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"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
UKguyInUSA Oh baby, very nice! Is that a printed image of an airport in the background that you have on your wall? give a great effect for realism. Cheers Martin
Oh baby, very nice! Is that a printed image of an airport in the background that you have on your wall? give a great effect for realism.
Cheers
Martin
Kind of. Took the picture at local airport to use as backdrop. Made two prints- one to use as the vertical backdrop. The second was of a section of the apron. I expanded that greatly in the vertical direction in my photo editor- it is used horizontally to set the plane on. Both prints, done in my 11 x 17 printer, are then mounted on foamcore.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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Nicely done as always, and well presented in the photos. Love the P-80's look, and you captured it well.
John
Beautiful! Fantastic finish and photograpy.
That's a convincing paint job. Always love the pictures and backgrounds.
What everyone else has said regarding both the model and your photography +1
Mike
Hector Berlioz
Hi,
That turned out very nice looking, you did a great job. (I really like the look of those early jets)
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That is one mighty fine looking F-80! Beautiful pictures indeed.
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Cadet Chuck Don, where did you get that nice airport backdrop? I'd like to find something similar.
Don, where did you get that nice airport backdrop? I'd like to find something similar.
Go out to your local airports. You may now need to contact airport management at some airports to do this. Shoot on sunny day, mid day, with sun about at your back. Then, when you do shoot the model against the backdrop, also have sun at your back.
Jim Barton stikpusher Very nice finish! The F-80 has those curved lines like many cars of that era that give it a "fast" look even when sitting still. Great job! That's probably why I've always loved the 1950s-era fighter jets with their lines and natural-metal finishes.
stikpusher Very nice finish! The F-80 has those curved lines like many cars of that era that give it a "fast" look even when sitting still. Great job!
Very nice finish! The F-80 has those curved lines like many cars of that era that give it a "fast" look even when sitting still. Great job!
That's probably why I've always loved the 1950s-era fighter jets with their lines and natural-metal finishes.
The airplanes of WW2 and the immediate post war era led to the introduction of aircraft derived styling themes in industrial art, especially automobiles. This introduced the "tail fin" to automobiles. The Henry Ford museum had a big art show themed about streamline styling in industrial design. GM was the leader of that movement in car design. Forget the architect/stylist/artist who introduced it into other areas (for instance, home appliances), but Raymond Lowey was a big practicioner of that, as well as freelance styling of cars for Studebaker and others.
GMorrison That sure looks nice. Where were you? When I switched from photobucket to Fotki, I was shocked how much faster it now is. I guess we just get used to bad service.
That sure looks nice. Where were you?
When I switched from photobucket to Fotki, I was shocked how much faster it now is. I guess we just get used to bad service.
In my backyard. I now take my model photos against some photo backdrops I made. Those shots were against a background at Anoka County Airport. I have three other sets of airports/airfields. Have others for cars. Model ships are harder, as I build full hull models, so I did take photos for backgrounds, but do the placement of ship models into background with photo editing software.
Nicely done Don!! I have to agree with the others here. The lines on those early jets certainly have some character behind them. Very nice job on that NMF. Thanks for sharing.
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Don,
Great job on the NMF. I love the addition of the buildings in the background of your photos.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Nice build Don! Like the pics too.
Jim
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Fantastic NMF, great photography as well.
Toshi
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Great looking Shooting Star! It looks wonderful in the sunlight. Maybe the photobucket debacle was a good thing. It sounds like we are all happier with our image hosting services now.
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Beautiful work Don! Love the finish and the way it looks in the natural daylight. I'm glad to be able to see your pictures again.
Cheers, Mark
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Looks great Don! Just as I remember them flying around as a kid. The photography looks great too.
Max
Hello Don!
That Shooting Star is lookin' good! The longer I look at them the more I like those early jets - they sure had interesting looks! Good save on the alclad.
Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
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I have finally finished my Czech Models 1:32 Chzech Models F-80C. I finally overcame my Alclad problems (see my thread in the Painting and Airbrushing forum).
I had a nice sunny morning, so I could get some good photographs (I prefer real sunlight for my photographs.
These images were posted at POSTIMAGE, which is discussed in several threads in other forums. I like it, it is pretty simple to use (right click and select copy image location when you have each individual photo selected. I am amazed at how fast the upload speed is for the images, compared to photobucket.
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