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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: ap1102 on May 25, 2012, 06:50:41 AM
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Just wondering if anyone else is smitten. I was at an art gallery a few weeks ago picking up some stuff for Mrs Rhino and saw the original painting for this on the back wall. Not wanting to drop 25K I inquired if they had any prints available for a reasonable price. They did and three prints later myself and the other two founders of the squadron now have them. This link doesnt do the painting justice but the attention to detail is just jaw dropping. Its hung in my office where I can see it while flying. Anyone else have some artwork similar hanging in their ready room? Show it off.
http://www.military-art.com/mall/images/dhm2030.jpg
EZRhino
PS- the artist is nicolas trudjin and the painting is titled safe haven
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That's a nice one! Here's a link to more of his work.http://www.aviationartprints.com/nicolas_trudgian_liberator.htm (http://www.aviationartprints.com/nicolas_trudgian_liberator.htm)
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I got this one as a gift from my squad when I was CO of the 444th Air Mafia and it is proudly hung over my desk. It's signed by the artist, Edwin Markham and is a print of his painting "Hell Bent For Leather". It has all the mafios's names on it as well as the Mafia logo.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii253/maddogjoe_photos/hellbentforleatherpicture.jpg)
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I have two prints in my Ready Room.
(http://images.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0PDoYBuib9PoAYAshmjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBtdXFkOWthBHNlYwNmcC1hdHRyaWIEc2xrA2ZpbWc-/SIG=13jif0uo6/EXP=1337981422/**http%3a//www.street-gallery.co.uk/images/gallery/taylor/slp/large/mighty_eighth_outward_bound.jpg)
(http://www.oldgloryprints.com/Corsairs_of_the_Intrepid.jpg)
I keep giving my wife hints that I have two more walls in there. ;)
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All terrific pieces gents.
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Very nice shifty,I'm not a big corsair fan but thats 1 sweet pic.
:salute
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I have several. Among them are:
This one, given to me as a gift from 'Shifty':
(http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/stampf/DSC01078.jpg)
and this hand cut and machined piece made for me by 'Canukk':
(http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/stampf/DSC01079.jpg)
under which is this most excellent drawing by 'Canukk', of my Fw190D-9 complete with my FSO record on the rudder board:
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz347/1canukk/aces%20high/DSC07895.jpg)
It's good to have friends...and in AH, you can meet some real ones.
:aok
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I have several. Among them are:
It's good to have friends...and in AH, you can meet some real ones.
:aok
Great stuff :aok :aok :aok
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Very nice shifty,I'm not a big corsair fan but thats 1 sweet pic.
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Thanks Morf,
It's really a very nice looking print. Judy had it framed professionally and gave it to me for Christmas a couple of years ago.
It's titled Corsairs of the Intrepid. The artist is Stan Stokes. The 78th P-47 print is by Robert Taylor titled Mighty 8th Outward Bound it was a gift to me from Jester.
I have several. Among them are:
This one, given to me as a gift from 'Shifty':
(http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/stampf/DSC01078.jpg)
and this hand cut and machined piece made for me by 'Canukk':
(http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/stampf/DSC01079.jpg)
under which is this most excellent drawing by 'Canukk', of my Fw190D-9 complete with my FSO record on the rudder board:
(http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz347/1canukk/aces%20high/DSC07895.jpg)
It's good to have friends...and in AH, you can meet some real ones.
:aok
I'm glad to hear Ernst Schroder is still flying proud Stampf. :salute
I'm also glad I haven't been painted on your rudder yet. :D
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I'm also glad I haven't been painted on your rudder yet. :D
You sure?
I think when you left JG11, my chief might have added you... (as future motivation for me). :D
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You sure?
I think when you left JG11, my chief might have added you... (as future motivation for me). :D
LOL I should have known.
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Very Very nice Stampf :aok
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Here's Jandina III flown by the 80th FS's leading ace Jay Robbins, and signed by him.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/DSC_0115.jpg)
Here's the 41st FS P-39s escorting C-47s up to Wau. #74 in the lead. :)
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/DSC_0113.jpg)
And I have this poster, given to me by an old Lockheed employee, framed on my wall.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/StoriesaboutLockheed1.jpg)
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The only art print I have hanging is "Clifftop Chase" by Geoff Nutkins....
(http://www.aviartnutkins.com/images/limited/large/LE11-Clifftop-Chase-Me109-Spitfire.jpg)
All the rest of the decor consists of photos (enlarged and framed, some from airshows, some bought) and framed posters, as well as the collection of 1/18 and 1/32 scale warbirds.....
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Happy little killing machines...
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You sure?
I think when you left JG11, my chief might have added you... (as future motivation for me). :D
It wasnt the chief it was me in a drunken stooper,I only blamed the chief! :devil
Thats some nice stuff you have too Cactus,that poster from Lockeed is very special. :aok
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(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff252/DropkickYankees/Vendorscore006.jpg)
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff252/DropkickYankees/109art002.jpg)
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I have this on my wall behind the computer along with a few other pictures.
(http://www.vectorfineart.co.uk/Images/taylor/jg-52.jpg)
I also have about twenty other lithos as well but most are in storage.... I bought 3 copies of JG-52 a long while back as investments. They paid off.
