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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: whiteman on October 12, 2020, 03:34:53 PM
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First I'd like to thank Fencer for putting his work out there to be adopted, I know it's like your kids and the squad and I can't thank you enough for giving the opportunity to do so.
Pictures I have come across show the right side was repainted in a strange way and there's no explanation i have found. The painting i put is from a book on VF-17's 2nd tour that i think will have some background on that and fingers crossed that the book is actually available and not the one i already have. I've also come across info that VF-17 in fact did repaint their planes during tours, but mainly the fuselage only. The wings seem to have been ignored and maybe giving a fresh coat once. It's the reason some of their planes look so dark in photos forward of the cockpit and seem to have minimal wear. Ira Kepfords would be the best example since there are some many photos of it, fairly clean body and the wings are scratched to hell.
Another interesting thing is the number under the cowling, it's only shown on Blackburn's no.1 "Big Hog" and this plane. I'd imagine it may be on others but there's no photos to prove it was and how long it was on those two.
A write up Hedrick could become a book on it's own, I came across his obituary that listed his accomplishments while in the Navy.
"ROGER R. HEDRICK Rear Admiral, United States Navy
...A fighter pilot and Double Ace in WWII, he had 12 confirmed enemy kills and 3 probables. During the war he was the Executive Officer of the famous F4U Corsair Squadron VF-17, the Jolly Rogers and later commanded squadron VF-84. In the postwar he served as the Exec. Officer of NAS, Whidbey Island, WA, and of the aircraft carrier USS Boxer. He was Commanding Officer of VX-4, the F7U Cutlass squadron which first deployed Sparrow air-to-air missiles, and finally served as Dtr. of Plans and Programs for development of Polaris missile weapons system in Washington D.C. His decorations include the Silver Star, 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 3 Air Medals. He retired from the Navy in 1958 and had a 17 year second career as Vice President in his brother's commercial construction firm. He is truly an American hero."
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50463530281_60746487e1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jThMqV)reference1img (https://flic.kr/p/2jThMqV) by whitemanLS1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94381131@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50463644297_113e54ac80_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jTinjH)f4u1 rh4 (https://flic.kr/p/2jTinjH) by whitemanLS1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94381131@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50462779198_2354b7b4ab_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jTdWad)f4u1 rh6 (https://flic.kr/p/2jTdWad) by whitemanLS1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94381131@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50462779238_9cbf95a45c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jTdWaU)f4u1 rh7 (https://flic.kr/p/2jTdWaU) by whitemanLS1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94381131@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50463644207_b0c3b9c0ae_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jTinia)f4u1 rh5 (https://flic.kr/p/2jTinia) by whitemanLS1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94381131@N04/), on Flickr
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Looks great.
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:aok
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Fencer, it is much appreciated. :cheers:
:salute
Sik
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Another great hog. Your eye and technique for detail and weathering is becoming the best in the game. :cheers:
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Nice work, sir. Really.
My only suggestion would be to lighten the fuselage ribbing, perhaps, but you are in the zone here.
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nice job
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Thanks everyone!
Another great hog. Your eye and technique for detail and weathering is becoming the best in the game. :cheers:
Thanks a lot Nef! Have great teachers here and they have lots of work to study from. I think staying in my lane also helps, I'm going to leave the hard stuff like the Luftwaffe and bare metal finishes to the pro's. I did color correcting on stainless steel cookware for years and thinking of going back into anything close gives me nightmares. It can go wrong so easy but the guys here make it look easy.
Nice work, sir. Really.
My only suggestion would be to lighten the fuselage ribbing, perhaps, but you are in the zone here.
Yea was trying something different, some of those are actually sprays of intermediate blue with the opacity turned down. Figured i'd throw it out there and see if it gets any bites. Thanks!
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Great looking skin Whiteman, really well observed too.
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Yeah, when Arlo sees this he's gonna have puppies. :rofl
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(https://media0.giphy.com/media/4N7vG4lLf6F7JpMSsp/giphy.gif)
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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lanky fellow. He was also 6'5".
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/37/6c/fc/376cfcd72f53e818e719ba6e83799e67.jpg)
Amazing Skin Whiteman. :aok
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(https://i.imgur.com/g2z29kn.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/g2z29kn.png)
Those are some good video's, may have to watch them again.
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(https://media0.giphy.com/media/4N7vG4lLf6F7JpMSsp/giphy.gif)
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Diggin the Tri-Color. :aok
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Those are some good video's, may have to watch them again.
What show is this from?
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What show is this from?
Fighting 17: The Jolley Rogers. I watched it in parts online but can’t find it now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc9fLPzeMI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc9fLPzeMI)
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Part 1 (7:18)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4c3FkOSvnKo#t=0
Part 2 (3:49)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O71Wa3bfACQ#t=0
Part 3 (9:26)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDstHzlQQ4Y&feature=player_embedded#t=0
Part 4 (5:36)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LRQuSLqSoHI#t=0
Part 5 (11:38)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YLXPEvtMhYk#t=0
Part 6 (9:06)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IhdCZw5h5ss#t=0
Part 7 (final) (5:03)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MxT67VaMZcw#t=0
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Extra skull version.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZSeFyAVh.jpg)
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Extra skull version.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZSeFyAVh.jpg)
It's like finding stuffed crust on your pizza :x
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Extra skull version.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZSeFyAVh.jpg)
From what I understand the scull and cross bones in the picture Lyric posted was actually drawn on the photographs negative.
:salute
Sik
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From what I understand the scull and cross bones in the picture Lyric posted was actually drawn on the photographs negative.
:salute
Sik
I've seen that in multiple places, original photoshopper. Who ever did it should of been beaten with a rubber hose.