Short Singapore

[JMSmith]

i will ignore the sillyness from you luftwaffe nutters,

i am doing it in Italian markings

right, whilst you lots were getting drunk and wishing each other happy new year, i have been slaving over a hot monitor, here is the latest update on the lewis gun, that wood effect took me hours to do



and if you believe that then your dafter than me, used a picture of dark walnut and wiggled and jiggled and thinned it down till it looked right

[BLOWHARD]

That's some nice walnut!

[JMSmith]

right,

after spending all christmas doing the gun, it's finally finished, back to work tomorrow and back to the main profile

this image is 1/3 size

[Otterkins2]

Hate to mention this me boyo, but the ammo drum is made of copper and you forgot the carry strap on top as well.

[JMSmith]

correct otter,

but they were painted black, check all the images you can find, the only one you see copper coloured are restorations i know i did not do the strap, as i told you, i was sick of the sight of it, just want to get back to the main profile

[Baron]

Hi John!

Looks sweet! You have chosen a really ugly looking plane!

One comment regarding your shadows. Have a look at the tail. The horizontal tail section makes a shadow on the fuselage. But you missed doing the shadow of the shore horizontal tail. Hope you understand what I mean!

Cheers,

[JMSmith]

hi guys,

nearly there, i hope


simon,

sorry mate i don't understand where you mean could you indicate on the image please

[Clint Mitchell]

Looking good John! Must of been damn cold and lonely out on that tail.

Clint

[Baron]

Hi John!

Attached a rework version. I think should look like this?!?



Cheers

[JMSmith]

ok simon,

i see what you mean now, so here is the reason why i have done it like i did, look at the lenght of the tailplane beyond the attachment point, then check my shadow angle, and you will see mine is in the right place, allowing for my choice of none curved shadows

your looking at a sun angle of about 11 Oclock high between plane and viewer.

also here is a small plan view to show the general layout of the beastie