cosmic wind minnow

[bob whitney]

anyone have any color photo's of the Bronze and cream cosmic wind Minnow goodyear racer

[gene poremba]

 Bob, there is a good picture of Dave Shrums Gold Minnow at the 2015 North West Regionals posted on the Flying lines favorite planes site in the November- December 2015 gallery......Gene

[Avaiojet]

Sporting Graphics and paint masks by CFC Graphics. And that's me!!

An award winning model!!

EDIT!  That's NOT me, I'm CFC Graphics is what I meant.

[bob whitney]

thanks

[Trostle]

Sporting Graphics and paint masks by CFC Graphics. And that's me!!

An award winning model!!

EDIT!  That's NOT me, I'm CFC Graphics is what I meant.

I am also interested in the color of the Cosmic Wind Minnow.  Yes, we know the color was bronze with cream trim. What I would like to see is a color picture of the actual airplane, not a model.  Or, as alternative, what reference was used by the builder of the model in your photographs to document the colors? 

Keith

[Avaiojet]

I am also interested in the color of the Cosmic Wind Minnow.  Yes, we know the color was bronze with cream trim. What I would like to see is a color picture of the actual airplane, not a model.  Or, as alternative, what reference was used by the builder of the model in your photographs to document the colors? 

Keith

I have no idea, you'll have to ask him. My responsibility was correct graphics, or as close as one could get.

Professionals, especially those who do Color Management for business, as I did, know quite well a color photo taken in the morning sunshine will look different than a photo taken at 5:00 PM. same object but the appearance of two values of the same color. Not difficult to understand at all. Well, not for me.

So, the first question for a die hard scale enthusiasts is, how many values of bronze/copper paint color are there AND what was going on with paint when the Minnow was painted?

Second question, who or what company painted the Minnow? A color chip is the secrete.

The "Secret lies with Charlotte" and "Could it really be that simple?"

Both lines from, National treasure.

[Steve_Pollock]

In collecting aircraft pictures, the only COLOR photo of the Minnow in its bronze and cream coloring is the arrached photo below, part of the collection at Photovault.com.  To obtain an un-watermarked picture, you have to join Photovault, but this sample image gives a reasonable idea of the color scheme.  I have no way of knowing how the color has been affected since it was taken -- I think in the late '40s.  The Minnow was airframe c/n 102, and a brief history of this plane is also included below.

[Trostle]

In collecting aircraft pictures, the only COLOR photo of the Minnow in its bronze and cream coloring is the arrached photo below, part of the collection at Photovault.com.  To obtain an un-watermarked picture, you have to join Photovault, but this sample image gives a reasonable idea of the color scheme.  I have no way of knowing how the color has been affected since it was taken -- I think in the late '40s.  The Minnow was airframe c/n 102, and a brief history of this plane is also included below.

 

Steve,

Thanks for that.  Very helpful.

Keith

[Bob Heywood]

Photos mined from the Society of Air Racing Historians FB group...

[Bob Heywood]

Decent scale line drawing...