This is the second nose art that my daughter has painted onto a section of old C-47 engine cowling for me. The first one (below) was a historically accurate piece. She did the nose art of Don Gentile’s P47. (He later flew a P-51 called “Shangri-La”).
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This second nose art came entirely out of her imagination. Here is the original C-47 cowling.
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I began painting the cowling before she showed me what she planned to put on it. I originally painted a yellow nose bad with black diamonds, just because I liked the way it looked. In this photo I propped it up in front of the wall where it will eventually be displayed. It will replace the unpainted cowl that I used to problem-solve the mounting process.
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Then she showed my her idea for the nose art… Combining my love of old aviation and my referring to myself as an old guard dog, she drew a sheepdog wearing flying gear. I knew that the yellow and black I had already painted on the cowling just didn’t seem to go with the drawing…
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So I repainted the nose band. The three row red and white checkerboard is based on the old Purina Dog Chow bags!
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Here She has put the outline on the cowling…
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And the finished product. I am continually amazed at her ability! I’ll post one more picture once the cowling is hung on the garage wall.
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CHEERS!