Travel Air painting

Working this week on a comission from a gentleman who once owned a Beech D95 Travel Air, which sadly was totaled about ten years ago in a training accident. I thought it might be a perfect way to get the ball rolling on this new blog.

First things first: the criteria. After meeting with my client, I came away with two very different but both fundamentally sound scenarios to work towards, with the airplane either coming over the fence at KPOU 24, dirty, or cruising at altitude with some kind of dramatic skyscape in the background. In either case it is important that we see the N-number and the custom paint work so that the airplane is distinguishable from all the other 95s out there. It was a gorgeous hunk of airplane, by the way.

The peculiarities of a light twin are such that any low angle is going to be tricky, with those nacelles blocking the cabin or registration. But that low angle is going to be the key to really feeling the landing flare. With a mind towards that I've gone to thumbnails. Here are a few of them.




Currently I'm looking at developing the last one on each page. The first one as cruising flight and the second as touchdown. Both are of a nice side of the plane and also show the numbers prominently. Watch out for the proof sketches sometime early next week.