New Aircraft

[+Geezer 3,569]

No problem - that was many years ago so most people have forgotten.

Below is my online image website.  I used to use Photobucket but, like so many guys, I gave up on them when they raised their prices without improving their service.

You might have to register to view, but it is free so it will only take a second.

https://postimg.org/files

[RUSTYMORLEY 162]

On 06/11/2017 at 7:58 AM, gambit168 said:

looking great Geezer 
I wonder what Stephen1918 is up too on the 3D front 
a new Pup or Tripe would be Great
 

I sent Stephen 1918 a personal message last year asking if he would consider making the streamlined Roland CII  'walfisch' and he got back to me saying it was on his list to do but he couldn't commit to a date because he was so busy with other requests and projects. I felt a bit guilty because I realized that I was adding to his workload and putting more pressure on him - and if he reads this post then I apologize for that. 

Maybee you Geezer could lighten his workload a little bit and help him out by taking it on. 

[Silberpfeil 363]

On ‎11‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 4:05 PM, Silberpfeil said:

On ‎10‎/‎31‎/‎2017 at 6:32 PM, Geezer said:

What's needed is a full, or nearly full, frontal shot of the actor's face.  Angled shots, showing the side of the actor's face, are too difficult.

Go back a page or two and see the shots of George Peppard - one shot is almost looking straight into the camera.

O.K., I got your message - Real Life™ has me out here in Ohio with a bunch of less-than-desirable weather blocking my way back to Hampton Roads.  I'll see if I can rustle up some face shots of the Blaine Rawlings character after I get back in tomorrow late afternoon/early evening.  

Trailing per your request, Geezer - all are of James Franco as he appeared in "Flyboys": 

[+Stephen1918 1,474]

I have commitments in the real world, so I don't know when I'll be able to upload planes again. So, Geezer, whatever you want.

Crawford, there's a DH 4 from a few years ago in the download area.

[+Geezer 3,569]

2 hours ago, Stephen1918 said:

I have commitments in the real world, so I don't know when I'll be able to upload planes again. So, Geezer, whatever you want.

Crawford, there's a DH 4 from a few years ago in the download area.

OK - thanks Steven.

 

3 hours ago, RUSTYMORLEY said:

Maybe you Geezer could lighten his workload a little bit and help him out by taking it on. 

OK, I'll put it in the stack of "stuff to do - someday."

[Heck 496]

Here's the link to Stephan 1918s DH4

 

[+gterl 1,204]

one word...Bleriot XI two-seater with observer and rifle

[Crawford 570]

19 hours ago, Stephen1918 said:

Crawford, there's a DH 4 from a few years ago in the download area.

Yes, that's right. I'm sorry. I have long downloaded and installed your DH.4. At that time I had access to the A-team site, but I consider that your plane is better. Probably, Here I meant a DH.9 or something like that...

Edited November 8, 2017 by Crawford

[Crawford 570]

17 hours ago, Geezer said:

OK, I'll put it in the stack of "stuff to do - someday."

A good shot! Something similar was described by von Richthofen in his book :

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I had had built into my machine a machine gun, which I had arranged very much in the way in which it is done in the Nieuport machines. I was very proud of my idea. People laughed at the way I had fitted it up because the whole thing looked very primitive. Of course I swore by my new arrangement and very soon I had an opportunity of ascertaining its practical value.

I encountered a hostile Nieuport machine which was apparently guided by a man who also was a beginner, for he acted extremely foolishly. When I flew towards him he ran away. Apparently he had trouble with his gun. I had no idea of fighting him but thought: "What will happen if I now start shooting?" I flew after him, approached him as closely as possible and then began firing a short series of well-aimed shots with my machine gun. The Nieuport reared up in the air and turned over and over.

At first both my observer and I believed that this was one of the numerous tricks which French fliers habitually indulge in. However, his tricks did not cease. Turning over and over, the machine went lower and lower. At last my observer patted me on the head and called out to me: "I congratulate you. He is falling." As a matter of fact he fell into a forest behind Fort Douaumont and disappeared among the trees. It became clear to me that I had shot him down, but on the other side of the Front. I flew home and reported merely: "I had an aerial fight and have shot down a Nieuport." The next day I read of my action in the official communique. Of course I was very proud of my success, but that Nieuport does not figure among the fifty-two aeroplanes which I have brought down.

The communique of the 26th of April stated: "Two hostile flying machines have been shot down by aerial fighting above Fleury, south and west of Douaumont."

 

 

[Verdun 21]

This one looks lovely aswell! :D

 

[+Geezer 3,569]

Been working on the D3a skins.  There are several different interpretations of the paint job shown below.  One interpretation is the use of lemon yellow with black stripes.  Close examination of the old photo shows slightly different shades of gray when compared to the forward fuselage, so the yellow version may be correct.  You guys can use the graphics pack to make your own interpretations.

Edited November 11, 2017 by Geezer

[+Geezer 3,569]

I will finish the four D3a color schemes, but will only make the standard factory scheme for the D3.  You guys can use the graphics pack to make any additional D3 paint jobs.

[Verdun 21]

Looks beautiful, Geezer!!! :)

[+Geezer 3,569]

I hate making cockpits so I have to force myself to work on the Pfalz.

[+Geezer 3,569]

Progress shots.

[Verdun 21]

It looks great, Geezer! :) Well done!

[+Geezer 3,569]

Got the cockpit surface mapped and the artwork started.

Edited November 16, 2017 by Geezer

[Heck 496]

Of all the aircraft you're working on, this is the one I'm most interested in, since the model we have now is old, and nowhere near your quality. Thanks for everything you give us, Geezer.

[+Geezer 3,569]

Your welcome, but - to be brutally honest - I work to please myself.  If you guys appreciate the results, then everybody wins.  If not, there are plenty of other aircraft to fly.  Cockpit progress shots.

[RUSTYMORLEY 162]

On 16/11/2017 at 6:29 PM, Heck said:

Of all the aircraft you're working on, this is the one I'm most interested in, since the model we have now is old, and nowhere near your quality. Thanks for everything you give us, Geezer.

 

I would like to add my own thanks to the above post regarding the new aircraft produced by Geezer. Your continued efforts and input are very much appreciated and admired. Many thanks for these new WW1 planes for First Eagles, I think we will all look forward to flying them.     

 

Cheers,  RUSTY  

[+Geezer 3,569]

4 hours ago, RUSTYMORLEY said:

 

 Many thanks for these new WW1 planes for First Eagles, I think we will all look forward to flying them.

 

 

You're welcome.  This is a fun indoor hobby for an old geezer that keeps me sharp with multiple research, modelling, or artistic challenges every day.  Sample below.

I originally intended to depict the interior painted silver but then discovered my reference may not be reliable.  So...now I am making a realistic wood fuselage shell.  Third shot, of a Pfalz D8 replica under construction, shows what they look like before they are varnished.

 

 

Edited November 18, 2017 by Geezer

[+Geezer 3,569]

More progress shots.  Does anyone know where art for a fuel pressure gauge can be found?

Edited November 19, 2017 by Geezer

[Heck 496]

All I found was a picture from Rise of Flight. I have to work today, but I can cook up a gimp drawing if you can wait a couple of days. when I'm not so burned out. This is the RoF capture.

 

 

[+Crusader 2,083]

http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.com/instrumente/katalog 1WK/Katalogmenue/web/new site/frames2/KatalogMenue.htm

Druckmesser category in the sidebar

[Heck 496]

Great find Crusader. I love the way some of the instruments have hand written information on them. That, in and of itself, takes you back to the early 20th Century. Amazing find. Thank you for sharing.

 

Edited November 19, 2017 by Heck