I was bored this weekend so I decided to have a crack at colourising some black and white photos of nose art from RNZAF TBF-1C Avengers. I did a couple of other photos too for practice.
I’ve not done a lot of colourising, and I don’t have Photoshop at home, just the cheap copy Paint Shop Pro 7. But one or two have turned out quite nice I thought for a quick attempt. I find it’s much harder doing people and a cluttered scene like the one of the Avenger and crews.
I got these pictures from this excellent site
http://rnzaf.hobbyvista.com/index.html
By: Dave Homewood - 17th October 2004 at 10:51
Cheers Gareth. I was most pleased with the Kiwi one, I love that nose art.
And I like the Scotsman too but I’m not sure if I did him in the right colours – can’t be too far wrong I expect. 30 Sqn had some great artwork on their Avengers.
I have been setting up a website recently for the No. 30 Sqn and S.U. Association. The chap who runs the association kindly sent me some recent newsletters which are great, lots of stories and memories from airmen. I offered to set up a wesite for them, and he’s very happy for me to do this. I might use a few colourised photos on that I think. The site is still under construction but I hope to have it all tickety-boo soon.
By: Gareth Horne - 17th October 2004 at 09:50
Very impressive Dave, just shows its the operator, not the programme that makes all the difference!
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