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Our Service Commitment
Our goal is to create artwork that brings pleasure to
your environment for years to come. to that end, we work hard to ensure
our completed works exceeds your expectations. That's why we try to do
lots of communications with you prior to and while your art project is
underway, to ensure we're creating exactly what you had in mind! Here's
just a brief list of artwork types available:
- Custom designed artwork on yours or our flight jackets
(see custom flight jackets page)
- Designs for large and small wall spaces, inside or
out (see murals page)
- Custom vintage aircraft nose art, painted on your
aircraft or printed on decals for owner installation (see
nose art gallery)
- Original prints, double matted and framed in golden
oak or printed on distressed tin (see
sign gallery page)
- See our entertaining and informative FREE 'History
of Nose Art' presentation, available for your next business or non-profit
group meeting! (see home page)
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Welcome to more Victory Girl Nose Art. On this page you'll see
some of our nose art projects, the great people we meet, and a little
history along the way.
The
Shadow Screen production company called for some authentic nose
art, needed for a music video to be shot in an derelict bomber 'boneyard'.
Great project! Small catch. They start shooting in just 12 hours....
We exchange emails with an AWESOME got-it-together producer, Stephanie
Scire, and get a mockup ready for the site.
Early next morning- we drive to the boneyard with our supplies
and get our first glimpse of our 'bomber'- a well-shaped Beech 18.
The mockup is laid up, and she looks great already! Stephanie decides
to put the artwork on another, larger aircraft, used in the main
portion of the shoot.
(artwork chosen for the shoot is a Victory-Girl design, 'Baby Doll'
- see nose art page)
We (assistants Eric and Dillan were pressed into service) pile
supplies into the truck and drive to the larger aircraft, a metal-skinned
Lockheed Lodestar, sans engines, that still held its beautiful executive
leather and wood-paneled interior. As we only have a few hours left
before shooting is scheduled- we get right to work on skin tones
and lettering.
Director Frank Borin needs the aircraft moved - a HUGE crane is
brought in to lift the aircraft carcass forward and to the left.
We're painting right up until the crane operator yells 'CLEAR'!!
We're done, with an hour to spare to 'distress' the image before
shooting begins! We move out our stuff and the cameras roll in......
British singer Ross Cooperman, sings into the sunset......
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| C-53 SkyTrooper -
'D Day Doll'
This restored C-53 Skytrooper of the Inland Empire Wing of the
Commemorative Air Force arrives at Cable Airport for its artwork
in early May.
The artwork for 'D-Day Doll' has already been designed
by Victory-Girl and approved by the Wing earlier this year.
Go to www.inlandempirewingcaf.org
for more history on the long restoration process of this wonderful
airplane.
We tape a full size mockup of the artwork onto
the aircraft for placement approvals. The title 'D-Day Doll', at
her ankles, is looking too small, so we discuss making it larger.
In addition, the surface paint of this C-53D has
some flaking, although the zinc chromate primer is in good condition.
We plan on creating a buffer zone between the art and original paint
to minimize future damage as a result of the original paint peeling.
Following some stiff paint removal and primer, we paint the co-pilot
side first in heavy duty enamels. We had to move her over from the
original placement as the reinforced rivet lines below the cockpit
window would run right through her face.
Doug Dotter, one of the pilots of D-Day Doll, gives us the thumbs-up
for the larger text. We finish up her uniform and place in a mockup
of the larger text. She's looking good!
Time to finish up both sides with the larger text. She's ready
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One week later, the Inland Empire Wing
flys in to Cable in a classic Cessna 170, ready to fly our girl
home. Pilot Doug Dotter dons a vintage Army Air Force Officers crush
cap and gives his 'girl' a good luck pat before engine startup.
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Aircraft nose art isn't just for airplanes anymore!
Have your favorite image painted on your bomber jacket, denim, or
an authentic WWII military aircraft panel. See these pages for more
details.
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| Murals can immediately improve the view of any space,
indoors or out. We understand the requirements of local city ordinance
and are happy to work with city planners to create views that benefit
both business and the community |
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