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Which one to draw?

F-4 (probably C/D)
3 (33.3%)
F-105
0 (0%)
F-1/T-2
2 (22.2%)
Buccaneer
3 (33.3%)
Skyhawk
1 (11.1%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: July 19, 2018, 11:23:29 PM

Author Topic: Damian's Profiles: Skyhawk FGA.1 804 NAS  (Read 65417 times)

Offline dy031101

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Re: Damian's Profiles:A forth coming attraction :)
« Reply #50 on: August 23, 2013, 09:56:17 AM »
Martin P5M?
Forget about his bow and arrows- why wait until that sparrow has done his deed when I can just bury him right now 'cause I'm sick and tired of hearing why he wants to have his way with the cock robin!?

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Re: Damian's Profiles:A forth coming attraction :)
« Reply #51 on: August 26, 2013, 08:50:00 AM »
Seeing as there was a dealine extension on the Coulda, Shoulds GB I decided to crack on with some SAAF Hawks before moving back to my other project (US-1 Kai or HS-2). So I decided to go old school with the first profile in the Impala Mk.II scheme, which isn't NMF but a Silver paint that ends up as a matt after long enough exposure to the African sun (there's one mounted at the aitport her in PE)



The next one I went for was, of course, a mount in the Silver Falcons. I love their new scheme with the big falcon's head on the front fuselage. Now what I've done is more of "an inspired by" than a direct copy of the scheme layout found on the PC-7.



for those of you who were around may recognise this scheme because I tackled it once before in my early profile days :)



This is it for the Hawks for now, until I get more info on the T-45A/C, or until some whimsy to do something colourful bites!! 
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #52 on: August 28, 2013, 06:39:27 PM »
That Silver Falcons Hawk is a should have been! Beautiful work!

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #53 on: September 10, 2013, 11:41:19 AM »
Awesome! Look at the improvement over the years  :)
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #54 on: December 10, 2013, 05:30:20 AM »
Stay tuned for more profiling goodness right here. Busy with an Airbus A320 will be doing civie and military versions of it :)

Any thoughts o suggestions would be helpful!
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #55 on: December 10, 2013, 11:31:12 AM »
MPA variant?  AEW&C variant?
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Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #56 on: December 10, 2013, 01:25:38 PM »
Feel free to do your own take on the subject, Damian, but FAR's had the same idea on the What If forum and is pretty far along.  I just didn't want you to spend a few dozen hours working on it and then get discouraged that someone else had already gone down that same road.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23590.msg617588.html#msg617588



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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #57 on: December 10, 2013, 01:41:30 PM »
Feel free to do your own take on the subject, Damian, but FAR's had the same idea on the What If forum and is pretty far along.  I just didn't want you to spend a few dozen hours working on it and then get discouraged that someone else had already gone down that same road.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23590.msg617588.html#msg617588



Cheers,

Logan


Hehe it seems we both came up with the same solution for  the AWACs  platform.  My maritime patrol though is based off the Airbus proposal to India and in both cases feature different window arrangements. Besides how many artists do the P-51? It all comes down to one's interpretation of the subject.
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #58 on: December 10, 2013, 01:52:42 PM »
Oh, exactly.  Again, I didn't want to discourage you from doing it.  Everyone has their own style and own take on a subject.  I just know that different profilers feel differently about such things.  That's why you'll never see me do the TSR.2, for example.  Plenty of very high quality artwork on that already out there.

Cheers,

Logan

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #59 on: December 10, 2013, 02:45:24 PM »
One more Hawk for old time's sake. Here displaying our colourful flag :)

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Ok...so there are more Hawks :D
« Reply #60 on: December 23, 2013, 06:08:20 AM »
I am on leave!!!! Keep watching this space!
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Re: Damian's Profiles:McGrumman Skycat
« Reply #61 on: December 23, 2013, 07:39:00 PM »
Been stuck in something of a creative rut of late (as you may have noticed) and have been looking for something interesting. A few days ago I found it, the work of the very talented Pier Olin on deviant art http://pier-olin.deviantart.com/. After looking through everything I popped him a message to ask if I could profile some of his work and he agreed!

