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Showing posts with label Supermarine Spitfire XIV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supermarine Spitfire XIV. Show all posts
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2012-12-09
The making of "Spitfire XIV of 350 Squadron over Brussels under the snow "
One of our readers asked what techniques were used to produce the postcard (Thx Guido for the idea).Some subjects were studied but finally the wish card of this year will show a pair of Spitfire XIV above Brussels.
We started from a picture of Brussels taken in the winter 2011 from the Atomium to be used as background.
The Koebelberg church is clearly visible and help to identify the place as Brussel. Snow covers the roofs and the weather was cold but with a spendid sky.
As the scene is supposed to happen around 1950, small details were corrected on the picture as they were too modern (cars, cranes ...).
The Spitfires are from 2 pictures taken by Eric Dessouroux in Duxford some years ago.
The 2 spitfire were then "glued" on the Brussels backgroundThe composition is then processed using fotosketcher a software which permit to soften
the pictures and apply filters to have artistic effects. To find the rights settings, many tests were performed. When the results seem good, the project is printed to detect default.
And the final result is
2012-11-25
Greeting cards : Spitfire XIV of 350 Squadron over Brussels under the snow
Hello,
We are now close to Christmas and the New year end.
You have the opportunity to send your airminded wishes.
We have a limited quantity of original greeting cards depicting 2 Spitfire XIV of 350 Squadron over Brussels under the snow.The price is 10 Euro for 10 greeting cards including the envelopes.
If you are interested, please contact yduwelz@gmail.com
2012-10-20
Dozens of Spitfire planes to be excavated in Burma
Dozens of Spitfire fighter planes that were buried by British troops in Burma as the second world war
drew to a close are to be excavated after an agreement to dig up the
historic aircraft was signed by the Burmese government and an aviation
enthusiast from Lincolnshire.
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After 16 years of searching and
lobbying, David Cundall, 62, has signed a deal to recover the lost RAF
planes, which are believed to have been packed in crates and hidden by
British forces on the orders of Earl Mountbatten shortly before the
United States bombed the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
During
his visit to Burma in April, David Cameron reached an agreement with
President Thein Sein about the recovery of the missing aircraft. The
British embassy in Rangoon said the newly signed deal was a chance to
work with the new Burmese government "in uncovering, restoring,
displaying these fighter planes".
Excavation work is expected to
begin by the end of this month. The number of Mark 14 Spitfires awaiting
discovery remains unclear, but Htoo Htoo Zaw, managing director of
Cundall's Burmese partner, the Shwe Taung Paw company, said he estimated
there were at least 60. Previous estimates have varied between 20 and
36. Even that number would represent a large increase in the global
Spitfire population: while 21,000 were built, only 35 remain in a good
enough condition to fly. (Source: The Guardian)
Best regards,
Daniel
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