Machtrainer- almost ready

[Nico Braas]

When finished it will be most impressive; I am sure of this!
One remark: as you know the S-14 had an excessive long tailpipe that ran from the mid-fuselage to the tail end.
On the ground with the engine not running the tailpipe did not extend out of the rear section. However, in the air with the engine continueously producing a stream of very hot air it expanded outwards for approx. 5 cm. This is clearly visible from in-flight photos!

[No.1]

Be sure that this detail will be included  Today I have started oil painting version of the same subject 

[No.1]

Here you are basic oil outline... don't touch, fresh paint 

[santynus]

look good No.1 

[No.1]

Thank you very much mate and congratulation 

You just write your 500 post here 

[santynus]

Thank you No.1   
I never written english so much like in this forum...   

P.S.
Sorry for my bad english...

[mfg495]

Thank you very much mate and congratulation 

You just write your 500 post here 

 

[No.1]

Your English is good for me and you have personal teacher in the house 

Well- I have made some more strokes on the oil painting and give more intensity to the sky and the fields. Now it is let to dry few weeks and then over it I will paint airplane. To regret something bad is also happen- during the final work on the Machtrainer lower side color profile, PC crashed. Result is complete damaged file and few day's work is gone forever. See how the file look like when PC crash during the hard work in Photoshop... there is no cure for this 

[No.1]

To regret I did not spot when Mick made his 500  sorry mate.

[mfg495]

Thank you No.1   
I never written english so much like in this forum...   

P.S.
Sorry for my bad english...

Your English is far better that my Italian 

[santynus]

Your English is far better that my Italian...

thank you Mick for your kindnes word 

my wife tell me ever I speack "barbarian english" or "spaghetti english"   

[No.1]

Here it is continue of the digital version of the "Climb". Oil paintings are still drying 

[No.1]

 

[No.1]

This is very close to the final shape.

[Nico Braas]

Yes, that is typically test pilot Gerben Sonderman in action with the S-14 prototype! Let's say it is a homage to a great pilot that died too early!
We have plans to use this illustration for the title page of the book. Book cover will show another and very beautiful S-14 illustration by the Dutch artist Lam van 't Hof.
We are now all working very hard to get everything ready for printing in November and for book release early December.
I haver already seen the first printed pages of the layout design and I can only say it looks GREAT!!
Book will be A4 size with hard cover and it will be some 175 pages with many illustrations. Book will be fully bi-lingual Dutch-English since not very much people outside my country speak our beatiful and colourful language!
The publisher doing the S-14 book has very recently released a book on the Fokker D-XXIII twin-boom fighter.
A reveiw will be placed on the website in a few days!