Havocs...

[JMSmith]

here is a sample shot,

dont want to post them on here because someone took them for me when i was doing my profile, which i also post, don't laugh it was an early one when i started profiling

also whatch the wing root fairing, there were two different types, the smooth curved on and the stepped on, check which aircraft you are doing to see which was fitted

[Mangas]

do you want me to send them to you?

Can I be included in the mailing list for these too?

check which aircraft you are doing to see which was fitted

It even goes w/out saying that my 1st one'll be a Soviet VVS "ship killer":





And yes, there are tiny stencils on nose wheel detail & on spinner blade!

P.S.: I'm really struggling with temptation to work with 5k/10k pixels files from now on...

[JMSmith]

hi mangas,

send me a pm with your email addy please

[BLOWHARD]

Hey Mangas, I just noticed something you should look at. The nacelles are round, the fuselage is a flattened oval, or an elongated oval, whatever. But you have the nacelle and fuselage shaded very much the same. Maybe try making the highlight on the fuselage thinner top to bottom and nudging it up a little more? Same with the shadow only moving it down instead. I think if the shadow and highlight are thinner you'll get a more correct cross section to the fuselage. But watch that it doesn't get too flat on the side.
You've already got the solid shape down, you plane looks very substantial!

[Mangas]

The nacelles are round, the fuselage is a flattened oval, or an elongated oval, whatever. But you have the nacelle and fuselage shaded very much the same. Maybe try making the highlight on the fuselage thinner top to bottom and nudging it up a little more? Same with the shadow only moving it down instead.

Well, if this is not what you mean - -than I just don't know...



Please don't consider it a finished print... Still need to figure out what to do with panel lines, add paint chips & control surfaces ribs e.t.c...

[BLOWHARD]

Yes, that does the trick Nice weathering too!

[Mangas]

Is it only me or there's some camo spot border very slightly visible when looking closer on this photo?
I wonder what color may it be apart from standard USAAF OD/NG stuff?

http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/upload...99e0c_orig.jpg

Btw, any suggestions about any gunsight to use in the cockpit?

[Vacajun]

Mangas, beautiful work!!
Only suggestions for your consideration are: the blending of the prop shadow and highlight on the forward nacelle need to be blended. Right now the prop shadow is solid black in a highlight area. Also, maybe a different approach to shading the undersurface of the horizontal tail would be appropriate. Right now the lower leading edge shading makes it look like the leading edge of the tail is thicker than the leading edge of the wing.

Really nice job!!

[Mangas]

. Also, maybe a different approach to shading the undersurface of the horizontal tail would be appropriate. Right now the lower leading edge shading makes it look like the leading edge of the tail is thicker than the leading edge of the wing.

Thanks, mate. But it IS thicker. Because it is only a part of the wing... The thick part is far behind the engine... (I hope I understood you correctly):



P.S.: I hope you guys like my new 45-36-AH baby... Hide the ships!

P.S.2: does anybody have that standard routine "U.S. Air Forse A-20G-20... crew weight -- ... bla-bla-bla..." text for A-20?
Here it's invisible:
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.co...Havoc_Nose.JPG

[Vacajun]

No, you didn't understand me. I'm not aware of a horizontal tail leading edge that's thicker than a wing. That heavy black undershadow on the tail followed by the lighter area makes the tail look much too thick (my humble opinion).