Lockhead F-104 Starfighter artwork

Gallery Article by Tony Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon) on Feb 9 2011

 

I have been a long-term 'lurker' for some considerable time and have always hoped that one day a model of mine would feature on ARC.  My first submission is however an illustration that I did some time ago, in fact twenty-seven years ago!

Back in 1984, my Uncle gave me some photographs of an airshow that he had attended, this illustration of a Luftwaffe F-104 inspired me to produce this pen drawing or 'dot' drawing.  I went on to produce a number of similar images, but found that the technique of working for long periods and at such close quarters gave me eye strain.  I now prefer watercolours or scratch building Victorian Science Fiction (VSF) gunships or building 'masters' for resin wargame terrain companies.  For more information check out my Blog at;  http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

The image you see here is a photograph of the original drawing which I came across when I was re-insulating the attic following the very cold weather we have been experiencing in the UK this Christmas.  I was going to wrap it and place it back upstairs, but thought that it would be fun to share it with ARC readers and repay some of the pleasure I have experienced over the years seeing and reading about your models.

The original is 420mm x 290mm and was produced on 'artists quality' tracing paper following a technique I had been shown by an art student at Swansea University.

Tony Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon)

Photos and text © by Tony Harwood (Dampfpanzerwagon)