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Duggy has done quite a bit for getting kids interested in aviation.
So far so average.... trying to get the left side right on AEQ .... with all the differences of font....and sloping to rear....and probably needing to taper as well. The higher up on the fuse the more distorted the text will be near the tail as it wraps.
Still doesn't seem like it ever cleared the door anyway....in spite of the different set-out.
The text looks like it needs some serifs still...and I can do the 'Bovril'....just not sure with the rest...like the 'Shell Co.' and the Whiskey.
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Edit.....tapered the 'air mail' text and managed to get the 'singapore' onto the door hinge.....heaven knows why it's 180% bigger than the side panel....could have been same size and made the painter's life just that bit easier..
....and it'll only ever look 'right' when square-on in elev.
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And for the curious....here's the text/graphic on the right side....like I said....gotta be painted by the Myopic Twins...
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Much more fun [read - easier] doing "what if"s ...
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JAFO I reckon they had a signwriter do the job for them originally not the boys in the paintshop. Then again maybe one of the aircraft repainters did it, all I know is even up until recently real life aircraft repainters were far and few between, because in real life it was a bastard of a job, stripping off the old paint cleaning up the surfaces and then applying the new paint.
Old war story, many moons ago I new a gentleman of means who took delivery of a brand new BE58 with a very fancy paint job from the United States, looked great was ferried across the pacific no problems, it was being inspected by the engineers in OZ and they thought it looked strange, closer inspection revealed, no rivet tops anywhere at all, yep the repainter in the US had burnished them all off because they spoiled his work of art, a wonder the thing stayed together, the aircraft was a write off.
Keep up the good work I am very impressed!
Still lots to do but gettin there...
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To the tune of In A Gadda Da Vida ...![]()