Presentation given at the Squadron's 2009 EagleQuest show. "Modeling History with Photoshop"

1. M odeling H istory with Photoshop Eagle Quest XVIII 2009

2. Presenter, Konley Kelley Avid modeler / enthusiast Scale and 3D models … published! www.shortfuse3d.com

6. Photoshop’s interface

7. Everyone takes pictures of their kids….right?

8. Take one backyard Jedi

9. Google a Star Wars image

10. Kurt goes to the Darkside

11. The Saga is Complete

12. Statue of Liberty Project -- 3rd grade

13. 3rd grader, Katie, poses for the camera

14. Katie Liberty

15. Me and the Missus

16. Take a tough Ford Truck

17. Make a tough toy Ford Truck … with squirrel hitchiker

18. Normal speed

19. Warp speed

20. Christmas Give it a minute 

21. Virtual landscaping - need a new tree … exercise from my Photoshop class

22. House with new tree or… … but does it have to be indigenous to Texas?

23. Joshua Tree

24. Palm Tree

25. Giant Sequoia

26. Trufulla Tree

27. Photoshop Diorama 101 … never get dusty and can’t be broken

28. First - you have to make models

29. By the way, my wife models, too “ Beverly Hills Tank”…from a design by my daughter

30. After the model is made, you need inspiration *Check out the work of famous aviation artists Nicholas Trudgian

31. Stan Stokes Stan Stokes

32. Roy Grinnell Roy Grinnell

33. Model kit box tops … keep the ones you like

34. Computer-generated art and games

35. The real thing B-17G Flying Fortress at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison Airport

36. Get inspired by history and its heroes First Corsair ace and Medal-of-Honor winner, Ken Walsh

37. The “Ken Walsh Story” starring Viggo Mortenson Actor Viggo Mortenson Does anyone know his agent?

38. Then you need a background …keep an eye out for some of these later White Cliffs of Dover

39. English countryside English Countryside

40. Cloudy sky Sky/clouds shot found on internet. Collect and file your backgrounds.

41. Pacific ocean … 3D generated in Bryce

42. … 3D generated in Vista Pro

43. Russian Front … 3D generated in Vista Pro

44. German military train … German HO-Scale Military Train (thanks Larry)

45. German military train on fire Larry’s train on fire and 3D landscape generated in Vista Pro

46. Please take a look at some of my work

47. “ Eddie Rickenbacker” 1:48 Hawk Spad XIII, 1:48 Monogram Fokker DVII All hero aircraft 1:48 scale 26 aerial victories

48. “Douglas Bader” 1:48 Monogram Spitfire, MK.1, 1:32 Hasegawa BF-109E … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05 “ White Cliffs of Dover” *mixed scales 23 aerial victories

49. “Johnny Baldwin” 1:48 Monogram Hawker Typhoon, HO Scale German Military Train Smoke and fire effects….where are the rockets? 15 aerial victories

50. “ Heinz Bar” first composite 1:48 Monogram ME-262, 3D Scratchbuilt B-17G Flying Fortress

51. “ Heinz Bar” final 1:48 Monogram ME-262, 3D Scratchbuilt B-17G Flying Fortress … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05 *advantage of using 3D models 220 aerial victories

52. B-17 3D in wireframe 3D B-17G made in Strata

53. 3D B-17 w/texture map

54. “ George ‘Buzz’ Beurling” 1:48 Tamiya Spitfire Vb (Trop), 1:48 Revell Ju87B Stuka … that really is the coast of Malta *focus on the Stuka…going off course again 31 aerial victories

55. Real or 3D? … need a hint?

56. Scan scale model decals and make 3D decals - a texture map - w/Photoshop Altogether now…..Scan decals before applying to model

57. 3D “Snake” Stuka 1:48 Revell Ju-87B Stuka

58. “ Gehard Barkhorn” 1:48 Tamiya FW190D, 1:32 Monogram P-47 … girlfriend’s name GOOD 220 aerial victories

59. “Richard Bong” 1:48 Monogram P-38J Lightning … girlfriend’s picture BETTER 40 aerial victories

60. “ Pappy Boyington” 1:48 Academy F4U1-A Corsair Prop blur / muzzle flash / shell casings Earlier work….*no Zero yet 24 aerial victories

