The Southern DC3 brief was for a quality “retro” design to makeover the aircraft with the minimum of effort and cost.
As I had designed the logo for the Southern DC3 I extended my airline branding consultancy to correctly position the look of the aircraft type to fit its design-led brand strategy. The DC3 concept had to allow for the vertical stabiliser graphics to be variable, to adapt to future private aviation contracts, as a space being offered for sponsorship as part of the initial fund-raising drive and to generate on-going earnings.
Applying vinyl products to the aircraft
You don’t need special vinyl’s on aircraft types like the McDonnell Douglas DC3 as they fly below 13,000 feet and therefore the cabin is not pressurised, so the aircraft does not expand and contract as it breathes during compression and decompression.
The task of applying the vinyl product to the aircraft was carried out on a Saturday afternoon. As the signwriters and the rest of the crew involved were donating their time to apply the graphics it was a good idea for me to turn up with my camera to document the event. It was the sort of event that would make a good article in the SDC3 Trust newsletter.
Application temperature considerations
Brent and Raylene Brownlee coordinate the application of the two layers of vinyl, dark blue and metallic silver to the DC3 in precise register and to a seamlessly smooth standard of finish.
Description
Project name: Southern DC3 aircraft livery
Client (Industry): Southern DC3 Charitable Trust (Private Aviation, Travel & transportation)
Disciplines: Digital illustration / Graphic design / Production oversight
Formats: Aircraft livery
Date: April 5, 2007
Credits
Design firm: Pionair Propellor Studio (Solo in-house creative designer)
Design and Art Direction: Shaun Waugh
Signage and vinyl product application: Brent Brownlee and colleague of Art Fetiche signage
Font credits: Raceway
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