1953 Cessna 195 Businessliner

[inkworm]

Such an eloquent way of saying what I've thought, thought when I've not had that luxury of a really good long distance shot, stitching several together from closer views in photoshop is an adequate second best.

[gamary]

I'm glad to see that I have arrived to the same conclusions as you guys. I still need to perfect it.

For me the biggest problem is that it's not too hard to find such pictures of small- and medium-sized modern planes, but the older or larger aircraft are tougher to document in this manner.

One of these days, I'll give it an another serious shot and I'm sure I will have more success. My last attempt dates back to a few years with the Cessna 172 IIRC and were not very successful...

[GrubbyFingers]

It begins ...

[gamary]

It begins ...

Attaboy!

[GrubbyFingers]

Progress report.

[Mangas]

Looks nice so far.
Btw, Grubby, do you have in mind to add that striking "chrome reflective" metal to this bird? I'd be happy to see it...

[BLOWHARD]

NICE!!!

[GrubbyFingers]

Thanks, Guys.
Mangas, I will be doing a polished metal bird. At least the Cessna is all the same metal, not like the Mustang!
Grubby.

[GrubbyFingers]

I don't know if you guys feel the same way, but I find I get quite attached to my subjects. I first noticed this when I did the Fairey Gannet. It was for a magazine and I was not looking forward to it at all, as I've never been a fan of British naval aircraft (Forgive me, John!) and I found the Gannet to be singularly uninspiring. As the drawing progressed and and I became more familiar with the subject, I started to see a strange muscularity and capability appear in the aircraft. I'm now quite fond of it!

The same thing is happening with this Cessna. At first I saw it as a fairly dull civil jobby, but now I find it almost breathtakingly beautiful. The round tail and the cowling in particular.

Does this happen to anyone else?





















I'll just keep taking the tablets then.

Grubby

[gamary]

I don't know if you guys feel the same way, but I find I get quite attached to my subjects

Happens to me almost every time.