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    Default Pride of Lemont

    The SK-3 was built for mechanic, Rudy A. Kling from Lemont, Illinois as his personal racing aircraft. The Menasco C6-S was modified by Kling to produce 400 hp , and could attain over 300 mph. Kling only had 150 hours of flying time. He won the 1937 Greve race and the 1937 Thompson trophy. He crashed in the 1938 Miami air races killing him at the age of 29.
    Plane all vector, background laid out in vector first, then touched up with a digital brush.
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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Nice. The rendering, not Mr. Lemont's untimely demise.

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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Beautiful job Graham.
    Were the air races in that day dangerous I mean did the those planes all take to the air at the same time and race? Unlike today where only one plane flies the course at a time?
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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Sexy looking plane that is! Beautiful drawing, gray!

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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Thanks Gary, Larry, Boy.
    Larry they used to have two types of racing. One was cross country, the other was pylon racing. In Pylon racing they raced as a group.
    I'll include the Xara wire frame and the original 3D wireframe below that I used to get the basic shape for the drawing from.
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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Just doesn't seem good enough to say, 'beautiful, as ever'.

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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Beautiful plane and render.

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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    masterfully done as ever
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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Thanks all for your very kind comments. I very much appreciate it.

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    Default Re: Pride of Lemont

    Quote Originally Posted by gray View Post
    Thanks Gary, Larry, Boy.
    Larry they used to have two types of racing. One was cross country, the other was pylon racing. In Pylon racing they raced as a group.
    I'll include the Xara wire frame and the original 3D wireframe below that I used to get the basic shape for the drawing from.
    Thanks gray. Must have been pylon racing I heard had been so dangerous.
    Larry a.k.a wizard509

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