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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2008 21:29:51 GMT 12
This is a fairly well known RNZAF Official photograph, seen in a few books, but I recently had a chance to scan an original print from Alex Brisbane's collection. I have scanned it in large dpi and have been studying it closely. I noticed in this busy and interesting photo of No. 10 Servicing Unit working on their Venturas that there's a nose art on on NZ4518 which looks like it could be a cartoon of a penguin or a kiwi in a jacket reading a book. That's the way we interpret it. Do you have any other ideas of what it is? I don't think it's one of the Disney artworks that many received.   You can also note in the photo the vehicles have hand painted numbers on them as well as stencilled. Great references for modelling dioramas. If anyone wants any other particular area zoomed in on let me know. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2008 21:31:51 GMT 12
The more i look, the more I reckon it' a kiwi
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 25, 2008 18:48:29 GMT 12
Does no-one else find this interesting then?
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Post by agalbraith on May 25, 2008 21:35:15 GMT 12
Yes mate, thats a good one....I missed this thread.
Looks like a Kiwi reading a paper??
Still no news from the letter I sent to Phil Goff about rescuing our survivor in the Islands
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 25, 2008 21:57:29 GMT 12
I have discovered a few more interesting nose arts for Venturas and Hudsons in my book research too.
Perhaps the Ministry is actually considering it if there's no instant reply. Fingers crossed.
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Post by agalbraith on May 25, 2008 22:01:15 GMT 12
Look forward to them Dave................
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 25, 2008 22:12:51 GMT 12
You might have to wait till the book is published.
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Post by stu on May 26, 2008 9:28:04 GMT 12
Still no news from the letter I sent to Phil Goff about rescuing our survivor in the Islands I hope you wrote to the opposition as well, that normally ends up with a response from both parties  |
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Post by stu on May 26, 2008 9:43:48 GMT 12
Had a play with Photoshop .... of any help?  I'm still stumped. Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 26, 2008 9:52:51 GMT 12
I reckon its a fighting Chicken Little from the 1040's. Check out this 1942 version of Chicken Little, the character seems to have the same shape nose as your fuzzy enlargement.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2008 12:16:11 GMT 12
Chicken Little's The Sky Is Falling would be a great motto for a bomber.
Or it could be a kiwi wearing a life preserver?
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Post by sniff on May 26, 2008 12:41:40 GMT 12
I wuz finking a boxing kiwi?
... or maybe a kiwi carrying a couple of bombs.....?
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2008 13:34:43 GMT 12
It reminds me of the penguin waiter in Bedknobs and Broomsticks but of course that Disney film came out decades later.
I wonder if the original negative shows the image more clearly.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2008 13:50:25 GMT 12
Further information on this photo, 'Classic Warbirds: Pacific Twins" by Malcolm Laird, Pete Massong, Rbert Montgomery and Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt (Ventura Publications) states on page 55 that NZ4518 in this very photo is wearing the (NZ) Blue Sea Grey and (NZ) Sky Grey colour scheme. That means it has already been repainted in RNZAF service and I'd then deduce the nose art was applied after that, so it's RNZAF nose art and not factory-applied Disney.
Also this was the same aircraft that later collided with Dakota NZ3501 (Popeye) over Auckland shearing the C-47's outer wing off and killing the Ventura pilot, Flt Lt. Farnsworth.
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Post by Bruce on May 26, 2008 14:52:31 GMT 12
Looks like one of those ink - blot tests to me.... maybe a snowman singing Christmas Carols?  |
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