Mustang getting old...

[wh1skea]

My eyes are hurting working on my Mustang. I dunno how some of you can stare at a screen long enough to get as much detail as you do. But since I'm at a lull with the Mustang for now, I figured I'd start another project. Anyone care to guess what it is?

[Vigilante]

Grumman Goose?

[GrubbyFingers]

Bell 47?

[fritzie101]

spitfeuer

[Supah]

Good to know I am still the only one (outside of Ga?tan) to have noticed aviation past 1949

[SargentW]

Looks like to ole Me-109 killer of the Battle of Britain a Supermarine Spitfire which Mk? II or IV. Anyway i don't usually post and I still love the N.A, Mustang of all the WW II fighters......!

[wh1skea]

Fritzie101 and SargentW got it....its a Spitfire MkII. Sargent, I too still <3 the Mustang, although I'm more a Navy guy. (Need to look at doing some carrier aircraft profiles).

While gathering reference pics from Airliners.net, I realized how much easier it was to do it for the Mustang. It seems that once you get into the later Mks, the length of the nose increases. Once you switch from the Merlin to the Griffon engine, panel lines on the nose change. Not to mention the different shapes of the tail. This is going to be fun. At least I dont have to worry too much about a bare metal profile right now. I have 3 or 4 examples I'm thinking of profiling, but I'll share those later. More to come.

EDIT: After looking into the serial numbers of my test subjects, I must say I stated the wrong Mk. I am in fact doing the Mk.Vb.

[gamary]

Just that simple outline is already beautiful in itself. I don't think very highly of the Spitfire as far as combat performance is concerned, but I must admit it was probably the most graceful aircraft ever made. (Except for the late, steroid marks which don't look as good as the initial design IMO.