61. “ Bill Fiedler” 1:48 Monogram P-39 Airacobra, 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero 3D landscape made in Vista Pro and “not so lucky” Zero 5 aerial victories

62. “ Francis Gabreski” 1:48 Monogram P-47D Thunderbolt “Razorback” “ Jug” WW2 28 aerial victories Korea 6.5 aerial victories

63. “ Don Gentile” 1:48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang, 1:32 Monogram FW-190A Focke Wulf “ Shangri La” 21.8 aerial victories

64. “ Sam Hammer” 1:48 Mauve P-40N Kittyhawk, 3D Scratchbuilt Betty bomber “ Burma Banshee” 5 aerial victories

65. 80 th Fighter Group, Northern Burma during WW2 This is Cool!

66. “Eric Hartmann” 1:48 Academy BF-109G, 1:48 ICM Yak 9 “ The Blonde Knight” 352 aerial victories

67. “ Tetsuzo Iwamoto” 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero, 1:32 Monogram F4U Corsair “ victorious” Zero 202 aerial victories

68. “John Landers” 1:48 Monogram P-51D Mustang, 1:32 Hasegawa ME-262 Shiny natural metal aircraft. Sun glint off canopy 14.5 aerial victories

69. “Hans-Joachim Marseille” 1:48 Hasegawa BF-109E, 1:48 Monogram P-40 Tomahawk Published in a book on Marseille, July, ‘08 Tate, R., (2008) Hans-Joachim Marseille An Illustrated Tribute to the Luftwaffe's "Star of Africa” 158 aerial victories

70. “ David McCampbell” #1 1:48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat, 1:700 Tamiya USS Essex CV-9 … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05 34 aerial victories

71. “ David McCampbell” #2 1:48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat, 1:700 Tamiya USS Essex CV-9 and 1:700 Tamiya USS Cushing DD-376 Add to the fleet…no problem. An “unfinished” diorama.

72. “ Walter Nowotny” 1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf Fw-190A 1/48 Accurate Miniatures IL-2 Stormovik Iain Wyllie says hi… 258 aerial victories

73. “Butch O’Hare” 1:48 Monogram F4F-4 Wildcat, 1:700 USS Lexington CV-2 … appeared in Chicago airport presentation 12 aerial victories

74. “ Hans-Ulrich Rudel” 1:48 Ju87G1 Stuka “Tankbuster”, 1:35 Tamiya T-34 tank … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05 9 aerial victories *in FW-190 500 Soviet tanks and a battleship

75. “ Saburo Sakai” 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero, 1:72 Testors SBD Dauntless 64 aerial victories

76. “Stanford Tuck” 1:48 Hawker Hurricane, 1:72 Matchbox He111 … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05 *cloning 29 aerial victories

77. “Ken Walsh” 1:48 Academy F4U Corsair “birdcage”, 1:48 A6M2 Zero, Die Cast Betty “ No Zeros were hurt in this film” 21 aerial victories

78. “ Joseph McConnell” 1:48 Academy F-86F Sabre, 1:48 Monogram Mig-15 … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05 “ Mig Alley” 16 aerial victories

79. “Memphis Belle” 1:72 Academy B-17F Flying Fortress Bombs away! Case study a few slides away…

80. “A Bit of Lace” 1:72 Academy B-17G Flying Fortress, 1:32 Monogram FW-190A Saw in special FSM issue…had to build it.

81. “ Lace” decals – kit vs. Photoshop “enhanced”

82. “A Bit of Lace” (close-up) What a difference…

83. “Hail Columbia” 1:72 Academy B-24D Liberator … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05 Great Grand-daughter of Medal-of-Honor winner, John “Killer” Kane says hi “ Ploesti Raid” Five Medal-of-Honor recipients

84. “ Enola Gay” 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945 1:72 Academy B-29A Superfortress, 3D scratchbuilt A-bomb … interesting perspective you haven’t seen before

85. 3D A-Bomb “Little Boy” … kinda weird making an Atom Bomb on my Mac

86. “ Doolittle Raid” 1:72 Revell B-25B Mitchell, 1:480 Revell USS Hornet, CV-8 These are my models at the Tyler Flight Museum. The curator snapped some pics and I used them for this image. Thank you HAMM in Tyler, TX

87. “ Faith, Prelude to Victory” 1:72 Revell B-26B Marauder FYI…the industrial background I found is an aerial shot of Chernobyl.

