There is a reason they call it EvilBay!!! Recently saw an oil pressure gauge from ” a Spitfire, P-51, a B-17 or a B-52″ Hmmmm, didn’t know they all shared so much in common!!!! Especially jumping to the jet age with the 52!:eek:

Neil996
I do ALL of it in Photoshop, though as you can see from mine, not a “blackline” showing. For color wash in line work, it probably would be best to do the line art in Illustrator, and color it up in Photoshop. Lots of layers is best. Copy a layer before you do anything drastic. That is the wonderful thing about layers as opposed to hand painting….whoops….wash it off….start over !!

This ’17 I have been working on is not just nose art, it is full length, 36″ and high resolution. BIG file. Still tracking down rivit patterns for the aft section, tail and wing bottoms. Just takes time!

Neil996
To do profiles in Photoshop and the like, here is the rough order of business.
1. Find a good line profile of the subject you want (this may be harder than you think) It needs to bee large in pixel scale. Compare several, try to find the most accurate. Lots of reference photos help.
2. Make it BIG. Make the image 1/4 to 1/3 bigger than the final size you want to produce in the end. It is always better to make it bigger and ruduce it down a bit. Sharpens it up nicely.
3. Probably have to redraw the lines and tweak it to your desired line-weight
4. Pick a style, flat coloring or shaded coloring, black line overlay or more realistic-no black lines showing just panel edge highlights and shaddows, clean or weathered.
5. Make an extra layer on top with this outline(just black, no white. Add layers between to start “painting”.

If only it were that simple!!

Here is a bit of a project I have been working on, it is reduced by 1/3, and yes, it is HUGE.

Most of all, Have fun and try not to pull your hair out!

This the kind of time wasting activity you are talking about?

U-505 is in Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. I saw it many years ago. It was housed outdoors then. now it has a whole new indoor exhibit-opened last year. Complete except for a hole cut in the side fore and aft so tourists can walk in the front compartment, walk thru the sub enc exit the rear. They used to run the engines once a year just to do it. Don’t know if they still do that. She was captured on the hiigh seas by a US Navy boarding party after being damaged by aircraft from an escort carrier.

Here is a link

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U505/index.html

There is the recently sunk USS Oriskany, but it is a bit deep for the average diver at 130 feet to the flight deck. It was a bit of a sensation. Lots of video and even a documentary about it being done. Made it safe, taking out all the nasty bits and all.

http://www.divespots.com/scuba/spotID-330/view.divespot

Only 21 in formation! Wish I could have been there! I’ve seen 2 in formation, not quite the same effect I’m sure! Would have been nice if the guy shooting the video took his camera off auto focus, just have to wait for some better shots and vids.

I’m NOT patient….come on, get the pics up, I want to see more!!!:D 😀

Wow, almost close enough to hear the pilots grunt as they pull G’s! Never had the opportunity to shoot down at aircraft like that……Wow. Must have been a bit loud as they passed!