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Offline Vraciu

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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2019, 04:31:48 PM »
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These are for you, bruh.  :)   Still a few things left to do, but it's getting there.  (I forgot to move the lettering shadows down a pixel.  I’ll fix that later.)













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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2019, 10:19:04 PM »
Nice V, nice.
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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2019, 08:01:27 AM »
Nice V, nice.

Thanks, bruh.  About 80% done now. 
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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2019, 01:20:31 PM »
Thanks for the correction.  It should be a straight line, right?

The nose is the hardest part of this airplane with all the stretching.   Drives me crazy.    :bhead

I also posted the same image twice by mistake.    :bhead :bhead

Look st the profile in one of the links. That is what it looked like when it was painted blue on anti glare panels. Right now you have all the shapes of a standard factory paint job that would be standard olive drab.

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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2019, 02:51:12 PM »
Look st the profile in one of the links. That is what it looked like when it was painted blue on anti glare panels. Right now you have all the shapes of a standard factory paint job that would be standard olive drab.

Gotcha.   It's a real bear to get right on the shape.   The nose bends at a sharp angle so the only way to make it straighter is to trick it by painting it as an angle then feathering it flat again.   Thankfully the lettering hides the effect so it isn't as noticeable.

I appreciate the feedback, bro.

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Re: Research Assistance Requested - P-38J "Virginia Marie"
« Reply #20 on: December 24, 2019, 02:57:19 PM »
Are the fuel caps trimmed in red?   I don't know what to do about all the stenciling...
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