On a remote Pacific island somewhere in South Carolina.......... - Aircraft of World War II

LUKE'57 · 10-26-2008, 06:11 PM

I can't begin to tell you the controversy this picture caused about thirty years ago where I worked. The in-house company newspaper held a photography contest with "Summertime" or some such category for both color and black and white photos so I intered some of my stuff.

The expected flower closeups and waterfalls swept the color division but when the issue with the winners came out I was shocked to see that I had won 2nd and 3rd in the B&W division. This photo of my Monogram 1/48 scale Corsair and a shot of two dirt track models brought home the money. I, along with the judges, figured that a pic of a plane (air show?) and some racing qualified for summertime activities. By the time all the squawking started I had already deposited the check and faded into the night with a smile and $75 bucks in my bank account. LOL

I'd like to think that I have gotten much better in the years that followed but this marked the first time I knew that I had a good idea of how to use my models and camera. And it's been on since then.

syscom3 · 10-26-2008, 06:44 PM

Looks like a Corsair on an airfield in the Solomons in 1943!

LUKE'57 · 10-26-2008, 08:43 PM

I couldn't believe just how much like a runway my '66 Mercury Cyclone flat black hood with the pine tree droppings looked like. Probably a good thing it was in black and white shot so you couldn't see the greenish tint to the tarmac, huh? LOL

syscom3 · 10-26-2008, 09:35 PM

Theres nothing wrong with showing us a picture of a 1966 Mercury Cyclone.

Lucky13 · 10-26-2008, 10:19 PM

....or some of your famous Darkside NASCAR racers.....

LUKE'57 · 10-27-2008, 12:09 AM

I wish I could show you a pic of the Merc but it's sitting in a box along with a late '60's Dodge Dart that I plan to build models of me and my best friend's cars we were driving when we first got out of school. I may have a pic of the real one I'll post if I find it. In the meantime, how about a pic of Dan Gurney's '65 Motor Trend 500 winning Galaxie? I used a shot of him from the
'68 race and added my model over the real car.

Lucky13 · 10-27-2008, 06:43 AM

There we go! Hey....never seen that one before! Sweeeet ride!

Keep 'em coming buddy boy!

10-26-2008, 06:11 PM	#1
LUKE'57 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14	On a remote Pacific island somewhere in South Carolina.......... I can't begin to tell you the controversy this picture caused about thirty years ago where I worked. The in-house company newspaper held a photography contest with "Summertime" or some such category for both color and black and white photos so I intered some of my stuff. The expected flower closeups and waterfalls swept the color division but when the issue with the winners came out I was shocked to see that I had won 2nd and 3rd in the B&W division. This photo of my Monogram 1/48 scale Corsair and a shot of two dirt track models brought home the money. I, along with the judges, figured that a pic of a plane (air show?) and some racing qualified for summertime activities. By the time all the squawking started I had already deposited the check and faded into the night with a smile and $75 bucks in my bank account. LOL I'd like to think that I have gotten much better in the years that followed but this marked the first time I knew that I had a good idea of how to use my models and camera. And it's been on since then.

10-26-2008, 06:44 PM	#2
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,283	Looks like a Corsair on an airfield in the Solomons in 1943! __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

10-26-2008, 09:35 PM	#4
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,283	Theres nothing wrong with showing us a picture of a 1966 Mercury Cyclone. __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

10-26-2008, 10:19 PM	#5
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	....or some of your famous Darkside NASCAR racers..... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

10-27-2008, 12:09 AM	#6
LUKE'57 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14	I wish I could show you a pic of the Merc but it's sitting in a box along with a late '60's Dodge Dart that I plan to build models of me and my best friend's cars we were driving when we first got out of school. I may have a pic of the real one I'll post if I find it. In the meantime, how about a pic of Dan Gurney's '65 Motor Trend 500 winning Galaxie? I used a shot of him from the '68 race and added my model over the real car. Last edited by LUKE'57; 10-27-2008 at 12:11 AM.

10-26-2008, 08:43 PM	#3
LUKE'57 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14	I couldn't believe just how much like a runway my '66 Mercury Cyclone flat black hood with the pine tree droppings looked like. Probably a good thing it was in black and white shot so you couldn't see the greenish tint to the tarmac, huh? LOL

10-27-2008, 06:43 AM	#7
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	There we go! Hey....never seen that one before! Sweeeet ride! Keep 'em coming buddy boy! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

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