Mossie ~ for Rob (debbielove) and Neil (neiwil) by bmac62
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One more for our boys who are off to the big airshow this weekend at Duxford Airfield, UK.
This is a US Army Air Force De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito or "Mossie" for short.
The Mossie is a very famous multirole British WWII fighter/bomber.
Constructed primarily of plywood with a balsa wood core, it had excellent speed, altitude and range. First flown on Nov. 25, 1940, the Mosquito entered production in mid-1941 and was produced until well after the end of the war. Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada and Australia.
This Mosquito has been restored to a Mk. XVI configuration and painted as NS519, a weather reconnaissance aircraft of the USAAF 653rd Bombardment Squadron based in England in 1944-1945.
Location: US Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio.
Once again, I had fun popping this off its' busy background and inserting a cyan blue fill layer behind the aircraft...
Bill:)
P.S. More details for those that want them:)
"US Army Air Forces Spitfires ~ for Rob and Neil"
Comments (30)
gorgeous photo!!
cool shot! interesting information. Great dedication!
wonderful shot
Great job, Bill. Interesting that the engines are straight sixes instead of the usual radials.
as I stare I just keep on the reflections or is it the shadows that draw my attention wonderful colors smile warm hugs, Linda
Fine work!
Even I like planes that look like this..human scale and props! LOVE that background!
Fantastic image of a fantastic aircraft.
Very beautiful aircraft Bill, great capture and post work.. well done!!
Whooa! brilliant Bill, the best angle by far. A great plane and I love the way you 'popped' it out.Thanks so much for this.This the last image I'll be seeing before heading down to Rob's. 2 Merlins...how appropriate :-)
Yeah, it is mighty awesome. I like it alot.
Gotta agree this is beyond brilliant Bill. You postwork in Photoshop really makes the Aircraft stand out. Excellent mate.
Outstanding capture and I love the postwork. :)
super fabulous capture and work!!
Merlin, 24 cylinder inlines.. Built for speed.. A stunning photo Bill.. There should be one flying soon in New Zealand. Also one in Canada.. There is one nearing completion in the U.K. (Not sure if airworthy or not) I HOPE it will be.. Luckily, I have seen one fly.. Thanks mate.. 1 Day.. :-) Rob
Great shot!!
Your love for these planes shows in the excellent work you do presenting them; really well done, Bill!
Wonderful treatment again to show off the plane! Kudos
You have done a wonderful job on this one Bill! Clive
Nice shot and postwork. The stacks look un-run (Engines are no doubt preserved and the propellers can't be turned by hand, note placard on blades - can't read it, just guessing). This is a late mark with the intercooled engines and fat prop blades. The intercooler scoop is just below the prop spinner and goes to an air/glycol cooler (between the first and second stages of the supercharger) that exhausts just in front of and to the left and right of the carburetor scoop on the bottom of the engine cowling. The fat part of the landing gear legs is filled with rubber doughnuts (high-tech) and the cagey looking parts on the landing gear doors are to keep the doors from closing on the landing gear and jamming . . . I could go on - lol. This is fun!
these photos are really among your best, as i have already told you! and this one is also excellent
All the above in re this capture and information, Bill. Great postwork on the background.
Good one!!!!
Really kickin' photo of this Mossie, Bill! I van almost hear it firing up (not that I've ever heard a mossie... I love the way you filter the BG on these. Makes the plane almost pop right out of my monitor! It just zoomed past my left shoulder, and bombed my trash can! :-D
Superb job.... Aloha
Oh, famous, eh? I'VE never heard of it! LOL! :D I love the background treatment. It really does make the plane leap off the page! I'm not surprised to hear it bombed Rod's garbage can. :P Excellent work!
The background really shows this off!!
You have made it look like the plane is taking off!!!!
Gotta love the Mosquito and your fine postwork makes it stand out.
my favorite wwII aircraft- saw one in England in 1968- awesome sound when the Merlins get going