Nose Art - Show us yours

[bugeyedriver]

Many new Olivers have the pristine appearance of their beautiful white gelcoat while exploring this wonderful nation.  They are truly pieces of modern art to behold as they roll across the highways and byways. 

During WWII, it was fashionable for American bomber aircraft or fighters to be decorated with intriguing pieces of artwork (Nose Art) which provided an emotional connection for the aircrews as they "went about their business" during their wartime missions.

Some of us have chosen to add a personal, meaningful touch to our Ollies as we carry out our "mission" of exploring this land and have chosen to place some sort of art, or motif on the front of our beloved Ollie which helps guide us along the nation's highway, byways, and back roads  displaying a bit of our character, history, or interests to others who come across our paths. 

This thread is a place for us to show our frontal artwork to our Ollie family and perhaps say a few words about it.   I'll go first.

I'm on my second piece of art, the first one developed cracks after 12 years and 111,000 miles.  My companion dog , Bosker, now graces the front of my trailer . . . eyes gazing into new horizons wondering what adventures are around the next corner.  

Those of you who have placed a bit of your personalty "up front" please share it with us.  Tell us how it is meaningful to you . . .

[Ollie-Haus]

23 minutes ago, bugeyedriver said:

Many new Olivers have the pristine appearance of their beautiful white gelcoat while exploring this wonderful nation.  They are truly pieces of modern art to behold as they roll across the highways and byways. 

During WWII, it was fashionable for American bomber aircraft or fighters to be decorated with intriguing pieces of artwork (Nose Art) which provided an emotional connection for the aircrews as they "went about their business" during their wartime missions.

Some of us have chosen to add a personal, meaningful touch to our Ollies as we carry out our "mission" of exploring this land and have chosen to place some sort of art, or motif on the front of our beloved Ollie which helps guide us along the nation's highway, byways, and back roads  displaying a bit of our character, history, or interests to others who come across our paths. 

This thread is a place for us to show our frontal artwork to our Ollie family and perhaps say a few words about it.   I'll go first.

I'm on my second piece of art, the first one developed cracks after 12 years and 111,000 miles.  My companion dog , Bosker, now graces the front of my trailer . . . eyes gazing into new horizons wondering what adventures are around the next corner.  

Those of you who have placed a bit of your personalty "up front" please share it with us.  Tell us how it is meaningful to you . . .

I've got a real soft spot for the pooches. Bosker looks quite contented displayed front and center. 

[Mcb]

We spent alot of years working to restore fish passage for Alewives in Maine, and still get home every spring In time to do it all over again.

 

[Steve Morris]

Cool thread. I’m not putting a Vargas style pin-up off @DebMon the front, though. 😉

I know what mine is going to be, but I’m not sharing yet. Two nights ago I was smacked in the face with a bit of inspiration, and I can’t wait to turn it into a graphic. The name will be revealed two weeks from tomorrow, though. 😁

[mossemi]

The inspiration for my nose art was my two Border Terriers.  And of course, also the fact that my wife did not wholeheartedly embrace a travel trailer as an RV of choice.  She would have preferred a Class B or C if she was going to move out of the Hampton Inn.  The hard part was finding a silhouette that was an accurate image of a Border Terrier and was not copyrighted.  I found this one on Etsy and bought a piece of the artwork and asked for permission to use it on my caravan, as he called the Ollie.  He was impressed that I had even asked for permission and was kind enough to send me a soft copy to use as I pleased.  I added the script to the original and Oliver printed for me.

Mossey

[Mike and Carol]

After we came up with the super-imaginative name for our Oliver (The Trailer) we decided we’d let someone else design a logo.  I asked a local artist to combine a big star (Texas you know), some compass points and the Oliver winding road, in red and gray.  She did a great job and I installed it at our first campsite after pickup (Land Between the Lakes - May 2016).  We had the design printed at a local print shop, they did two and I still have one when this one gets too worn.

[topgun2]

I get all the "Nose Art" I can handle when I see all of those bugs that I've got to clean off!🤣

Seriously - this is the reason I have opted to NOT have a decal on the front of Twist - it is a bit more easier removing bug guts off gel-coat versus off a decal over gel-coat.

