Fighting 49'ers Plaque

[James Wright]

I have a senior friend that is 88 this year…was in WWII in Southwest Pacific with the 49th Fighter Wing…he maintained P-38’s…..so I did research of his unit and after going through tons of pictures of P-38's at last found a drawing that would work... came up with aplaque for him….my real first try at engraving…he is in failing health...I was so glad I was able to make it for him.

[Jeff Gilchrist]

Very nice job! Did you make the stand as well?

I hope your friend gets feeling better soon.

[James Wright]

I Purchase the little plastic stands.

[Bruce Page]

You misspelled “citations”

[Bruce Page]

Sorry, I couldn’t resist:D.
You friend should be very proud of his service and of your friendship.

[Mike Null]

Very nice work and great art on the P38.

[Ray Mighells]

Very nice piece of work. Would you mind sharing your file? The P-38 is one of my all time favorite war planes. I'd like to try an inlay with the Insignia too. Is that BB ply? What's the size?

[James Wright]

Thats okay....his eye sight is so bad he didn't notice....and I am the product of the 60's educational system....worlds worst speller...and I didn't notice either....

[James Wright]

My favorite too... plus the P51....It is Poplar 1/8 inch....sharing file? you mean the .cdr or the picture of the finished product?

[Ray Mighells]

The cdr if you don't mind. I'm a Mustang freak too. I took a lot of photos off "Strange Military.com" Amazing stuff on that site . Navy stuff too. I posted some pics on my Picture Trail if you want to click the link on my bio. I would be happy to share any of those files that are not protected, like the copyrighted packets I purchased commercially.

[James Wright]

You misspelled “citations”

Bruce looking back at the doc of 49th fighter wing history...and using Word spell check....Citations is spelled correctly

[James Wright]

The cdr if you don't mind. I'm a Mustang freak too. I took a lot of photos off "Strange Military.com" Amazing stuff on that site . Navy stuff too. I posted some pics on my Picture Trail if you want to click the link on my bio. I would be happy to share any of those files that are not protected, like the copyrighted packets I purchased commercially.

Here is the .cdr...anybody is welcome to it.....

I just read the error message...the file is 239.4k and the forum limit is 97.7
it won't upload....how do I get it to you

[Frank Corker]

James, you're having a senior moment, you forgot the file!

[Bruce Page]

Bruce looking back at the doc of 49th fighter wing history...and using Word spell check....Citations is spelled correctly

James, I was only kidding. Made you look though...:D

It is a beautiful plaque.

[Lisa Walter]

James that is really nice. I bet it is one of your friend's cherished possesions now!! :)

[Ray Mighells]

James. zip the file in Winzip

[James Wright]

James. zip the file in Winzip

Looks like this might work...here is the zip....

[Brian Conklin]

Can you tell me a little bit about your engraving settings? Did you run this through Photograv? The reason I'm asking is because I did a test engraving of the image and much of the plane did not engrave for me.

I then tried to run it through the clipart mode on my ULS without any luck..

Thanks, It's a beautiful job and a great tribute to your friend!

[James Wright]

Can you tell me a little bit about your engraving settings? Did you run this through Photograv? The reason I'm asking is because I did a test engraving of the image and much of the plane did not engrave for me.

I then tried to run it through the clipart mode on my ULS without any luck..

Thanks, It's a beautiful job and a great tribute to your friend!


Sorry...I sent you wrong picture...in pervious e-mail....I attached correct one....I found the site I got it from....http://p38assn.org/gallery.htm......you can see the picture was I
needed...since I couldn't fine a picture that worked...I had to find a
drawing which is what this is...I hope this works.....my settings again were 75 raster...and 50 vector