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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art

Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History
Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History
Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History


Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History

Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History


Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History

Gas tank paint job - Inspired by ww 2 bomber nose art | Motorcycle Gas Tank | Gas Tank Custom Paint | Motorcycle Art | Nose Art - History
Nose Art - History

Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.

While begun for practical reasons of identifying friendly units, the practice evolved to express the individuality often constrained by the uniformity of the military, to evoke memories of home and peacetime life, and as a kind of psychological protection against the stresses of war and the probability of death. The appeal, in part, came from nose art not being officially approved, even when the regulations against it were not enforced

Because of its individual and unofficial nature, it is considered folk art, inseparable from work as well as representative of a group  It can also be compared to sophisticated graffiti. In both cases, the artist is often anonymous, and the art itself is ephemeral. In addition, it relies on materials immediately available.

Nose art is largely a military tradition, but civilian airliners operated by the Virgin Group feature "Virgin Girls" on the nose as part of their livery. In a broad sense, the tail art of several airlines such as the Eskimo of Alaska Airlines, can be called "nose art", as are the tail markings of present-day U.S. Navy squadrons. There were exceptions, including 8th Air Force B-17 "Whizzer", which had its girl-riding-a-bomb on the dorsal fin.

this can be done on motorcycle  gas tanks , few fine examples of it 

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