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YeeHaw!!! Hi Robert - Apologies for my tardy reply but I'm quite busy lately. Please use my artwork for the CR42 instrument panel and, if you would, include a credit for me somewhere - like, "artwork by Jim Laurier" (or "inspired by artist Jim Laurier", etc.) and include www.jimlaurier.com. Thanks Jim Laurier Jim did an outstanding job illustrating the Osprey pub Gladiator vs CR42 Falco - highly recommended for excellent techno-descriptions, historical campaigns, and outstanding graphics. http://www.amazon.com/Gladiator-CR-42-Falco-1940-41-Duel/dp/1849087083 Another shameless plug for Gladiator vs CR42 Falco - an example of Jim's artwork. Great stuff - white scarves, wheel spats, and wind in the wires!

Two more progress shots, plus a really large 1930s hangar for Spanish civil war and Battle of Britain.

Got an encouraging reply from the author of the Osprey pub - see below. Will contact the illustrator next. Shown are three of the author's attached shots. Dear Robert, Sorry for my late reply but I travel a lot at work and haven’t been at home for some time. Your work look marvellous! With regards to the illustrator, his name is Jim Laurier I would be very interested to see your finished work! Included are some cockpit pictures from the Swedish Air Force Museum on the cockpit on the Gladiator, Hart and CR.42. All three aircraft is in fairly stock mode – especially the CR.42. Best wishes/Håkan Från: Skickat: den 12 maj 2015 15:39 Till: Ämne: Re: Permission To Adapt Artwork - Followup #2 A little more background. Making game aircraft is my retirement hobby - I combine my love of aviation history with computer game technology to stay mentally active. I have both of your Desert Prelude publications and they inspired me to make a complete mod recreating the 1940 campaign in Libya/Egypt. This is a long term project that will probably take 1-2 years to complete, and the CR42 is the first biplane of many that I have made for the mod.

Been upgrading the Halberstadt D5 model. Should get it off to Ojcar soon-ish, for tweaking Bordafarm's old FM.

Got it. More excellent work - thanks!

While waiting to hear back from these guys - http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/- I've started upgrading my old Gladiator to reflect lessons learned on the CR42 and Hurricane.

Thanks! I may wind up using those. Shots below show instrument faces art adapted from an Osprey pub - I've written the author to see if I can get permission to "borrow" the instrument art.

Thank you - those photos are a bit better than the photos I am using. The problem is the art for the instrument faces, or dials. I can't find any art that looks like the faces/dials shown in the photos. Lots of US, British, or German art for faces/dials but the art does not look like the Italian faces/dials.

Making good progress on the cockpit. The instruments themselves are accurate, but the instrument faces are bogus - I couldn't fine any good examples that matched my CR42 references.

Thanks. The British and Italian desert pilots are finished. Now working on the Italian Euro pilot, suitable for Battle of Britain, etc. Will then finish the Brit Euro pilot.

While finishing the Italian and British desert pilots, I had a little fun with bits and pieces cobbled together into a mash up. Shots below show new Brit desert pilot in Hinchenbrook's old Gauntlet over Gterl's WW1 Italian front map! Last shot shows new Gauntlet model being made for the 1940 desert mod.

I love the cavalry! Excellent work, Steve.

Also developing Euro versions of the British and Italian pilots. Shot below shows Italian WIP dressed up for the BoB.

Baffmeister and I are working on final refinements - should be ready for release "soon." Meanwhile, I've been having a good time watching recreations of those old 1930s dogfight movies.

Got most everything working, though using Vickers guns as stand-ins for Bredas. Still working on that....

Outstanding work!