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”).
This second nose art came entirely out of her imagination. Here is the original C-47 cowling.
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.
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…
So I repainted the nose band. The three row red and white checkerboard is based on the old Purina Dog Chow bags!
Here She has put the outline on the cowling…
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.
CHEERS!
