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Originally posted by viking109:
Certainly is. Where was the 1st shot taken?

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The first shot was taken in New York's Upper Bay, with the arrival of the new NORWAY and departure of QE2 in 1980. A huge mural-sized version of this photo was sponsored by Kodak for quite some time, I believe in Grand Central Terminal (perhaps a different venue, New Yorkers, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

Unsure if one also was in Grand Central.

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
Norway never looked better! QE2 has that short term blue boot-topping in that pic and in the next pic it was back to red (along w/her funnel).

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QE2 had the blue boot-topping for 2 years: from her late-1978 refit to her late-1980 refit. The white funnel casing was repainted in Cunard-Red in her post-Falklands refit in July-August 1982.

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Originally posted by dmwnc1:
I remember seeing pictures of the QE2 once with tri-color 'pin-stripping' down her side between the black hull and the first row of windows in the white part. Does anyone know what time frame was that and what was the reasoning?

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The tri-colored striping was part of the ill-fated and short-lived "Project Lifestyle" that Cunard tried to infuse into QE2, making her more trendy and competitive with the cruise industry. This was in 1995, but when Carnival acquired Cunard, they quickly decreed that the ship should be in the traditional livery, intending to trade upon Cunard's history. The stripes were removed by November, 1996.

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Originally posted by Linerrich:
The tri-colored striping was part of the ill-fated and short-lived "Project Lifestyle" that Cunard tried to infuse into QE2, making her more trendy and competitive with the cruise industry. This was in 1995, but when Carnival acquired Cunard, they quickly decreed that the ship should be in the traditional livery, intending to trade upon Cunard's history. The stripes were removed by November, 199 Rich

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Originally posted by Linerrich:
This was in 1995, but when Carnival acquired Cunard, they quickly decreed that the ship should be in the traditional livery, intending to trade upon Cunard's history. The stripes were removed by November, 1996.

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What was removed much earlier was a large golden lion logo above 'CUNARD' - that may perhaps have been removed sometime in 1996. There was (is?) also the one beneath the funnel that Cunard "forgot" to remove right until the very end!

All the other Cunard ships got these stripes too, and they even appeared in the printed Cunard identity of the time (replaced around 1997 with a simpler one and then again in 1999 when Carnival "re-branded" everything including, sadly, the house flag).

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Originally posted by dougnewman:
That was also the period when QE2 had a blue hull, going back to dark grey in the same refit where the stripes disappeared.

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Originally posted by Lubber:
This I'd like to see.

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What was removed much earlier was a large golden lion logo above 'CUNARD' - that may perhaps have been removed sometime in 1996. There was (is?) also the one beneath the funnel that Cunard "forgot" to remove right until the very end!.[/QB]

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Doug are you referring to this lion?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/1430565709_31d4a32823.jpg?v=0

It was located by the observation deck on Sun Deck forward, below the bridge.

or this one at the afte end of the funnel casing?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2787978376_28197ea5d5.jpg?v=0

And this one in the pool...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3347077637_5441f0a473.jpg?v=0

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Originally posted by dougnewman:
What? QE2 with a blue hull?

Here is a photo of her with the blue hull, though unfortunately it is really difficult to tell it is blue in photos. But it was definitely a dark, rather greenish blue.

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That picture is EXACTLY what my model looks like. Very Very cool. THANKS for sharing it. I spent over 2 months putting that model together complete with magradome, and all the suites and balconies up top.working on it on average 3-4 hours a day. I miss my models. The QE2, QM2, SSUS, Lusitania, and several more incl. an almost 3' high Eiffel Tower. I stored them at a friends house in NC before I moved up to WV and havent been back to retreave them.

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
I think she also had a blue-black hull in the 1980s.

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Well, strictly speaking her hull was never black, but the color used from 1994-1999 (when she had the "speed stripes") was much bluer than the one used before or after.

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Originally posted by TampaMike:
or this one at the afte end of the funnel casing?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2787978376_28197ea5d5.jpg?v=0

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Originally posted by TampaMike:
I was always confused about the lion painted above the CUNARD name. I thought it was a Trafalgar House logo as opposed to the Cunard golden lion?

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The Trafalgar House logo consisted of three pennants.

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Originally posted by dmwnc1:
That picture is EXACTLY what my model looks like. Very Very cool. THANKS for sharing it. I spent over 2 months putting that model together complete with magradome, and all the suites and balconies up top.

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The two crests were removed from the Cunard Princess and the Cunard Countess before the vessels were sold. Both crests were put in storage on the QE2. Captain Warwick had the crest from the CP mounted on the QE2 on 01 September 1995 (see page 176 in the 3rd edition of Captain Warwick's book about the QE2) The crest was removed when Cunard changed their logo to the one currently in use. Before he was withdrawn from the QE2, Captain Warwick has one of the crests sent over to France and it was put in storage on the ship. Dring September 2004 the crest was mounted on Deck 13 by the splash pool.
In January of this year, the management approved the relocation of the crest on the bridge front and it was mounted on 16 February while the ship was docked at St Kitts.
At about the same time and prior to the QE2 and QM2 meeting up with each other at Southampton on 16 April, the other crest was mounted on QE2's bridge front.

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Originally posted by dougnewman:

All the other Cunard ships got these stripes too, and they even appeared in the printed Cunard identity of the time (replaced around 1997 with a simpler one and then again in 1999 when Carnival "re-branded" everything including, sadly, the house flag).

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