This here is pretty easy, although one may stump some of you. We’ll see. I thought the last one was easy too…
Identify all five (5) aircraft in the photo. Basic designations and names will be accepted; but you must give BOTH the designation and the name. If you wanna ID the variants, that’s okay but not neccessary.
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Please do not post guesses in this thread. Not serious ones, anyway! [:p]
Four of the five were easy, fifth one I had to dig for cause I had seen pictures of it before but couldn’t remember who made it. Think I finally got It though.
Okay, so far, everyone’s doing fairly well. A comment was made in one of the emails that one of these may not have an official nickname, which could very well be the case. Although, my Grandfather (who worked for the company that made this aircraft) seems to have referred to it by the name more often than not and that’s what I’ve come to know it as. In light of this, for that particular bird, the name is no longer required.
BTW, I’ve gotten a few responses saying that the aircraft are hard to see. For those who don’t know, FSM Forum has an automatic resize feature for photos, so you can click on them and they’ll come up full-size. I’m sure most of you know this, but the newbs on the forum may not. And with the comments I’ve been getting, just thought I’d pass it along.
I got all five. The SUPPOSEDLY iffy one doesn’t have an official nickname, according to my reference book. Only three were built. The one in the picture is number two. The first one crashed on 8 May 1945. Hope this isn’t giving anything away…
As far as enlarging the pictures, they are still grainy even after enlarging them. I could barely make out the first single-engined plane’s version in large format.
Hey, Pixilator, you need to give a class on airbrushing German camouflage. Mine NEVER comes out looking as good as your Me-262 does. Mine looks like I TRIED to airbrush it, if you know what I mean. What’s your secret?
Gary - if I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret anymore. Just kidding.
I use Model Master enamels, thinned almost 50:50 (probably 52:48, paint/thinner). I spray at about 5-7 psi, with minimum paint volume (dual-action airbrush-Badger 150), 1/2 to 1/4 inch from the surface, at a 45 degree angle with a fine needle/nozzle. I can outline the “spots” & fill them in this way. I do this v e r y s l o w l y freehand. Practice on some scrap to get the hang of it.
Hope this helps you.
Geez, I only say that one of them may give some folks fits because since I’ve been frequenting the forums I’ve been reminded in a big way that not everone is a walking military aviation encyclopedia like myself. [^] At least, that’s a label some have pasted on me! [:p] Dunno if it’s a good thing…
So, I have to keep in mind that there are folks who, although they may have a great interest, don’t know that much about this stuff. I try to cater to all.
And aren’t we PICKY about grainy photos! [;)] Whaddya think, I meant you to be able to read the serial number on the tail? I didn’t post the full size image because alotta folks are on dial up and a one and a quarter meg image may take awhile to load for some. But, if you want it here it is…
And if you notice, it’s still “grainy”. That’s the nature of photographs, especially when they’re put on the web. They usually turn to crap. That’s why I hate grabbing stuff off the net sometimes. Alotta GREAT photos which turn into bad images.
As far as grainy photos go, I wasn’t complaining, just stating a fact. I meant it to be slightly humorous, but I guess it didn’t come across that way. Sorry. I do realize that OLD photos are gonna be grainy - the technology that we have today just didn’t exist back then. I don’t think it has anything to do with the internet; if you post a 5 megapixel image, you should be able to get back a 5 megapixel image. The reason you get bad images from the internet is because most people upload low resolution pictures in the first place. Most are below 1 megapixel. And this is usually because there are space limitations set by the domain servers. Sorry - I’ll get off of my soapbox now.[][soapbox]
I really enjoy these aircraft quizzes. Very enjoyable. I’ve got a great book called “The Complete Book of Fighters”, and it lists every fighter ever built, experimental or otherwise, up to the year 1994. Kinda helped me on quiz #6.
You just clued me in to what I’ve been doing wrong!!![banghead][bow][bow][bow] It’s the AIR PRESSURE!!! I’m usually spraying at about 20psi. I had never considered going lower. DUHHHHH!!![:O][banghead] That explains why I get great large area paint jobs, but detail work comes out not-so-great. I can’t wait to get started on my next German aircraft now!! Thanks for the tip!!!
Well, I think I’m staying out of this one. I’m 100 percent on 3 of them, 75 percent on one, and have no clue on the last. This is a bit of a toughie Steve, I can’t wait for the answer on it.
That’s the nature of photographs, especially when they’re put on the web. They usually turn to crap. That’s why I hate grabbing stuff off the net sometimes. Alotta GREAT photos which turn into bad images.
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