American Airport 1938: for debbielove by kjer_99
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Airport 1938: for debbielove
The Douglas DC-3 was the world's first truly modern airliner, for my money, and there are still quite a number of them still flying and doing business as usual--although, it is most likely for some Third World airline. They were safe and reliable and probably did more than most aircraft to make commercial airlines profitable.
This is an attempt to depict a typical American airport in a small city, probably somewhere in the MidWest, during the late 1930's.
Thanks for looking!
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Vue 6 Studio Pro, Poser 6.0.
Pickup: "Ford Truck" by De Espona (Vanishing Point).
Sedan: "1936 AM Sedan" by Donald Sielke (DAZ).
Coupe: "Ford Coupe De Luxe 1940" by Alain Bouchet and Eric Audibert (Cornucopia3d).
Gas Truck: Airflow tanker by David Swan (sharecg).
Hanger: from ThunderR's "P-51 pack" (Renderosity).
Tower/Terminal: a freebie by John Austin.
Eco-system: Linda Daireaux's "Incredibly Lush High Grasses" (Cornucopia3d).
Comments (22)
Faemike55
Excellent work and wonderful detail! Very nice
Vladimir_Desancic
Beautiful image Jeremy!
geirla
Before my time, but those things are still flying.
Spacer_01
Nice time piece :) I see a scene like this and I'm taken back to those movies of the same era. Could be some gumshoe detective, and his damsel in distress client. Or perhaps behind the camera, there's a sedan racing towards the tarmac, its driver in some urgency needing to get on that plane before it starts to take off. Or just maybe, on the other side of that tanker, theres Mr. Joe Dashing, saying his farewells to Miss Dame Damsel :)
necrophage
cool and stylish retro scene!
shadownet
Great scene! I had not realized planes had such a modern look at that time, I was thinking they were all mostly still bi planes. Of course you could put my knowledge of aviation in a thimble and still have room left over for a shot of gin!
mininessie
very good :D
emmecielle
Excellent work! :)
debbielove
Jeremy! Thanks mate! A great surprise and a great job.. I love it.. You are quite right, the DC3 is/was a great plane.. I have seen quite a few over my years attending airshows.. Thanks again.. Rob
wawadave
I remember seeing fuel trucks like that sitting in scrap yards abandond here and there as a kid. Rode in a few DC-3,s
Osper
This does bring back memories. Boarding the flight at the gate (the gate in the fence). No big deal. You dressed up to fly. It was another world.
neiwil
Great picture and fine dedi to our friend.Love the pre-war stuff especially that tanker. (Hanger looks like ThunderR's from their P-51 pack ?)
mermaid
so very well done, Jeremy...smile
black222
Great airport n retro design
Ravyns
Great Scene Jeremy. I remember the planes & tankers..
RG19
Super details and historical perspective!!!
ekatz
wonderful render. .... tower is by John Austin
Emil-arts
The DC is also one of my favourite planes, a real timeless design. Wonderful period image Jeremy and that tanker looks fantastic.
Django
A good attempt, the car models are cool ...and add much to that 30ths mood
LYNZ1947
Love the planes and airports when you really enjoy them by going out and just visiting, a by gone era.
NetWorthy
Love all the historic details - fabulous scene Jeremy!
ratfugel
Nice composition Jeremy. One of these was flying around here quite low a few weeks back. I was driving at the time and could hardly believe what I was seeing. Pulled over and stopped to just stand and stare. Wonderful. When I first came to where I live as a boy the Royal Dutch Airlines KLM were using these on a daily basis, so they were quite common. Then larger airfields became available and the service ceased. The next lot I saw were all camouflaged and striped for the D Day landings. I saw no end pulling gliders. Your lovely picture was extremely evocative. Thanks a lot. Warren