So here is the first, the McGrumman Skycat:

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Re: Damian's Profiles:McGrumman Skycat
« Reply #62 on: December 24, 2013, 03:17:52 AM »
Must find those Kinetic 1/48 T-45 instructions for you... :-[
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Re: Damian's Profiles:McGrumman Skycat
« Reply #63 on: December 24, 2013, 02:53:28 PM »
Must find those Kinetic 1/48 T-45 instructions for you... :-[

Hehehe it's cool. Now for the above I am think WW II USN, FAA. Post war USN, FAA, RCN and most likely other Wildcat/Hellcat users.
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Re: Damian's Profiles:McGrumman Skycat
« Reply #64 on: December 26, 2013, 01:09:16 AM »
Here's a teasrer of where I am going with this. Still have the tail, antenna and props to high light, shade and shape but it will do for now:



Oh yes changed the name of the manufacturer so that the model name makes more sense. It is now the Dougalmman F7F Skycat :)
« Last Edit: December 26, 2013, 01:11:55 AM by damian »
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Re: Damian's Profiles::Dougalmman Skycat teaser
« Reply #65 on: December 27, 2013, 09:46:50 AM »
That is wonderful !!  Love it  :-*
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Re: Damian's Profiles::Dougalmman Skycat teaser
« Reply #66 on: December 31, 2013, 08:09:16 PM »
When the Dougalmann Skycat entered service it represented what was probably the best compromise of the time between nautical and aeronautical demands in ashipboard fighter. Aesthetically unappealing to some,  what the little warplane lacked in speed compared to its contemporary land based rivals it made up for in having a good climb rate, patrol range and the sturdyness for intensive carrier ops.







I hope you like the pugnacious little fighter :)
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Dougalmman F4F/FM-1 Skycat
« Reply #67 on: January 01, 2014, 02:54:06 AM »
Different...what sort of engine does it have?
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Dougalmman F4F/FM-1 Skycat
« Reply #68 on: January 01, 2014, 07:48:29 AM »
Neato !! :)

made it a twin-engine ;) the Grumman Grunticus ...

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Dougalmman F4F/FM-1 Skycat
« Reply #69 on: January 01, 2014, 09:42:57 AM »
Different...what sort of engine does it have?

Dunno to be honest, I am going with one powered ground corporate executives (TORGO'S A MILLION AND ONE USES!) and possibly unicorn farts. So a V configuration with a blower then?
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Dougalmman F4F/FM-1 Skycat
« Reply #70 on: January 19, 2014, 12:15:21 AM »
I have been meaning to complete my series of VF-1 profiles from the show and then do the DYRL. Of the series I still have to do Myria cause I got on with Kakazaki's VF-1 :)



So not realy a whiff as such, more pure japanese sci-fi goodness. BTW I grew up with Robotech not Macross so he was always Ben Dixon to me, he taught me an important lesson, FLY FASTER!
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1A
« Reply #71 on: February 11, 2014, 10:18:22 AM »
Hi all

Started my  new project. Line art is now done after 6.5 hours. Most of that pouring over the mock ups and deciding which actual aircraft would serve as stand in parts that the mock up didn't show.



The next step is deciding on colour schemes. A SEA is on the cards for sure, perhaps ANG and AFRES (think AFRES F-105s in all those awesome schemes) and perhaps some foreign operators.
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Re: Damian's Profiles:Northrop F-102 Fang
« Reply #72 on: February 11, 2014, 10:40:00 AM »
I'd reckon that just about any scheme applied to a F-5 could be applied here; that leaves lots of room for a variety of schemes.

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Northrop F-102 Fang
« Reply #73 on: February 11, 2014, 11:18:54 AM »
Nice F-102 silhouette, like a F-16 forefather! :-*

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Re: Damian's Profiles:Northrop F-102 Fang
« Reply #74 on: February 11, 2014, 12:29:24 PM »
Looking great, damian!  I can't wait to see some of these finished!  I'm glad that blog post helped with the detail.

Cheers,

Logan