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    Meteor FL.53

    The learning curve is steep indeed, but as soon as one get a grip on the basics, it's often a matter of not overcomplicating. Getting the basic shape right is pretty easy. An important thing before you start is to always make sure your drawings are correct, in all axis. Many drawings can have a mismatch from side wiev plane ot top wiev or front wiev. I always check thoroughly the three/four axis against each other first of all. It's better to be patient and spend time on this now, instead of perhaps having to scrap parts of your model. But, hey, that's part of the fun too besides you learn a lot from it. I always use photo reference in addition to drawing. Find a software related forum to join and ask there all things you need to find out. If it's the right place, the members are nice and polite that always will be keen to help you. When I started first (20 years ago) http://Military-Meshes.com was a very nice place with heaps of friendly and clever guys.. over the years after a few forum chrashes, the place sadly sort of crumbled away. It's still up, as far as I know, but 95% of the members are gone.. I haven't tried Blender, but from what I hear from other friends, it had become a good and solid software that serms to do the job. Remember, in the end, the sotware isn't all that important. Learn the one you've got properly and learn to love it..! It will give you tons of fun
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    Avro 688 Tudor

    A little last update, in her right environment.. I believe the book is out sometime in 2024
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    Avro 688 Tudor

    Thanks Steve, it'll turn up on a book cover, eventually..
  4. A work in progress shot of my recent Avro688 Tudor digital model. It was top be britain's first new airliner after WW2. Was meant to replace former rebuilt surplus bombers, beeing introduced a few years after the war ended. But it never got the status it was meant for. And after of series of accidents and crashes to the type, it license as passenger liner, it was cancelled. One of the crashes killed Avro's chief designer. After it's withdrawal, a few were converted to tankers and transports through the fifties. A shame really as it was a handsome plane anf had fairly good range, well suited for long distance routes.
  5. I wanted to have my own try on a Operation Chastice (Dambuster operation) scene. The image shows AJ M-Mother/ED925 on her run, coming in as the second ship on the Möhne dam. She was severly hit by flak and damaged by the blast of her own bomb, and crashed...
  6. Again. highly inspired by Len Deighton's novel 'Bomber', I did this night scene showing a 640sq HP Halifax caught by the master searchligh beam, somewhere over the European nightsky, as a fellow Halifax tries to evade the deadly fingers of the searchlights. PS. My image can seem a bit dark on a small screen (phone etc) best wieved on a bigger monitor
  7. Nothing fancy, just an inspiration by Len Deighton's novel 'Bomber' I,m reading at the moment
  8. On the evening of 27 April 1942, 31 Halifax bombers from 10, 35 and 76sqn flew from Scotland together with two Lancasters squadrons to bomb Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord, east of Trondheim, Norway. In the low level attack (200ft) Halifax TL-S (Sugar) (W1048) of 35th sqn, on her first operational mission, was hit in the starboard wing and outer starboard engine by heavy flak and caught fire. Pilot Don MacIntyre quickly decided they wouldn't make it to safety in Sweden and found a frozen lake nearby and bellied her down on the late spring icy surface. All crew members survived the landing, but one man broke his ankle and had to be left behind. We was picked up by the germans, hospitalized and later sent to Germany. The rest fled over to Sweden aided by local resistance helpers. S(Sugar) herself mangaged to evade the germans too. Twelve hours on rotten late spring ice, she finally decided it was enough and broke through the ice and disappeared for almost 40 years in the murky lake water. By the summer of 1973 S (Sugar) resting place had been relocated and she was salvaged by a team of british and norwegian divers and taken to Britain. Today she is displayed at RAF Hendon museum, preserved but not restored. As a boy I spent the summers with my grandparents and that summer of 73 we went there almost every day on our bicycles , watching the salvaging. I've never been to Hendon to see her again but perhaps it's about time for that…. Anyway, here is my depiction of the incident and how I guess it must have looked. (Edit: corrected fin flashes and type A1 roundel)
  9. Finally got to fix my Floatfish (as i think of it sometimes). I'm a bit lost when it comes to the underwing bomb racks, I can't find any good references for them.. just som blurry photos. If anyone has something better, photos or drawings, I'd love to see it. Anyway, here my Swordfish over the harbour in Malta as HMS Barham is going out.. The background photo was "borrowed" from the web and colourised by myself. I couldn't find any owners to the photo, I hope it's allright..
  10. In my series of refurbishing old models I did in the past, back from when I started doing 3D models, I had two Swordfish models, a wheeled and one with floats. that really need attention. They were both terrible basic in design. So here’s my (almost) completely rebuilt Swordfish Mk1, aligning up for an attack on Bismarck (ok ok I know there’s been done dozens of images with Swordfish and Bismarck, but too me it was too tempting to ignore.. Perhaps I come with something more interesting later. And the float version will come later, maybe accompanied by a RN battleship, QE or something.
  11. Finally I have found time to go on with my Skua model and have come to some sort of image, but I'm not sure this is the scheme 803sqn used during the attack on the cruiser Königsberg at Bergen harbour, april 1940 But at least the modelling stage is done and I can start testing out different scenarioes with it. The background image shows Bergen harbour the actual day, the cruiser can be spotted moored along the pier, between the Skua's tail and the antenna mast, with a smaller S-boat alongside
  12. I relly like your style, good technique. Is it crayons or pencils?
  13. A little update on the Skua, there is still some areas that needs a touch up, plus adding some more bits and pieces, but in general it's nearing the paint stage.. I see I should probably du new gear wells, as they look strangely uneven..
  14. I had an old 3D model of the Skua, I did years ago. Looking at it, I decided it deserved better. So I have started a total rebuild of my old model, up to a better standard. So here's the first image of the new model:
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