Mecklenburg Vintage Modellers Association

There is nothing like flying in an open cockpit biplane. It feels as though you are just suspended in air. You don't even realize you are moving. Very exhilarating to say the least.

As everyone knows, propellers were layered wood. Normally, different kinds of wood. To paint a prop properly. I paint the first coat light brown. Then I get the tinniest tape you can find and put the tape on with same width of tape apart about the same width. Then paint shade darker on that. If done properly, it will look like the fabricated layered wood props.

This photo was taken last weekend and shows the Albatros D.II operated by The Vintage Aviator Limited, and flown by Paul Hughan.
Camera plane was a Tiger Moth flown by Andy Love.

A recently completed commission for a book cover - RFC SPAD VII of 23 Squadron. Oil on canvas.

Cheers, Steve