Lieuwe Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Hi! I stumbled on this forum and am amazed at the quality of some of hte work posted here. I thought I'd show my own work first: McDD F-4F Phantom II 3711, JG-72 disbandement High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3837, JG-72 "Westfalen" 'The Golden one' High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3709, 35 years JBG-35 High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3722, JG-71 "Richthofen" Exercise "Frisian Falcon 2005" High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3858, 25 Years JBG-35, Pferdsfeld 1984 High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3838, JG-72 High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3754, JBG-35 High Resolution Version McDD F-4F Phantom II 3841, JG-72 High Resolution Version And now the request for help :) I am currently working on a F-104G from which I intend to do Dutch german and belgian paintscheme's. How ever I have ran into a road block concerning good refference pics showing the cockpit from the right hand side at a 90 degree angle. Is there anyone who has good pictures of this? Also I would be very glad with any pictures showing the markings on the right hand side on german/dutch Starfighters B) Hope you enjoyed looking at the profiles and that you have some usefull images! Kind regards, Lieuwe de Vries Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Wow, welcome to ARC, Superb work Lieuwe What did you use to create them? I'm sorry can't help with your 104 request Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EF Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Nice profiles! I think this link will help you with the F-104's: http://www.starfighters.nl/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Thanks for the kind words quys Andy: I make them using photoshop mainly. EF: I tried most of the sites on that site and though they have some wonderfull pictures few of them are of the resolution needed to be able to reproduce the stencelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 some of my older work IDF Spitfire Mk. IX S/n 2004 "White 14" (Formerly D-133) http://supah.chaotic.nl/white14.jpg High res version After the formation of Israel the need for an airforce with effective fighters was large. The Avia S-199, ironically a czech built version of the Nazi German Bf-109, was not liked and alternatives were sought. Some spitfires were assembled from RAF wrecks found at Tel Aviv and parts from Royal Egyptian Airforce Mk. IX's that had come down on Israeli territory or were captured in their pens. Two Spitfires are know to have been assembled from canabalised parts in this manner, serial numbers D-130 and D-131. After a while the IDF managed to purchase some Spits from the Czech Airforce and these were flown to the fledgling state of Israel in operations called "Velvetta" via yugoslavia. During these ferry flights Yugoslave markins were carried, the remains of which can be seen as what appears as a non standard outline around the SoD. D-133 was one of the first Spitfire's to arrive through that route and continued to serve with the IDF untill she was written off in a ground accident on the 5th of January 1949. Pilot Aaron "Red" Finkel was at the controlls when a tire blew out and the machine nosed over causing severe damage. Finkel was considered lucky to have survived the mishap. Later the IDF would manage to procure more spitfires from the Czechoslavakians and also from Italy. These aircraft served the Israeli's well together with a good number of P-51D's and were used untill the mid 50's. One famous spitfire, painted black with a red thunderbolt across the fuselage was later used by the commander of the IDF as his personal plane. Sources Venture Publications - "Spitfire, Star of Israel" SAM publications- Modellers datafile The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1: Merlin Powered. Authors Photography and field research and another one IDF Spitfire Mk. IX S/n 2018 "White 17" http://supah.chaotic.nl/white17.jpg High res version After a battle with the RAF on 7th of January 1948 the IAF High Command decided to paint the Ocean Grey parts of their spitfires brown. As both sides flew Spitfires it was hard for pilots to distinguish between friend and foe during combat. It was thought this shift in colour would help pilots with this identification. This also introduced a certain measure of standardisation in the IAF fleet where paintscheme's were concerned. The spitfire shown here carries the tail markings of 101 squadron and was seen like this in pictures taken in 1948 at Hatzor. Sources Venture Publications - "Spitfire, Star of Israel" SAM publications- Modellers datafile The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1: Merlin Powered. Authors Photography and field research and a bit of a series As the fledgling state of Israel came under attack from its neighbours every flyable fighter plane was needed. The plan was formulated to build a working spitfire from wrecks taken from dumps near Ex-RAF bases in the country and from planes of the Royal Egyptian Airforce that were getting shot down during the fighting. RAF Spitfire Mk. IX S/n PV120 RG-W " http://supah.chaotic.nl/rgw.jpg High res version This fuselage of this spitfire of 208 Sqn was taken from an dump at Ein Shemer in northern Israel along with parts from another 2 spifires. This particular plane was field modded as a photo-reconnaisance ship. It was flown by 208's squadron leader and carries his penant, in a somewhat non standard position. REAF Spitfire Mk. IX " http://supah.chaotic.nl/reafspit.jpg High res version This Egyptian spitfire was came down near Sbe Dov after being hit apparently by AAA fire as no planes were in the area, no damage is visible in shots though. The Pilot Flt Of. Mahmoud Barakat was captured. The Egyptian Airforce never admitted this was one of their machines nor that the pilot was from