Good eye, Dan. The invasion stripes on the crashed Scat II are a variation I hadn't noticed before - all the stripes tend to be wider than what I have (mine being based on the Osprey profiles) except the leading white stripe (closest to wing), which appears to be only 2/3rds the width of the other stripes. Do you agree?
Is that what you meant? The painting's invasion stripes appear to be all the same width, but wider than the Osprey profiles. But they seem to match the photo better than the Osprey profile though.
One thing I found more difficult in working against a 3/4 view painting versus a profile is that the artist is able to use perspective to do things I can't do - for example - if you notice his tail ID numbers strecthing the width of the tail - there just wasn't a way I could do that using the AmarilloUSAF font - if I made them wide enough to go across the tail, they were too tall - and then if I shortened them, they looked almost comically to wide. In the end I had to compromise and use something that looks believeable, but doesn't match the painting 100%. Mine still look too tall compared to his, but if I match the height, they don't come anywhere near making it across the width of the tail...
Cobra - what are you referring to when you say "it says", and pics of a restored warbird? I can't seem to find the reference to a pic of restoration.
