After a year and a half of research, my SBD-3 scale drawing is finally finished. Once I have my initial color template completed, I intend on doing 3-4 aircraft from the Battle of Midway between now and the 80th anniversary of that battle next June. The first profiles...
P-51B-15-NA “Little Joe” 43-24818, 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, Lt. Joe Blackburn, Madna, Italy, June 1944. Click the gallery thumbnail below for a larger view of this...
Finally getting some free time to get back to work on a natural metal P-51 profile I’ve been experimenting with. So far this has 629 layers in Photoshop, still some work to do on surface detailing, skin stress ripples, etc. I’m pleased with how this is...
Eagle Editions has just released Fighters of the Iron Cross, featuring quite a few of my Luftwaffe profile illustrations in it. This is Jerry Crandall’s magnum opus on Luftwaffe fighters, if you are a fan of WWII aviation this is a must have for your library....
My new P-51B profile template begins with blocking in basic colors and then adding highlights and shadows in multiple layers, each one stacking on top of the last and giving more depth to the aircraft’s form. Most of my profiles will end up with 500-600...
