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Published: 2008-04-26 05:07:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 2050; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 43
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There's been some interest of late in my Flying Phantom character, so I threw some colors on a quick ink sketch.Related content
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Thanks. There's more coming.
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I've been looking at this for a week thinking it reminded me of someone's art. Aside from you. 
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I'm not familiar with his work, but now I've got to go check it out. Thanks, Ron.
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the only thing i'd change is the gun barrel- you wanna lengthen it a bit to jive w/ the look of a 1911 .45 [link] I can only assume the era that you're going for but most airmen carried the Hi Standard model H-D military pistol or a smaller revolver. I've got my grandfather's [link] it's gotta little shorter barrel. He said they mostly went for compact sidearms as pilots. Take a look at the Walther P-38 too.
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That first link didn't work, but that pic of your grandfather's is great. What year was that produced? The '
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oh, and as far as the year produced?
I don't really know. There's no date stamp on it, and I can't find too much info on his model. It's a patent pending thing, so i don't know if that means that the standard was in production run at the same time or way after.
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That's cool. I've got a firearm almanac so I'll try to find it. Thanks.
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Oh, i put a period after jpeg apparently [link]
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a plane but the Walther P-38 is a cool looking Luger-ish looking gun. [link]
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Thanks for the reference. Which gun was more common for an American fighter pilot to carry?
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that's the thing, i think it was preference more than a "standard issue" scenario.
The Brits seemed to have a "standard issue" revolver [link]
But as far as I can tell they just wanted something smaller that wouldn't snag on anything. They talk about filing down sites and hammers just to be safe.
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Looks awesome Scott! I really love the muted colors.
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WHy the hell werent you born in 1910??? You would have ruled!!!!
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But they didn't have the Discovery Channel
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Or food network.... good point.
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Very cool Scott! How the hell do you nail that Golden Age / Radio Show feel to your characters?
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Thanks, Lee! Lots and lots of research.
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Speaking of radio shows do you know of any that are still in circulation or ones that you can get off of iTunes? I heard someone talk about it once and forgot all about it.
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I don't know of any on iTunes, but there are a bunch of sites where you can download episodes. [link] [link] [link] [link] These are just a few. Enjoy!
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I found some Shadow and Flash Gordon podcasts on iTunes so gonna give those a spin. Thanks for the links Scott.
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Nice. It's a great comp, and I love the shine on his jacket, tastefully done!
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Thanks. I was a little worried that the contrast on the jacket would be too extreme.
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