Incidentally, we commissioned Trudgian to do a painting a few years back. It has not been made into lithos yet.
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Those 109E's don't look like 109E's to me 505 :headscratch:
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Those 109E's don't look like 109E's to me 505 :headscratch:
I know. :bhead
I got that as a gift for Christmas. I was like " Cool! Wait a second.... those are G-2s, not Emils!"
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I know. :bhead
I got that as a gift for Christmas. I was like " Cool! Wait a second.... those are G-2s, not Emils!"
ouch
still it's a cool christmas gift, how would the person know anyway? :)
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Bought this after visiting an air museum in the DFW area
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/B-172020FLYING20FORTRESS20AVIATION20ILLUSTRATIONS20ART20RED.jpg)
got this one at a garage sale for $5
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/CripesAMighty3rd.jpg)
would like to get something similar to this one next
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/ju87g-2byjakubstosta2.jpg)
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I have yet to find a place worthy to hang this
(http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/dcwdavid/cef7c8df.jpg?t=1338351104)
Signed by Dick Cole, Davy Jones, Ed Horton, David Thatcher, Robert Hite, Tom Griffin, Bill Bower, and Jimmy Doolittles son, John Doolittle.
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The saddest thing is, half of the people that signed that picture are no longer with us. They will live forever in memories of grateful Americans everywhere, though.
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tmetal, that diving stuka one is awesome!
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This one is over the computer. Nick Trudgian's "American Air Forces in Europe" Appropriate for DGS II :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/DGS%20Scenario%20bits/dhm2667.jpg)
I commissioned this one by a local artist for the pilot back in the 80s, after he'd spent any number of years writing me letters to answer all my dumb Spitfire XII questions. This was pre e-mail so it was a lot of snail mail from England to Minnesota. He got the original, and I got print number 1. Sadly he's since passed away. Spitfire XII prototype DP845
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/DGS%20Scenario%20bits/DP845.jpg)
Got this one for my youngest son's room. love those Red Tail Mustangs. "The Shepard" by Troy White. Autographed by the pilot Charles Bailey.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/DGS%20Scenario%20bits/theshepperdtroywhite.jpg)
Got this one as a gift. Paul Tibbet's first B-17 "The Red Gremlin" A few years before Enola Gay. Autographed by Tibbets and his navigator
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/DGS%20Scenario%20bits/BP00063lg.jpg)
Also this one by Wade Meyers of a P-38.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/DGS%20Scenario%20bits/twin_tailed_dragons_wade_meyers_web.jpg)
Don't have a photo of it, but a bunch of us in Airwarrior commissioned Randy Green to paint the P39 of our old buddy Earl Miller who'd flown in the MTO in 39s and Jugs and also flew Airwarrior. I got to present it to him at the Indy Con for Airwarrior that Jordi hosted way back when. The guys who pitched in got autographed prints by the artist and Earl while Earl got the original for his man cave :)
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Tupac my office would be a very worthy place to hang your B-25 portrait.
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Where do I start LOL!!!!!!! Before I left the military my ready room for AH was in my kitchen I had picture starting in my kitchen going all the way around. Cant hang them up in my current house. but I did manage to find these ones I have online as example. I have multiple pictures of B-17 paintings and actual pictures, a postcard of a Hurricane MK IIC from 1945, I C-141 postcard from 1965, a P-47 vrs 190 Painting, A B-17 print from the Movie Memphis Belle, P-51D Mustang print of a 31st Fighter Group signed by the Pilot, much much more but my prize print it my collection had an ironic twist, A C-141B print of starlifter salute number 305 the irony of it is the print of the 141s is for the 438th MW based out of McGuire AFB which was changed to the 305th MW and the irony is I was assigned to the 305 but here is a print of it
http://amcmuseum.org/images/museum_store/starlifter_large.jpg
I found this picture of me from the base when I was trying out the new uniforms. But in the background is a hint of my overall collection
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/14470_1131102445952_962723_n.jpg
And for some reason I cant insert pictures go me LOL!!!
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Even though I rarely fly the 262 I still have this in my "ready room/ living room"
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7308430330_8808ac299a_m.jpg)
and since I'm a Tennessean I have to have the Hun Hunter poster that lives in Sevierville, TN.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7308430242_9a32940315_m.jpg)
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CO 77th FS "Gamblers"
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(http://www.ka4zzq.com/Mongrels/OfficeWall.JPG)
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Various places in my Apartment.
Hostile Skies by Robt. Taylor
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv313/Hajo_01/hostileskies.jpg)
When Prayers are Answered by Wm. S. Phillips
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv313/Hajo_01/B17andScorts.jpg)
Day of the Fighters by N. Trudgion 1/JG1
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv313/Hajo_01/1JG1.jpg)
Targets of Opportunity by Marcus Stewart
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv313/Hajo_01/DSCN0042.jpg)
And last but absolutely not the least, done by my friend Joel Somerset alias RedDg Thunderbolts Playground which I commisioned several years ago
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv313/Hajo_01/ThunderboltsPlayground.jpg)
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The Answered Prayers print is spectacular! Very Very cool!
Thanks for sharing.