paint, a case of beer and a Saturday afternoon and I'll have that bird painted for you for well less than $120K.
I've seen your work. Real creepy man.
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120K? I don't think that would cover a standard paint job. You're looking at 10x that amount. Materials alone would be in the 120k range. I'm sure there's some complicated partenership with Disney where the true cost will never be known, but it's not that cheap to paint an airliner.
Delta has had 747's painted in standard livery for under $100k. I've been told by mx the cost of a standard repaint on an -800. It sure as heck isn't 10x that amount.
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Delta has had 747's painted in standard livery for under $100k. I've been told by mx the cost of a standard repaint on an -800. It sure as heck isn't 10x that amount.
I may have been a bit overzealous on that, I work on military aircraft where everything costs a lot more than it should.
That said, having a jet in a spray booth for 10 days or so cant be cheap, and there is a lot of materials being used there. I had heard the first Disney deal to be worth around one million. It would be reasonable that the paint alone was less.
I may have been a bit overzealous on that, I work on military aircraft where everything costs a lot more than it should.
That said, having a jet in a spray booth for 10 days or so cant be cheap, and there is a lot of materials being used there. I had heard the first Disney deal to be worth around one million. It would be reasonable that the paint alone was less.
You may have alluded to this in your "in a spray booth for 10 days" remark, but there can be more than just the cost of the actual paint job too.
If the aircraft is leased, its not making any money sitting there parked. I don't know what WJ does in regards to fleet financing, but most airlines don't have $50M cash lying around to buy a 737NG outright. If you lease a jet, its best to have it in the air as much as possible...thats how it makes money.
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