The first Canadair CL-28 Argus 20710

Wearing a non-standard fuselage flash, fin flash and VN unit codes of 405 (MP) Squadron, this is how the first Canadair CL-28 Mark 1 appeared in 1957 at Canadair's Cartierville Quebec airport. She didn't stay this clean for long!

~Rob

SP 711 - Fresh off the Canadair Assembly line!

Almost done...VN 710 Prototyp is in the works now.

~Rob

More detail on the bare metal Argus...

More coming soon...

~Rob

Back to the profile drawings...404 Sqn "SP 711"

Another new profile. This time it's 20711 wearing SP unit codes of the Greenwood Wing. I'm making accurate patches of bare metal from engineering drawings and photos of bare metal aircraft circa 1958.

Rob

The final image of this painting...

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I don't have a name for this painting yet but I'm open to suggestions. This is a depiction of CP-107 Argus Mark 1, 10712, in 407 "Demons" markings and Warm Yellow propeller spinners. There is a Winged Trident on the tail of this aircraft (the Squadron markings). The real aircraft is on display at 19 Wing, Comox, BC. It is 18" by 30" on 1/4" MDF. This piece was painted with Golden professional grade artist's Acrylics. The background was done in the new "Open" line, which has a longer drying time to permit improved wet-in-wet blending techniques. It also has a nice warming glaze applied to enhance color depth and quality. The aircraft was drawn over the top of the background (as usual) and painted in the regular Golden Acrylics. I hope you like it.

Like most of my art, this painting is available for sale. I ship worldwide. E-mail for a quote. Thanks.

~Rob

Painting progress photo...#2

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Here's the second installment of the 407 Demon painting. See if you can spot the differences...more to follow.

~Rob

New painting ... finally...

This time it's a VP407 "Demon" machine from CFB Comox, BC. Here's a shot during the blocking in stage. Man this stuff is fun!

More tomorrow.

~Rob

New CP-107 painting is in progress...

...working on a new CP-107 Mark 1 from 407 "Demon" Squadron, CFB Comox, BC. Here's the initial background to set the mood. More progress photos coming.

~Rob

Another Argus screenshot from FS2004

Short final!

~Rob

Canadair Argus for Microsoft Flight Sim FS2004?

I've always dreamed about having the CP-107 for Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2004. It never came...so I made one! It has accurate R-3350 sounds (well...as accurate as I can find), animated split-fowler flaps, fully animated gear, opening Weapons Bays...and it only took thousands of hours to make! Still...it was fun...and now I should live in a Rubber Room!

~Rob

Take a look at THIS modelling! WOW!

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THIS guy has TALENT! These are in-progress photos on photobucket.com of a CP-107 Mk2 in 1/32 scale. Holy Crap this thing is BIG! It appears to be sitting on an IRONING BOARD!

~Rob

VP407 "Demons" Winged Trident - tail markings

One for the West Coast Argus fans! Like most of the other tail art, this is a vector image created in Adobe Photoshop from scratch using a great photo provided by Tom Hildreth. Thanks again, Tom.

~Rob

RCAF Mark 1 - 20720

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Here's a look at an RCAF Mk 1. This was the first Argus aircraft flown by 415 Squadron upon re-formation in 1961 at RCAF Station Summerside, PEI. Not doing much profile work these days...busy at the office...but I'll be back!

~Rob

10738 ... nose section details

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Here's a look at the front end, featuring the famous greenhouse nose of the CP-107.

~Rob

Small correction ...

Thanks to Mr. Lavoie for pointing this error out. So...is this about right?

Rob

10738

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This one is a VP415 machine. Not quite as clean as the 407 machine below...but still loveable...right??? This depicts 738 as I saw her at an airshow in the late 1970's at CFB Summerside while serving with the Swordfish Squadron. She retired out of Summerside in 1981.
I hope you like her.

~Rob

Back in action!

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Well, I finally have my new machine back from the shop (I needed 4Gb more RAM!) and I'm ready to create.

Here's one of 2 prints I have made for my new friend, Tom Hildreth. Thanks to Tom, I have been able to make accurate vector graphics of the 415 Sydney Swordfish, the 407 Sqn Winged Trident, and the 14 Wing Eagle diving motif.

Here's 10721 from VP407, Comox, British Columbia. They really kept their machines clean...according to Pte Dan McIsaac at least! LOL

~Rob

Argus 20733 - Detail

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Been waaaay too busy to tackle this these days, but here's another small sample.

~Rob

Greenwood Wing Aircraft Tail Markings

Here's the 404/405 Squadron Tail markings. (Once again, thanks to Tom H for the great photo assistance!)

~Rob

One good Tern deserves another...

Here's my latest little sub-project...the MPEU Arctic Tern. Once again, thanks to Tom for the help! 10728 is now available with this tail insignia as well.

~Rob