June 18, 2009 at 9:29 pm

:confused::rolleyes:
By: paulmcmillan - 29th June 2009 at 15:52
Outer yellow Roundal is 1mm too small, and whole roundal needs to be position 0.4 cm to the right.
By: BSG-75 - 29th June 2009 at 15:23
all fixed now….
You have to admit the Finnish schemes are wonderful….
By: RobAnt - 21st June 2009 at 19:25
There should be more of them. Buffalo travel in herds.
By: dailee1 - 21st June 2009 at 19:05
I really can’t see what is wrong with this picture!!
Can anyone help me!!
P.S that’s no buffalo! A DHC5 is a buffalo!!
PP.S Its a variety of cow that lives on the plains of Africa:D
By: DazDaMan - 20th June 2009 at 17:52
For those who are genuinely puzzled by Osprey’s lack of recognition skills…
They do mock up covers for all of their forthcoming books, usually created by taking the aircraft type from a previous cover and pasting it onto a generic background. In this case, they have never troubled us artists to paint a Buffalo before so the poor designer, probably on a Friday afternoon, stuck a Spitfire on the cover, switched his computer off and went down the pub…
I’ll be painting the actual cover in a couple of months’ time, just got half a dozen others to get through first…
Mark Postlethwaite
long suffering and vastly underpaid Osprey cover artist.
I did wonder, as the artwork appears over on Amazon, though to be honest I didn’t see when the book was released…
By: spitfireman - 20th June 2009 at 07:12
and don’t give us a bum ‘steer’!:D
By: Moggy C - 20th June 2009 at 06:51
Come on then Daz. It doesn’t look like anybody is going to get it. Tell us.
Moggy
By: ZRX61 - 20th June 2009 at 06:20
The left radiator appears to be missing?
By: contrailjj - 20th June 2009 at 05:30
In this case… the poor designer, probably on a Friday afternoon, stuck a Spitfire on the cover, switched his computer off and went down the pub…
well, therein lies part of the problem… I, as a designer (having nothing to do with Osprey) actually know a few things about aviation – and have designed and produced more than a handful of aviation titles – I eagerly exit my ‘office’ for the nearby watering hole, but professionalism dictates that nothing ‘wrong’ ever goes to press from my desk.
JJ
By: posart - 19th June 2009 at 18:17
5 bladed prop?? An early one in the series and not one of mine!
By: Dan Johnson - 19th June 2009 at 17:35
One ‘artwork’ fits all.:)
Mark
And they both have five bladed props! the 91 Squadron book is a keeper though. Nicely done even if the XII has a 5 bladed prop on it!
Did I mention the XII has a five bladed prop on it? 🙂
By: posart - 19th June 2009 at 13:33
For those who are genuinely puzzled by Osprey’s lack of recognition skills…
They do mock up covers for all of their forthcoming books, usually created by taking the aircraft type from a previous cover and pasting it onto a generic background. In this case, they have never troubled us artists to paint a Buffalo before so the poor designer, probably on a Friday afternoon, stuck a Spitfire on the cover, switched his computer off and went down the pub…
I’ll be painting the actual cover in a couple of months’ time, just got half a dozen others to get through first…
Mark Postlethwaite
long suffering and vastly underpaid Osprey cover artist.
By: trumper - 19th June 2009 at 13:07
:confused::rolleyes:
It’s wings are too big for the book cover,they need clipping.:D
By: BSG-75 - 19th June 2009 at 11:39
:confused::rolleyes:
That Buchon isn’t in Spanish colours:diablo: ?
Odd though, can’t see the image or book on the Osprey site but Amazon especially do show different covers (the recent Skyraider, P-36 and F4U Korean books for example) – maybe they do some artwork to show something other than a “TBC”?
By: wcfcfan - 19th June 2009 at 10:21
The real question is….will it be at Legends????
By: Mark V - 19th June 2009 at 10:02
For “other” Sky read Ocean Grey.
Here we go again. 🙂
Mark
I wasn’t going to mention that :p
By: MrBlueSky - 19th June 2009 at 09:41
Ha, that easy, there’s not any Whirlwinds in view… 😀
By: Bograt - 19th June 2009 at 09:34
No invasion stripes- all Spitfires have them…..:rolleyes:
By: Mark12 - 19th June 2009 at 09:23
I was going to mention the bit of blue “sky” between the stbd trailing edge and the fuselage, was a different colour to all the “other” sky…….
For “other” Sky read Ocean Grey.
Here we go again. 🙂
Mark
By: stuart gowans - 19th June 2009 at 08:57
I was going to mention the bit of blue “sky” between the stbd trailing edge and the fuselage, was a different colour to all the “other” sky…….