lookin' great :D

I like how the light pass througt the thin part of the ear.

Really nice.

yeah that's pretty badass. the clouds look perdy too

Oh wow

Very beautiful)

oh man. i just have to say- the fact that you can see the light through their ears makes me SO happy. that's a small detail that i really just.. honestly can't say i've seen anyone do before, now that i think about it. i mean i'm sure others have done it, but it's just one of those things that i don't think most people (myself included) really consider when they're coloring something. this is awesome :D

IM ON A PLANE BITCH.

This is coming out perfectly! If this is just a WIP, I bet the end product is going to be incredible.

Amazing detail on the view.

Oh Beautiful!

Oooooh, that's beautiful.

Dayyyyyyum.

you good.

mmmm. old school prop planes.

Great stuff and I like this very much.

Hnnnngh I love the soft coloring on the characters and how the light is shining through their ears ; 3;

Waitwaitwait...

Convair? As in the Convair 240 series?

Good lord, I thought that history had forgotten these things entirely. My father started his commercial piloting career in the right and then left seats of these puppies, before moving up to the DH-8. Aheh, kind of funny that one moves UP to a DH-8 from anything, but for me, the Convair will always symbolize ugly, utilitarian, and humble beginnings.

Come on guys, there's more to this pic than just pretty sky. ;D

A variant of it, actually; 580.

And that is pretty awesome that your dad got to fly the 240. Would've been one hell of an experience. <3 Might be a huge fan of the DC-10/MD-11, but I'll always be a sucker for the old fashioned Convairs. Such gorgeous planes.

Well... They could be made gorgeous sometimes, with the right paint jobs. I dunno that they were naturally so. I would argue that they haven't exactly aged well, aesthetics-wise, but then, that's hardly surprising, considering that it's a baby-boomer plane, born in the post-war years while engineers still liked piston nacelles and B-17-esque tails. Yeah, as a super-young kid, I was along with him for some rides. They were CV 580s and 640s. Just wasn't sure which one you were going for here, since there's been a LOT of cockpit mod between 1954 and now. :D I believe you can safely call them all "The CV-240 series" or "The CV-240 family", to refer to all of these... 240, 340, 440, 540, 580, 640, etc.

However! I'll concede that there are two times when a Convair is unequivocably beautiful.

1) When it's dumping a load of water during its role as a firefighter
2) When it's parked next to a Shorts-360 ;)