Paul Tuttle
Well Known Member
I was playing around on the computer doing up a few paint schemes , and put this together for a bit of fun. Thought I would share it with the group.
Ironflight said:I like it Paul! Of course, you can get away with fancy nose art....you don't have to hire someone else to paint it!
Oh...I didn't know you were building a fastback...
Paul
frankh said:my family back home in the UK would consider it VERY tacky to try to make an RV look like a Spitfire.
Not sure I can remember if British WWII aircraft got into the nose art thing, we are traditionally pretty conservative (at least until you get to know us). so that would be a little out of character.
I must say it does look pretty good though..now if we could get the eliptical wings option we would be half way there.
Frank
RatMan said:You know Frank, it's already been done and looks really great. Not tacky at all.
RV-Spitfire
I don't really know about the nose art, looks like a tribute to a page 3 girl. Now that's a pretty conservative British tradition.
Hmmm..., wasn't that Bob Hoover? I thought Chuck was shot down in his P-51.az_gila said:Snip
Chuck Yeager was shot down in one IIRC...
strahler13 said:Very good chance it was Hoover. Read his book, Forever Flying. I think Hoover crashed over a dozen planes.
az_gila said:But don't forget a lot of Spitfires were flown by Americans, and even operated by the US Army Air Corps -
Though they never got a US designation. Chuck Yeager was shot down in one IIRC...
Check the story on the the top Spitfire on this page... definitely not conservative on the nose art... and large...
gil in Tucson
I vaguely remember the last operational ones flying over our house in Liverpool when I was a kid....
but I definitely remember the Mosquitoes that replaced them -
kevinsrv7.com said:Paul,
What computer program are you using for all this? Thanks
Kevin