OBIO
January 13th, 2009, 23:27
Today, my wife and I were getting a bit stir crazy as we had been holed up in the house since Friday afternoon's snow fall (around a foot)...so I decided that we needed to get out of the house for a spell....it would really do Deb some good as she is recovering from a brain surgery in August and moving about will help rebuild her strength. Well, into our little blue Chevy Corsica we climb (Deb did it with total ease :jump: that belies the fact that less than 5 months ago a tumor the size of two golf balls was removed from her head) and into the neighboring town/county we go to the Good Will thrift store. Deb found a clock, antique mirror and a lovely art print of the Virgin Mary and Baby JC that would go very well in our psuedo-Victorian/Tuscan Italian theme decor. I found a really neat tin sign for $2. About 18 inches wide, 6 inches at the tallest point. The back ground is a red rectangle edged in black, with a black oval offset to the top. Overlaying the oval is white script lettering that say "Gates". Something about the sign just struck a cord with me....it has the look and feel that one would associate with general/civil aviation of the 1940s and 50s. Very classic coloration, very classic design.
Well, that little $2 tin sign will be joining the reproduction WW2 era tin signs that decorate my office/flight room/fish and ferret room. And it is the inspiration for another fictional paint for NCGent's Fairchild F-91.
So, basically the point of this entire pile of drivel is that one needs to keep his eyes and mind open to inspiration...be it for painting sim aircraft, writing poetry or what have you.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/OBIOandSharkbait/Flight%20Sim%20Images/Gates1.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/OBIOandSharkbait/Flight%20Sim%20Images/Gates2.jpg
OBIO
Well, that little $2 tin sign will be joining the reproduction WW2 era tin signs that decorate my office/flight room/fish and ferret room. And it is the inspiration for another fictional paint for NCGent's Fairchild F-91.
So, basically the point of this entire pile of drivel is that one needs to keep his eyes and mind open to inspiration...be it for painting sim aircraft, writing poetry or what have you.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/OBIOandSharkbait/Flight%20Sim%20Images/Gates1.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/OBIOandSharkbait/Flight%20Sim%20Images/Gates2.jpg
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