GOvectorZ 970 Posted September 14, 2012 K, this has turned out to be more work than i first thought lol So i've had enough of this one for now & will go back to it in due course, but thought i'd show what i have so far Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.raвlιng.~ 187 Posted September 14, 2012 Really cool m8, I like the colors a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EntemberDesigns 982 Posted September 14, 2012 Wow man awesome work. Really clean and the shading is well executed. It also looks finished to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Awards
GOvectorZ 970 Posted September 15, 2012 k , i am done with this one for sure now. Whether i ever go back to it or not is yet to be seen. Still not really happy with the plane details, but tbh i've had enough banging my head on this piece for now. The Golden Hawks were a Canadian military aerobatic flying team established in 1959 to celebrate the 35th anniversary or the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the “Golden” 50th anniversary of Canadian flight, which began with the AEA Silver Dart in 1909. Initially a six-plane team was envisioned as performing for only one year with the Canadair Sabre 5, but the Golden Hawks were so popular after their 1959 show season that the team was re-established for 1960, again under team leader S/L Fern Villeneuve, and including pilots Jim McCombe, Ed Rozdeba, Jeb Kerr, Ralph Annis, Sam Eisler, Jim Holt, and Bill Stewart. They continued performing for three more seasons until they were disbanded, ostensibly for financial reasons, on February 7, 1964, having flown a total of 317 shows across North America. When Sam Eisler fatally crashed, J.T. Price came onto the team. Not only did the team perform standard loops and rolls in very tight formation, they also introduced their own trademark maneuvers. The Golden Hawks pioneered a two-aircraft head-on coordinated solo program which virtually every military team since has adopted in various ways. They also invented the Card 5 Maneuver, where five aircraft fly in a card formation, two up front, one in the middle, two in the back. They also created the Coordinated Two Aircraft 360, where two aircraft fly in opposite directions at low level at about 350 miles an hour, at about seven gravities, in a horizontal circle and pass each other on both sides of the circle. The legacy of the Golden Hawks lives on with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the Hawk One demonstration team established at Vintage Wings of Canada in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada. I did this piece as we have one situated in a local park nearby, which is due to be taken away fro restoration in the next few weeks. My biggest disappointment with the restoration group, is that it is not being re-painted in the Golden Hawks colors, with the terrible excuse that Gold paint is hard to come by. So my kid and her generation of the town will not have this to look back on as part of the Golden Hawks team which to me is a disgrace to the men that lost their lives during the period of the Golden Hawks. There goes another bit of history which Canada has little off. Anyway, enough of my moans haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Logi010 0 Posted September 16, 2012 Thx guys, appreciated. I'm done with this one for sure now. Whether i ever go back to it or not is yet to be seen. Still not really happy with the plane details, but tbh i've had enough banging my head on this piece for now. both are really lovely! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GOvectorZ 970 Posted September 16, 2012 thx Logi, appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
