Sky Truck Vietnam: for Neil Wilson by kjer_99
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Description
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider is possibly the finest fighter-bomber ever designed ever. It weapons load capability was incredible with very versatile configurations of the same. In this picture of a Skyraider taxing down to the end of the rutty runway, it is loaded with two 1000 lb bombs, two 500 lb bombs, four cluster bombs, and four Snake-eye missiles--not to mention the external gas tank! Sounds like pretty formidable support for the front line grunts to me. Called in by forward observers, it must have been a glorious and heartening sight for pinned down G.I.s to see a Skyraider roar overhead on its way to deliver some death to the enemy.
The A-1 missed the "Big War" but served in first the Korean War, then the Vietnam War with honors. Air Force, Marines, and Navy all used them. Eventually, jets like the Intruder came along that could do the same job. By Vietnam, it was considered an obsolete aircraft, but all the same, the Douglas A-1 Skyraider still delivered in a jet dominated war.
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This picture is dedicated to Neil Wilson aka neiwil. I asked him to consider making a model of the A-1 Skyraider quite a while back and once again he has delivered in a masterful way. Thanks, Neil.
You can get it here: http://www.sharecg.com/v/53715/browse/5/3D-Model/Douglas-A-1-Skyraider
Again, thank you for the great welcome back and some very nice comments. Always appreciate those--even--and sometimes even more--the negative but helpful ones.
Keep rendering!
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Aircraft: Neil Wilson's "Douglas A-1 Skyraider" (ShareCG).
Buildings: Hangers are freebies from (ShareCG). Don't know who made them but think it might also have been Neil.
Eco-system: Created from Linda Daireaux's "Lush Jungle Trees" pack (Cornucopia3d).
Pilot: Chris Schell's "Dummy Pilot" (ShareCG).
Ground texture: Judith Ward "Western Roads" (RDNA).
Comments (10)
beautful - beautful - beautful! Refresh my memory here; was that nicknamed "sandy"?. Whatever, I added that one to my screen saver of piston pounders. ;-)
Very beautiful image and write-up, Jeremy Excellent
Only critique I'd have to say about this one is the lighting is curious. Looks like you've got the regular daylight providing the ground shadow, and possibly an additional spotlight shining towards the plane, considering the wing's shadow on the fuselage. Could easily be a set of vehicle headlights I guess, parked behind the camera, and the cameraman going for that posterity shot. Other than that, the scene setup looks very well done! Will have to checkout the airplane model. Think I seen those hangers there too before. The setting looks like it could've been a small airfield on some small Asian island. As always, I enjoy the the history bites :)
Nicely done! Though I do have to agree with Spacer_01 on the odd lighting.
Thanks, Spacer and geirla for pointing out the lighting issue. Should have caught it last night before I posted, but I was so tired. Had another version without the extra spotlight but somehow got the two mixed up. Corrected now.
Awsome Jeremy, the movie 'Bridges of Toki Ri' was on TCM yesterday, had to watch it again if only for the A1 sequence....( your requested paintjob is in hand).Thanks for the dedi and your continued support, much appreciated..
Hello Jeremy! Nice job on Neil's Sandy, well done. A nice tribute to Neil who's given us some very nice aircraft. If I remember correctly the Sandy was so much appreciated by its crews that the airframes were completely worn out & even spare parts weren't enough to keep the planes flying. The navy & marine units flying Sandies had their mounts replaced by younger air force Sandies. The only reason the aircraft were removed from duty was because they could no longer be kept in flying condition. That says something about the ground crews & pilots who flew those machines... Dedication, nice tribute Jer.
Excellent image! :)
i see you are online that makes me happy too long ago we heard from you all ok ???
Very nice work, well done