World War II Radio Transmitter

[johndye]

Hi all,
Here is an illusrtation of an old transmitter used on the Battleship USS Massachusetts. The challenge was to get the crackle paint to come out. This is part of a larger illustration showing the radio equipment usied on the ship.
John

[johndye]

Hi all,
Here is an illusrtation of an old transmitter used on the Battleship USS Massachusetts. The challenge was to get the crackle paint to come out. This is part of a larger illustration showing the radio equipment usied on the ship.
John

[johndye]

Here is a detail with the unit powered up
John

[rsallen]

Now all you have to do is to make it look like it has been used! As a retired Navy man myself, I know that this machine didn't look that good for very long... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I think that will be your greatest challenge! The crinkle paint looks great! Excellent detail!

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[johndye]

Randy,
Strangely the transmitter really does look new. it is baried down in Radio 3 which is not open to the public and the whole space is like a time capsule. Not a chip in the paint.
John

[Lori]

Hi John!
This is amazing! WOW! I wonder how you did this.
Didn´t this work make you cry after having worked on it for 234 hours and still have it half-finished? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif It looks so good!
I mean, you sure put so much effort, patience, accuracy and talent into this to get such a great outcome...(Could say better in German, so please excuse me...)



Lori

[Mike Bailey]

Very cool illustration John. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

Brings back some memories about late nights on the amature bands.

[joel]

This is a fantastic drawing...reminds me of some Johnson and Hammurlund amateur radio equipment I use to have.

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[RacerX30]

Awesome Job http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[stlewis]

I can feel the texture. Spooky. Brilliant.

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