Category Archives: Airplanes

Quick Sketch…

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Bruce Thomson

A very quick sketch of the unlikely – a Jaguar Mk II with a Hawker Harrier behind it. Only at Brooklands… 🙂

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737 in Hong Kong…, No, an A333

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Bruce Thomson

A sketch of the plane we took from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur. Drawn from the window at gate 60 while drinking a remarkably expensive latte.

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Avro Lancaster Detail

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Bruce Thomson

Another Sketch from the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum… this a detail of the rear gunner’s “pod” at the back of the plane – the Lancaster is huge – but the positions the gunners occupied appear very cramped…

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McDowall Monoplane

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Bruce Thomson

Sorry for the hiatus! I’ve been travelling with family – went to Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal – managed to get some sketches done and I’ll be posting them daily… This one was done at the Canadian Aviation and Space … Continue reading →

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BMW 801 Radial Engine (detail)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Bruce Thomson

To see this in person is to be beguiled by the amazing complexity of the engine. Drawn from a photograph taken at the BMW museum in Munich.

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ME109

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Bruce Thomson

As Promised (though a day late) another Messerschmitt… (a 109) it’s a quick sketch and the discriminating amongst you will complain about the elipse of the rear wheel as compared to the tail-plane… My bad. First plane I’ve sketched in … Continue reading →

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