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July 21, 2004 at 12:14 am in reply to: Aviation Art – Which are your favourites? #1552575

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Since we were talking Raymond Baxter and his 602 Squadron Spit XVI TB382 in another thread, I thought I’d add this one that I really like. Baxter and his Spit on the right avoiding the church steeple.

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 10:56 pm in reply to: Charles E Brown #1552624

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Take a look at the non standard clipped wing filler inserts.

Mark

Also driving with a Griffon VI at the time so I’m not sure what it makes her other then a test bed. Not really a prototype XII anymore 🙂

Clive Gosling flew MB882, the last XII the same day for photos as well so DP845 wasn’t being used for XII work. I imagine it was geared towards Seafire XV work at that point

Clive flying MB882 for Charles Brown

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 10:40 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552636

Dan Johnson
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Thanks Dan for your reply – much appreciated! What about the Seafires? I think it is “easy” to convert a V or a IX into a Seafire II or III, no? Do you have the possibility to do the XV (Mk.XII template maybe?) or the XVII? Do you plan to work on the 21,22 and 24 templates?

I hope to do them all in time. And it’s not tough to modify them as needed, which is why an XV wouldn’t be too tough or the XVII for that matter.

The 21,22,24 will take a different template built from the ground up but I’ll get to it eventually so I can do them all.

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 10:20 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552674

Dan Johnson
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Dan,

Your profiles looks very nice – keep’em coming please! How many sort of Spitfire profiles are you able to do now? I know for sure you do the Mk.I, II, V, VIII, IX, XIV and XVI… Does it correct?

I now have templates for Mk. I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIV (high and low back, and easily made into XVIIIs), XVI(Low and high) and a PR 19.

So I can do most any of them now outside of the 21,22,24.

Dan
Can you tell it’s another day off 🙂 Sitting at the comp, doing Spits and reading the boards.

July 20, 2004 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Charles E Brown #1552676

Dan Johnson
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Got copies of his DP845/ MB882 photos from the RAF Museum. This being a scan of DP845 banking away, Clive Gosling at the controls, October 16, 1943.

Makes for a nice avatar too 🙂

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 10:08 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552715

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Just one idea to get the signwriting to conform a little more closely to the original – draw it out on a piece of paper, then scan it on your PC, adjust to taste (colours etc) and there you have it… It’s how I do markings like that in my 3d artwork.

You were right about the roundel. Another attempt 🙂

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 9:31 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552733

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Dan

Despite ‘Spitfire – Flying Legend’ I think it may be ‘Sylvia K’. Spitfire Society mag. editor, David LLoyd, has recently been in touch with Raymond Baxter with regard to an article he as written for the house magazine. If you look at your posted photo it could be a K.

As to fuselage roundels type C.1

36″, 32″, 16″ & 12″ o/diameters respectively.

Lovely stuff.

Mark

I kept looking at the photo as I’d seen your mention of Sylvia K. Of course the book says M and I couldn’t bring myself to see a K. It looks too much like an M, although I tend to take your word for it when you post something. Easy enough to fix if Mr. Baxter confirmed it as K.

I want that Spit! 🙂

Dan

July 20, 2004 at 8:32 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552753

Dan Johnson
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Hi Dan!
Great work! One thing (I know it’s a chestnut… but I am actually serious…!) are the fuselage roudels slightly out of proportion? The centre seems a little too large to me. This website has proportions listed on it (although I’m sure Mark V has better information!). http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/01UKAV/roundels/RAF_ROUNDELS.htm

Mark V has been correcting me all along. I thought I’d gotten it right, but I’m sure he’ll straighten me out if need be 🙂

Dan
Who appreciates the observations. Gotta get em right if possible.

July 20, 2004 at 8:26 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552761

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RM797 EB-E for Oscar Duck

I’d been reworking the profiles I’d done for Steve Brew’s 41 Squadron site as those were some of the first I’d done, and not up to par with where they are now.

So I had a head start on RM797 🙂

Two profiles, early and late markings.

Hope they do the trick.

Dan
Edited to replace the first two attempts with these two that have the corrected fuselage roundels.

July 20, 2004 at 8:21 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552778

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Bxter’s Kite redone

Now I know that particular Spit XVI needs to fly again 🙂

Redone profile and close up of the cockpit.

Dan
image of Baxter in Sylvia M from “Spitfire-Flying Legend” by John Dibbs and Tony Holmes. Photo is credited to Raymond Baxter

July 19, 2004 at 11:53 pm in reply to: Preserved aircraft 'Biographies' #1553502

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Those high back, clipped wing LFXVIe’s sure are pretty kites. I hope the SOC TB382 finds her way back into the skies someday in her 602 Squadron markings.

Dan

July 19, 2004 at 11:01 pm in reply to: Preserved aircraft 'Biographies' #1553545

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One published locally here in Minnesota covers a Minnesota based P51D, 9th AF survivor, Sierra Sue II.

It’s a good story with the reuniting of the wartime pilot with his Mustang etc.

I’m surprised my fellow Minnesotan, aka dj51d (also Dan Johnson) didn’t beat me to this one 🙂

Dan

July 18, 2004 at 7:22 am in reply to: The Big Show #1554740

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The book isn’t entirely accurate, there’s at least one blinding (imv) typo. Towards the end of the book (hardback P302), he is asked to lead on attack on Grossenbrode that same evening:

” ‘Synchronise you watches….. It’s 2007 hours. Engine start-up at 1815 hours’ “

There is no clarifaction regarding the “red-nosed P47” (not P51, please note – Page 98 final paragrah).

Hmmm, since the 4th never had red nosed P47s that still doesn’t work. Oh well, gonna get a copy of the new,expanded edition anyway

Still a great read.

Dan

July 17, 2004 at 1:08 am in reply to: The Big Show #1555139

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Complete & unabridged, according to the cover. From memory, it would appear to be at least twice as big, possibly more.

Parts of the text now refer to events and clarifications uncovered in the 1990’s.

There is also a number of appendices, too.

Those clarifications would be helpful as there were clearly parts where he had the time frame wrong.

Not complaining as I very much enjoyed it, but running into a red nose Mustang flown by Major Beeson on October 14, 1943 just didn’t happen. April 44 maybe but no Mustangs with the 4th in October 43. The only date that looks like it could fit would really be March 5, 1944 when Beeson got shot up a bit. Photo from “Escort to Berlin” by Fry and Ethell

Dan

July 15, 2004 at 7:35 am in reply to: Invasion stripes question. #1556538

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Dan

Some of the pictures I’m attaching all show partial fusalage stripes but it is unclear in some of them if they are full wing.

Gerry

You can tell from these that it’s from the time frame where the word came down to paint over or remove the upper wing and fuselage bands, leaving just the lower bands for the ground guys to see, so it’s late June early July.

That makes sense. But it makes little sense to leave them on the wings and not the fuselage.

Dan
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