Mike777

Mods: Forgive me for posting this in 1:200, but this is where I normally hang out.

Here are some scans of the finished product. Ignore the splotchiness of the blue on the tail, it's not like that on the actual drawing.

The drawing measures about 11 1/2 inches from nose to the tip of the horizontal stab, for an approximate scale of 1:15.

Enjoy!

B773ER

Mike!!! It's gorgeous!! I hope your next one is a 727 gold with black meatball.

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Mike777

Thank-you Randy! My next drawing is going to be either a CO 727-100 black meatball, or a CO 757-200 with winglets, so you might get your wish!

B773ER

GO RETRO. hee hee.

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My decision depends on how good of a gold color for the meatball scheme I can create with my colored pencils. I'll play around this summer and if I can blend a color I'm happy with, I think I'll do the 721.

Aeolus

Mike, when you start manufacturing these in 1:200 you can have all my hard earned cash!

Mike777

Haha, thanks.

superbou

Congratulation for that artist work

jamtide

Excellent stuff! I have been thinking of framing profile art of aircraft I have flown on. I think it will look great in the den. Too bad I havent flown on the -300 .... I would love to have a copy!

Mike777

Thanks guys.

Jamtide, I'm looking into having prints made to sell for a small price. It'll be a month or so though, so I'll post here again when they're available.

1:200Freak

Wow you are very talented. Such attention to detail.

ccs757

WoWo!!!! that's just AMAIZING!!!! it looks like a real shot!!!!

how do you do that? you should need lot of patience to do such a great work!!!!!!!

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I'de like anyone to find ANY problem with this one...

if you dare!

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SDF

Awesome work! All those who follow the "Golden Tail" airline have to be so proud.

DeltaT7LR

I cant see the pic

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Mike777

Thanks. Yes a good bit a patience is required, and sometimes mine runs a little thin.

Thanks! There are one or two tiny problems though.

Thank-you!

Hmm, can you see it now?

Rudi

Just great!!!

A friend of mine works for CO as an engineer in Houston. As far as I know he has/had to do something with the new winglets on the B737-300.

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Mike777

Thanks!

Also, Rudi pointed out via PM that I accidentally stated the drawing is approximately 1/15 scale. That is a typo and it's too late to edit the original post. I meant to say 1/115. Thanks for pointing that out, Rudi. 1/15 would be something like 7 feet, more like a mural than a drawing!

CitationDrvr

VERY Good work, Mike! I really love profile art. I posted a thread on aviation artists recently but only got C-REX to contribute. Your work blows my stuff away! Great job!

Mike777

Thanks a lot CitationDrvr! I love profile art as well, particularly of airliners, and it's pretty much the only type of art I've ever been interested in creating myself. Nowadays, there are some artists creating some absolutely spectacular looking profiles digitally, but I prefer the old fashioned method: by hand!

I missed your thread, but I'll go find it and contribute!

smoothjazz

Nice one Mike! Very nice!

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David Hingtgen

Looks like there's both CO grey and Boeing grey----rarely do I see that kind of accuracy.

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Mike777

Thanks Benjamin.

Yes sir--and thanks to you! (Thread on airlinebuzz a while ago.) I was skeptical at first, but you convinced me there are two different grays.

FAEDC3

Amazing piece of work Mike... you should have prints made of it and have them for sale... count me in for one!!

Mike777

Thanks! I should have prints available in a month or so.

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