Friday, June 19, 2015

B-17G Flying Fortress

I was pretty excited to go inside this airplane. When I was younger I built a scale model of a B-17F Flying Fortress. To me it is one of the coolest looking planes of WWII. One of the waist/side guns and the belly gun (as seen from the inside).
The radio room. I like how these turned out but I need to find a way to get rid of the weird border at the edges of the light (the light beam hitting the floor).
The bomb bay and the catwalk to get to the rest of the airplane.
Nose gun and belly gun from the outside.
A wide angle shot of the entire B-17 as well as a close up shot. I'm not sure which I like better they both look nice.
#HDR #WWII #airplane #B-17G #B17 #B-17 #flyingfortress #wingsoffreedom

Thursday, June 18, 2015

B-24J Liberator

Went to the event Wings of Freedom at the Yakima airport. It was really cramped in most of the airplane with only a few areas where you could stretch out a little. Looking towards the cockpit.
The narrow catwalk going through the bomb bay to get to the tail section. You had to lower yourself down to get into the bomb bay and you can see my legs as I was sitting while taking the photo.
Looking at the belly gun.
One of the waist/side guns. There is a bit of ghosting in these photos since I was hand holding the camera, I'll have to spend more time to fix the photos up better but it still looks cool to me.
Looking towards the tail gun.
Tail gun from the outside.
Front view.
#HDR #WWII #B24J #B-24J #Liberator #airplane #WingsOfFreedom #Yakima