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Hi out there! Work and other obligations have kept for the most part off FA for the last week. Fortunately I have been able to get more study time. in spite of it all and I have working to get my "eye" back for creating art.
This is a color study of one of the most iconic jets of the 1950's. The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak not only played an important role in the USAF's arsenal but also in several NATO air forces throughout the 1950's and 60's.
Now this was not an attempt to produce a detailed finished piece by me. What I was experimenting with was a couple ways of quickly creating different effects using my existing materials and techniques. Therefore there are numerous markings missing from the aircraft, and no attempt was made to determine which exact squadrons in the USAF flew F-84Fs.
Real time spent with pencil, marker, gouache to paper was only about three and half hours at most. In fact I spent more time rummaging around and cleaning up digital reference files related to the subject than actually working on the final image.
The goal here is to discover ways of being able to more quickly create complicated background elements of finished illustrations. Also as I stated earlier, I am trying to improve my "eye" so I can more quickly grasp and translate visual images to the working surface; this way I can start to meet the speed of production that I desire.
This is a color study of one of the most iconic jets of the 1950's. The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak not only played an important role in the USAF's arsenal but also in several NATO air forces throughout the 1950's and 60's.
Now this was not an attempt to produce a detailed finished piece by me. What I was experimenting with was a couple ways of quickly creating different effects using my existing materials and techniques. Therefore there are numerous markings missing from the aircraft, and no attempt was made to determine which exact squadrons in the USAF flew F-84Fs.
Real time spent with pencil, marker, gouache to paper was only about three and half hours at most. In fact I spent more time rummaging around and cleaning up digital reference files related to the subject than actually working on the final image.
The goal here is to discover ways of being able to more quickly create complicated background elements of finished illustrations. Also as I stated earlier, I am trying to improve my "eye" so I can more quickly grasp and translate visual images to the working surface; this way I can start to meet the speed of production that I desire.
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Yeah Sabres are sweet. I'll be doing one those to so time in the future. Also just so you know there are a few aviators here on FA. A few to look at would be 
Ant or 
dingotagonico and 
yellow7 They are in many cases much more knowledgable than me on aviation.
Ant or 
dingotagonico and 
yellow7 They are in many cases much more knowledgable than me on aviation. 
dingopatagonico
yellow07
Well it is not in color but I did post sketch here awhile ago of one http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1683138/ Hope you like.
Yeah I seem to remember that most were quickly relegated to the fighter-bomber role once better things came along. Still it does captures the spirit of the classic early 50's swept-wing fighter aircraft, and probably inspired a fair number of designs for hood ornaments in the US.
Quite the useful design, if well overshadowed by its' more successful cousin, the Sabre. It formed the core of USAF fighter-bomber strength during the Korean War, and was the subject of some experimentation during its' lifetime, including the attempted retrofitting of a turboprop engine. The XF-84H 'Thunderscreech' was less than successful however. The prototypes exhibited such undesirable tendencies as loss of horizontal stability at speeds over 450 knots indicated airspeed, engine failures, hydraulic failures, nose gear problems, excessive vibration, and the sheer noise the turboprop engine which led to it acquiring the nicknames, 'Thunderscreech' and 'The Mighty Ear Banger'.
It was reported that during ground run-ups, the engines could be heard 25 miles away, and was notorious for causing severe nausea and headaches in ground crew. Part of this was the fact that even at idle thrust the outer 24-to 30 inches of the propeller would be going supersonic, generating a constant, visible sonic boom! There were 2 prototypes made, FS-059 and FS-060. FS-060 made 4 flights during the test program, and was assumed to have been scrapped. FS-059 was a gate guard at Meadows Field in California, until 1992 when the aircraft was restored to static display condition and turned over to the USAF museum.
It was reported that during ground run-ups, the engines could be heard 25 miles away, and was notorious for causing severe nausea and headaches in ground crew. Part of this was the fact that even at idle thrust the outer 24-to 30 inches of the propeller would be going supersonic, generating a constant, visible sonic boom! There were 2 prototypes made, FS-059 and FS-060. FS-060 made 4 flights during the test program, and was assumed to have been scrapped. FS-059 was a gate guard at Meadows Field in California, until 1992 when the aircraft was restored to static display condition and turned over to the USAF museum.
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