the egyptian airforce. The pilot was repatriated to Egypt after the war. This spitfire would provide the engine and the wings for Israel's first spitfire. RAF Spitfire Mk. IX S/n D-130 " http://supah.chaotic.nl/d130.jpg High res version Put together the parts of these two airframes formed Israel's first spitfire, D-130. After it had been constructed it had been painted in a green primer with hastely hand applied markings, reportedly using car and sometimes even house paint. During the first few months of its life several panels around the engine were replaced but not emmidiatly painted to match the rest of the airframe. At this stage in the IAF's life paintscheme standardisation was considered a non issue and only later did a standardised green brown scheme emerge. D-130 and it s sister ship D-131 were the only IAF spitfires to carry the white-blue-white fuselage bands. D-130 was later converted to a reconnaisance role and was written off after an electrical fire. Sources Venture Publications - "Spitfire, Star of Israel" SAM publications- Modellers datafile The Supermarine Spitfire Part 1: Merlin Powered. Authors Photography and field research Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koen L Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Very nice Lieuwe, especially the Phantoms! Such a shame they closed down Hopsten. Did you check airliners.net for the pictures you need? If there are no other options you could of course go to Soesterberg some time and take the pictures yourself, along with walkaround pictures you might need of other Dutch aircraft on display. Koen PS. I feel like doing a profile again, now to find a subject! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I particularly like the first two JBG-35 Phantoms and the Spitfire history is very interesting also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 Some more work done on a F-104G profile I am currently working on :D Shot of the nose area with my new nosewheel attached A shot of the nosewheel closeup, still missing some detail bits. and a shot of something I will be hanging underneath it, the Orpheus pod. A dutch designed and built recon pod :D And a overall shot showing the entire plane :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dimosthenis Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Lieuwe, fantastic work on the profiles! Schitterend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 Lieuwe, fantastic work on the profiles!Schitterend! ;) Thanks! ;) Perhaps once the dutch ones are done I will do some greek 104's too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fanakit Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Whaooooouuu awesome work ! :) :unsure: :lol: your profile are superb. Thanks for showing/sharing your work Ivan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jan Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Oh...the nosewheel ...reall beautiful! those subtle effects and attention to the detail... What is the original size of the image in pixels (I mean the whole starfighter profile)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Oh...the nosewheel <_< ...reall beautiful! those subtle effects and attention to the detail...What is the original size of the image in pixels (I mean the whole starfighter profile)? 4000 pixels at 300 DPI :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
My Dad's Little Boy Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Lieuwe, I am well impressed. Fantastic work! Keep it up! Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Thanks for the kind words! High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel, 81st TFS / 52nd TFW USAFE Spangdahlem, germany Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Lieuwe,Fantastic work. You have a real gift. Thanks for sharing with us. Here's another F-4G if you ever get the urge: http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php...ch=114145;image Cheers, Jeff Hi Jeff! It looks almost to cool to not do it <_< It may take some time to do it though as I will need to add various aerials :) Sad end for such a great machine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 New F-4F High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II "Luftpost" JG-72 Westfalen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Whoa, mail me one of those! That looks great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Whoa, mail me one of those! That looks great. They will be available from a Cafepress shop soon, alternatively I could have some printed locally and ship those to people interested :D something I started working on this afternoon RNLAF KDC-10 Extender Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 (edited) They will be available from a Cafepress shop soon, alternatively I could have some printed locally and ship those to people interested :) Well actually I was referring to the fact that it had postage stamps on the tail, but as nice as it looks I may think about purchasing one. That KDC-10 should look amazing. I believe the plane is ex KLM, ex Martinair. I really like the new grey paint scheme. Edited June 28, 2006 by David Walker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Progress on the KDC-10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 :D Hmm, while not a KC-135, I'm still enjoying your progress.Jeff If you can find me good drawings of the KC-135 Jeff I'll gladly do it as I think it's one of the coolest planes I know I got to sit in the cockpit as a kid and walk through the hold, which included a fridge stuffed with every kind of booze you could imagine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuwe Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Made another phantom High Resolution Version McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II 480th TFS Spangdahlem AFB USAFE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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