Fresh Meat

Here is a fine example of a Granville Brothers "Z" racing model by John Pantaleone.
John thought he'd liven up this old blog with a new entry....and that he did.
Thanks John.

John P. Wind Vane

Beautifuly built from scrap timber, this Blossom Air wind vane is indeed a wonderful idea from John. He's considering a Connie next, I'd like DH Comet myself, who knows, John might take orders???

KISMIAIRS KONCEPT

Verily, thy humble 737, re-fitted with a pair of overzised Pratt and Whitney J-T9's?

Unfortunately, the 1/4 mile speed trials for this baby were not taken, as the aircraft's sonic shockwave destroyed the recording equipment.

Hotted Up Civilians

Here's a couple of nicely lowered, blueprinted and tuned airliners from John P.
I can almost smell the fuel additives from here.

F4-G Phantom

Nice one John!

WARTHOG!

Another fine illustration from John Pantaleone.

Souped Up F4U

Well, it's been more than a year now and I guess it's time to post something new.
Our new submission comes from none other than John Pantaleone himself.
A great artist whose work can be oggled at his own website: www.rodzandbetties.com
There you will also find some rather cool aircraft art, check it out.
I've always loved the theme of hotted up warbirds or hot rod planes.

F-86

Found this at the bottom of the pile, bit rugged, but who cares.

Grumman Avenger TBM

"The white dogs are at my mercy!"

B-17 Side Gunner

Curtiss Pigeon P-11

A lesser known variant of the great Curtiss persuit family, the Pigeon had made it's mark in history by possessing
an unrivalled lack of overall performance. The type was therefore decommissioned within the same month of adoption.
Most of the airframes were relegated to amusement parks, while the remainder had been recycled into outdoor furniture.

Tough Grunt

"Have to help those fighter boys out and take out those Nazi ships myself!"

Buckaroo Butte Scout

Yay! Our first reader contribution.

From the illustrious Dave Gordon we have, the "Buckaroo Butte Scout", this is one sweeeeeet illo. Absolutely beautiful!
I wonder if you could stow a fly rod in there?
You can check out Dave's stuff at: http://illustrationranch.com.
Welcome aboard Dave and a great big thank you for the art.

Rick Rudder, Parasite Fighter Pilot

This was drawn back in the mid 90's, Rick Rudder and his faithful mechanic Suds, are members of the fearsome 466th
U.S.A.F Parasite Fighter Squadron, 1956.
Dropping out of bombays and into combat, the parasite fighters protect their bomber formations.
These amazing aircraft and intrepid pilots are in a league of their own.

Tough Sailor-( Third Drawing )

Simon then drew another one.......

Tough Sailor-( Second Drawing )

Simon responded with this.
(At that time, we were taking the piss out of the old 40's and 50's war comics.)

Lockheed Giganticus B-3000

The Giganticus was designed as a mega class bomber, however, the experiment had gone too far.
This behemoth's sheer size and mass, prohibited it's own construction. Mainly because there were no fabrication
plants large enough to even build a singular example.

Unamed U.S. Navy Combat Aircraft

This is a drawing Simon did back in the mid 80's, alas we have no name for it,...(Not yet anyway.)

F-16 Custom 2

A one quarter scale F-16, means that I can reach the rudder pedals.

Zero at 12 o'clock!