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Hey Bob...was going to start a net thread regarding the Martin Mars that just overflew Klamtucky Falls headed your way a few moments ago and will instead say that your renderings of the Dash Eighty and other seven-o varients are beautiful. Nice work kid. Sure would have liked to have been at Sea Fair when Tex did the rolls.
Thanks, Sparky. They are oil paintings 22 X 48 inches and I have a 314 Clipper and a 247 started to fill in the earlier designs. Then getting even earlier I have two P-26's(one blue and yellow and one olive with black and white trim), an F4B4, and off Boeing, a really funny looking bare metal P-51.I forgot, a B-307 Strato-Swimmer but without the water draining out of it.
Nice to see you get those done. A very nice historical series. Somebody would be wise to snatch those up for their office wall. Can't wait to see the 767 Tanker.
The new tanker is done except for the boom details and exterior markings. Boeing is slow to respond. Yeah, I know. Well, I'm busy too.
I forgot to mention that I worked on all three of those birds 1954 thru 1960. These three airplanes were the genesis of the jet transport age.
Bob, What was or who was responsible for the color scheme on the prototype. The coloring was "unique" to say the least. Is there a story there? Figuring you were there then, and may know who or what was behind the color choice.
Boeing had hired the design firm, Walter Dorwin Teague Associates , to design the interiors and color schemes of the airplanes. Everyone agreed that they were tired of the red white and blue that had been used forever on everything. So the yellow and metallic brown was chosen. Everybody was stunned by the airplane when it was rolled out and it was distinctive. Many called the -80 " The Flying Cupcake". The WDTA guys were unique themselves and built and flew hand-launched gliders in the ramp thermals in front of the sub-assembly building. They are still a part of the Boeing image and do the interior design work for the airplanes.
Thanks. I simply cannot get away from painting or drawing airplanes. Nothing has been done to show the early jets that started everything for Boeing and others. The Dash 80 was a pretty crude airplane by todays standards. The KC-135 was the next iteration of it and still going strong. I was amazed to see that the hydraulics in the wheel well are just as they were 57 years ago and the airframe is still solid. The 707-121 N707PA illustrated was the first off the line and the first one used by Pan American, "Clipper Maria". I am working on the Boeing Clipper now and have several others started.
