*EDIT*

FAILURE! this is the 58th idw, not the 56th as the plane is numbered! X_X oh well, rasterized text transformations be damned!!!

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created for conceptart.org's industrial design of the week

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the topic for this week was to create a propeller driven plane that could have existed between worldwar 1, but and worldwar 2 but no further than the middle 30's.

since the topic was so broad, i chose to tackle this based on the merits of the design, and went for this mid engined biplane with a forward mounted cockpit

due to the color scheme and cockpit layout as well as the enviroment i put it in and the amount of lift those wings could give it, this sorta turned into a high altitude search and rescue craft, but could technically be anything from recon, to mapping etc.

the only detail i wish i could have fleshed out more (i have no excuse why i can't, i just am not going to get around to it) would be the landing gear. but i gave hints to it on the back by the rear number.

anyway, the lines were done in sketchbook pro, and everything else was photoshop cs3

CHANGES SINCE LAST WIP

- lengthened the cockpit
- placed little duders in there (pilot, nav/comm officer, spotter?)
- color corrections
- contrast and saturation adjustments on the mountain tops