88. “ Faith, Prelude to Victory” 1:72 Revell B-26B Marauder (close-up) … voted best medium bomber nose art (Zotz Decals)

89. “ Dambusters” 1:72 Revell Avro Lancaster 3D Moen Dam made in Strata

90. “ The Dragon and His Tail” 1:72 Academy Minicraft B-24J Liberator Sorry – used Photoshop to “censor” the nose art in case kids are here 

91. Project Case Studies and “how to”

92. “ Bismarck Pool Trials” 1:350 Tamiya Bismarck Watch out for cannonballs!

93. Planes, torpedoes and 3D battleships … original 3D art

94. 3D Bismarck steaming to her destiny Favorite film SINK THE BISMARCK

95. Bismarck under attack…from what?

96. Swordfish in the kitchen…needs lemon … oops…remember to remove the masking tape

97. Torpedo in the kitchen

98. Swordfish and torpedo minus kitchen Isolate your scale model images

99. “ Swordfish attack the Bismarck” 1:48 Tamiya Fairey Swordfish, 3D scratchbuilt Bismarck … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05 *Bismarck was 50,000 tons, Swordfish was 7,700 lbs.

100. Bismarck’s sister, DKM Tirpitz ...thanks to new Photoshop camo job

101. Airfix 1:600 HMS Ark Royal and Tamiya 1:48 Fairey Swordfish NEW

102. Cloning the Memphis Belle

103. “B-17 in Action” cover by Don Greer … inspiration

104. B-17 flying over Carrollton (with a little help) … no propellor blades

105. Delete the hand - paint in some sky Second bomber…new nose art from Photoshop

106. Add nose art for cloned bomber

107. Nose art

108. Add 3D bombs

109. “Memphis Belle” done…not yet … importance of accuracy

110. Memphis Belle archive photo …had no navigation bubble on nose

111. “Memphis Belle” final image

112. “Memphis Belle” under attack 1:72 Academy B-17F Flying Fortress , 1:48 Academy BF-109G

113. A close-up … Legend 1:72 crewmen

114. Layers, layers, layers, and more layers “Battle of Midway” … appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05

115. #1 Background water

116. #2 Akagi model

117. #3 Akagi’s wake

118. #4 Smoke … crop out the bridge using Photoshop tools

119. #5 Fire

120. #6 Dauntless … 1:48 Accurate Miniatures “Coral Sea” Dauntless was re-decaled as a “Midway” Dauntless using Photoshop

121. #7 Propellor

122. #8 Background Dauntless

123. #9 Flak

124. #10 Rising Sun

125. Photoshop’s interface - LAYERS

126. Other cool projects… USS San Francisco CA-38 Model and Memorial Virtual Airbrushing a Tiger Tank SAHARA Lulubelle in Scale and 3D

127. Trumpeter 1:350 USS San Francisco CA-38

128. USS San Francisco CA-38 Memorial Land’s End, San Francisco, CA

129. USS San Francisco in Photoshop Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 12-13, 1942 “Like a barroom brawl after the lights had gone out ”

130. Before Photoshop Camouflage

131. After Photoshop Camouflage “ Virtual airbrushing + Zimmerit (mosaic tile filter)”

132. “ Ambush!” 1:35 Academy Tiger I, 1:35 Tamiya Cromwell

133. SAHARA (1943) starring Humphrey Bogart NEW So what am I working on now? Inspiration… the main prop in the film is a M3 Lee tank “LULUBELLE”

134. Academy 1:35 M3 Lee “LULUBELLE” with interior NEW Bring honor back to this great tank after travesty of “Beverly Hills Tank”

135. 3D U.S. M3 Lee “LULUBELLE” NEW Used Photoshop for texture-mapping and background work…

136. 3D “LULUBELLE” on the battlefield NEW

137. 3D “LULUBELLE” on the battlefield NEW Sgt. Joe Gunn and “LULUBELLE” reporting for duty!

138. Sgt. Joe Gunn taking a smoke and water break next to his M3 Lee Tank “Lulubelle.” NEW

139. Your planes can fly…and your ships can sail!

140. Admiral Graf Spee … Admiral Graf Spee in the waters off Rockport, TX 1:400 Heller Admiral Graf Spee