[Loht773]

[size=150]Oscar Lorenzo Sundt was one of the many Argentinean citizens to join the Allied forces. He entered the Royal Navy in 1943. In 1944 he was trained by the Royal Canadian Airforce and finally sent to the Royal Navy were he flew Seafires Mk III. Months later he was sent to the 808 Squadron were he kept flyign Seafires over Normandy. When the F6F Hellcats arrived his unit was sent to the HMS Khedive with base in Trincomalee, Ceylom (Sri-Lanka now a days). The HMS Khedive patroled the Asian South East, performing ground attack missions. Sundt requested a special nose art to his hellcat, he asked for a small Patoruz

[Bearkiller72]

hock: Well, I'm no "Master-At-Paints", but I could try...
Any chance of having a close-up of "Patoruz

[Loht773]

Thanks Bearkiller72!

I took thoose pictures from the Internet, and yes its a very good model.

Unfortunatly I do not have pictures of the Patoruz

[Bearkiller72]

Right! So far, so good. Finished.
But remember my warning, I'm no "master", so this depiction is in no way a perfect representation of Sundt's craft, only a "as-close-as-I-could-get"...

The stencil and marking sizes are only based on estimates from your shots and in no way 100% correct.
As for Patoruzu's head, I couldn't find a close-up of that on Sundt's machine, so I went for a close match.

Hope you like it anyway and in case you're satisfied, look up your PM's, I've sent the DL link to you! :wink:

Feedback would be appreciated, companero!



*edit* Feedback received. Thank you very much!

[Loht773]

Its Awsome!


Thank You!

[Kosmos]

Bearkiller,
Great work with the skin

Just one point, the light blue for the fin flash and fuselage roundel should be replace with white.
FAA didn't use the SEAC dull blue/light blue format. The profile art is inaccurate in this repect.

Underwing and fuselage are 16" roundels with 2" white borders. Because of the white fuselage band the roundel has a 1" dull blue demarcation border.

[Bearkiller72]

Bearkiller,
Great work with the skin

Just one point, the light blue for the fin flash and fuselage roundel should be replace with white.
FAA didn't use the SEAC dull blue/light blue format. The profile art is inaccurate in this repect.

Underwing and fuselage are 16" roundels with 2" white borders. Because of the white fuselage band the roundel has a 1" dull blue demarcation border.

Many thanks for your hints/corrections!
But all I had were the pictures above. I had to start somewhere, so I took the profile as a color example and the model pics as a reference for placement.
In the model pics, the fin flash's lighter color isn't white, it's somewhat darker and "blue'er", so I settled for the side profiles colors.
As for the placement and size of the lower wing roundels, I had to estimate and took the RAF/RAAF placement for an example.
As I said, it's in no way accurate, but if I ever skin something for the Fuerza Aera Argentina again, I'll mind your words! 8) :wink:

[Kosmos]

Many thanks for your hints/corrections!
But all I had were the pictures above. I had to start somewhere, so I took the profile as a color example and the model pics as a reference for placement.
In the model pics, the fin flash's lighter color isn't white, it's somewhat darker and "blue'er", so I settled for the side profiles colors.
As for the placement and size of the lower wing roundels, I had to estimate and took the RAF/RAAF placement for an example.
As I said, it's in no way accurate, but if I ever skin something for the Fuerza Aera Argentina again, I'll mind your words! 8) :wink:

It looks fantastic, mate, no criticism intended. I just thought I'd let you know for reference.
BTW its Royal Navy 'Fleet Air Arm' not Fuerza Aera Argentina