I used to repaint a lot in FSX and P3D. Specifically Cessnas. I became fascinated with a gallery on flickr about 8 years ago - a scanned library of illustrations from Richard Ten Eyck, Cessna concept artist, and influential industrial designer in the 40’s and 50’s.
Today I was thinking about starting a MFS repaint (my first) and for inspiration, did my usual browse of aircraft for-sale listings. Meh. Ugly RV graphics on a plane. Gross. So I went to look for Eyck designs, and they were all gone! The gallery has been purged. Not sure if it was a copyright violation, or something else.
Then it hit me - I had downloaded the entire gallery back in 2013, for reference. So after some hunting and mounting and unmounting of HDDs, I struck gold. Considered posting the gallery somewhere, but I am a bit hesitant. For legal reasons, and for the fact I have a secret stash of inspiration that’s not widely accessible. My preciousssss.
But I like to share. Here’s a sample, and a thumbnail gallery. If you have a request, I will post a specific scan. Just use the coordinate system - A2, D10, H7, etc.
