Aviation Art - Aircraft of World War II

Charles Stafrace · 12-06-2005, 08:47 AM

Hi, I would like to introduce my new aviation art website at http://aviationart.maltaexpo.com I would very much like you to browse it and to hear comments, questions, suggestions, citicism, etc on its contents.

Gnomey · 12-06-2005, 08:49 AM

Link doesn't work. I would like to have a look around your site though.

Quote:

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evangilder · 12-06-2005, 12:13 PM

Yep, I get the same error.

evangilder · 12-06-2005, 12:16 PM

Okay, I got it. Take the extra . out of the URL and it works...

Nice, but the pictures are a little dark to make out the details very well. What I can make out looks very good though.

Gnomey · 12-06-2005, 12:39 PM

Yes that worked.

I agree the paintings are a bit dark, but the detail is good, I like them.

the lancaster kicks ass · 12-06-2005, 01:10 PM

some great paintings, although i have no idea what Lm is, i assume it's the currency?

Gnomey · 12-06-2005, 01:48 PM

It means Maltese Lira it is the currency yes. 1 one them is worth £1.6364 or $2.4836.

the lancaster kicks ass · 12-06-2005, 03:00 PM

did that off the top of year head did you

Gnomey · 12-06-2005, 03:08 PM

Yes...

With a little help of course... (http://www.travelex.co.uk/personal/c...sp?content=cnv)

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 12-06-2005, 08:59 PM

From what I can tell, pretty good.

Aggie08 · 12-11-2005, 04:24 PM

Coooool

Charles Stafrace · 12-12-2005, 04:40 AM

Hi

Thanks for your comments, and sorry for the extra . that caused all the trouble. Shame on me for having put the URL at the end of a sentence!

It seems there is concensus that the paintings appear a little dark. I will try to rectify this by posting new images that are lighter in colour and see what happens. I will also enlarge each file, since I have been allowed rather low resolution figures by the website host. The Martin Maryland photo especially looks terrible. In fact, all images have been reduced to some 20k each from their original size of some 5 megabites.

Yes, Lm means Maltese pound and the exchange quoted by my friend is correct.

Aviation art in Malta has never actually taken off, and in fact aviation artists over here can be counted on the fingers of one hand. We do try and make ourselves heard but the crowd is mostly illiterate, aviation-wise! I did manage to sell about a dozen paintings in these past two years, which is good given the situation. The ones that appear on the website are more recent and, obviously, as yet unsold.

Charles Stafrace

HealzDevo · 03-19-2007, 02:38 AM

Okay, sounds good. Will look.

12-06-2005, 08:47 AM	#1
Charles Stafrace Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Aviation Art Hi, I would like to introduce my new aviation art website at http://aviationart.maltaexpo.com I would very much like you to browse it and to hear comments, questions, suggestions, citicism, etc on its contents. __________________ I am interested in Mediterranean aviation history Last edited by lesofprimus; 03-19-2007 at 09:58 AM.
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12-06-2005, 12:13 PM	#3
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Yep, I get the same error. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

12-06-2005, 12:16 PM	#4
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Okay, I got it. Take the extra . out of the URL and it works... Nice, but the pictures are a little dark to make out the details very well. What I can make out looks very good though. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

12-06-2005, 12:39 PM	#5
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,219	Yes that worked. I agree the paintings are a bit dark, but the detail is good, I like them. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

12-06-2005, 01:10 PM	#6
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	some great paintings, although i have no idea what Lm is, i assume it's the currency? __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

12-06-2005, 01:48 PM	#7
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,219	It means Maltese Lira it is the currency yes. 1 one them is worth £1.6364 or $2.4836. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

12-06-2005, 03:00 PM	#8
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	did that off the top of year head did you __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

12-06-2005, 03:08 PM	#9
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,219	Yes... With a little help of course... (http://www.travelex.co.uk/personal/c...sp?content=cnv) __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

12-06-2005, 08:59 PM	#10
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	From what I can tell, pretty good. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

12-11-2005, 04:24 PM	#11
Aggie08 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,013	Coooool __________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..." Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group Matt

12-12-2005, 04:40 AM	#12
Charles Stafrace Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Hi Thanks for your comments, and sorry for the extra . that caused all the trouble. Shame on me for having put the URL at the end of a sentence! It seems there is concensus that the paintings appear a little dark. I will try to rectify this by posting new images that are lighter in colour and see what happens. I will also enlarge each file, since I have been allowed rather low resolution figures by the website host. The Martin Maryland photo especially looks terrible. In fact, all images have been reduced to some 20k each from their original size of some 5 megabites. Yes, Lm means Maltese pound and the exchange quoted by my friend is correct. Aviation art in Malta has never actually taken off, and in fact aviation artists over here can be counted on the fingers of one hand. We do try and make ourselves heard but the crowd is mostly illiterate, aviation-wise! I did manage to sell about a dozen paintings in these past two years, which is good given the situation. The ones that appear on the website are more recent and, obviously, as yet unsold. Charles Stafrace __________________ I am interested in Mediterranean aviation history
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03-19-2007, 02:38 AM	#13
HealzDevo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Queensland Posts: 1,249	Okay, sounds good. Will look.

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