Moment of Truth by ratfugel

Vue • Aviation • posted on Jun 24, 2006

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Description

The drama above was played out hundreds of times over Southern England towards the end of WW2. The Spit pilot has two options. Attempt to stop the unstoppable with cannon fire and risk being incinerated, or fly alongside, place his wingtip under the V-1's wing and tip it so that it crashes in open countryside before reacxhing its target. Vue 5 Inf. Usual Spit mesh. Fi 103 V-1 bomb made in 3D from Fieseler drawings on the net. Then exported as an obj. into Vue. Postwork in CS2 as usual. Congrats to the RR team for the new gallery layout. Superb work.

Comments (10)

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toer

5:08PM | Sat, 24 June 2006

A hopeless moment for this british hunter I think. Hope he will get the missile before it brings death and destruction...very good render with a cold war atmosphere... :)

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leoshades

11:13PM | Sat, 24 June 2006

Quite keen!

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RETIRED

11:13PM | Sat, 24 June 2006

Outstanding as always. You have again presented an unusual history lesson. I have missed your postings, glad to see your work. Keep 'em coming, but not so long between. :-) Dwayne

vkoontz

12:44AM | Sun, 25 June 2006

excellent rendering!!

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BernieStafford

1:22AM | Sun, 25 June 2006

Great image!

proteus2

8:57AM | Mon, 26 June 2006

A wonderfully ominous sky, your specialty Excellent render P

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TheRapier

9:03PM | Mon, 26 June 2006

I think he's going to have a hard time of it given the crossing angle. By the time he can turn into pursuit and the speed he'll lose in the turn he might be lucky to get a shot. I doubt that he can overtake and tip it since that looks like a Spitfire IX? Not enough speed advantage (if any) to close. Artistically though, a beautiful image! :)

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ratfugel

1:58AM | Tue, 27 June 2006

You are probably right. The Argus pulse jet gave a maximum speed of 250 mph, which made it hard to catch, but it could be done. Possibly the first real cruise missile. Random, but still lethal.

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