Bill

 

[Nan]

Can this art stick to ceramic coating?

[Patriot]

We opted for the Oliver logo and matching thin swooshes on the sides. So far so good! 
 

[Ollie-Haus]

13 hours ago, mossemi said:

The inspiration for my nose art was my two Border Terriers.  And of course, also the fact that my wife did not wholeheartedly embrace a travel trailer as an RV of choice.  She would have preferred a Class B or C if she was going to move out of the Hampton Inn.  The hard part was finding a silhouette that was an accurate image of a Border Terrier and was not copyrighted.  I found this one on Etsy and bought a piece of the artwork and asked for permission to use it on my caravan, as he called the Ollie.  He was impressed that I had even asked for permission and was kind enough to send me a soft copy to use as I pleased.  I added the script to the original and Oliver printed for me.

Mossey

As I mentioned in my first response, we love the doggies. What breed are you displaying on your trailer? We are connoisseurs of the Border Terrier breed and this looks very much like a Border Terrier profile to me. We may end up with a similar decal for our front end as well. 

[mossemi]

1 hour ago, Ollie-Haus said:

As I mentioned in my first response, we love the doggies. What breed are you displaying on your trailer? We are connoisseurs of the Border Terrier breed and this looks very much like a Border Terrier profile to me. We may end up with a similar decal for our front end as well. 

My picture must have sent you into a tizzy because you didn’t read the first sentence of my post.  It is indeed a Border Terrier silhouette.

Mossey

[Ollie-Haus]

8 hours ago, mossemi said:

My picture must have sent you into a tizzy because you didn’t read the first sentence of my post.  It is indeed a Border Terrier silhouette.

Mossey

Well I think you nailed it. I was so caught up in the silhouette that I forgot to even read your story below. It's fun when there's a story and a connection behind a picture. 

We love our borders. Most people have no idea what they are and have never seen one. 

Edit: don't know if it will be nose art, but the borders will be featured on Ollie-Haus somewhere. 

[GraniteStaters]

When I saw the topic, nose art, my first thought was the "art" our dog always leaves on the windows when watching for wildlife. 🙂 Originally we wanted a decal of the Old Man of the Mountain (the stone face fell from the mountain in 2003, saddening many New Hampshirites). Unfortunately when we projected it onto a photo of an Ollie it just looked like a big, scary head on the trailer. Not the look we were going for. Our daughter started drawing other ideas. At the time the old farmhouse in PEI that we summered in had a barn that swallows made their home and we liked to watch them swooping in and out of the loft windows. When she drew a swallow we had our design and name, though we always just call it the Ollie. 

[topgun2]

11 hours ago, Nan said:

Can this art stick to ceramic coating?

My bet is - yes.

Bill

[mossemi]

3 hours ago, Ollie-Haus said:

We love our borders. Most people have no idea what they are and have never seen one. 

When someone ask me about them, I generally say they are  just little brown dogs.   Your pair look to be in confirmation condition.  This is our Kendal that we lost last March at 15 and our dog is 9.

Mossey

[Ollie-Haus]

1 hour ago, mossemi said:

When someone ask me about them, I generally say they are  just little brown dogs.   Your pair look to be in confirmation condition.  This is our Kendal that we lost last March at 15 and our dog is 9.

Mossey

Beautiful. He looks like he was well cared for. Our two are age 6 and 7. They're a real dynamic duo. 😆

[Mountainman198]

Still have the original front logo but am planning to remove and replace with the attached.  If you are thinking it looks as though it was designed by a Kindergartner, it was.  One of the kids who used to ride my school bus drew it and I thought it was apt for "Lottie".

[2008RN]

We took possession of our used Oli almost 2 years ago. We like the original decals that the previous owners put on, although we would like to put a decal on that would be our own.  My wife saw a cougar on the back of  stick built trailer, she liked it, but it is not original nor is it “us”.  Me, well I like the Fighting Oregon ducks. This is neither original, nor is it “us”.

Thanks for starting this thread is giving me some ideas. 

[ScubaRx]

On 3/16/2023 at 12:02 PM, Mountainman198 said:

Still have the original front logo but am planning to remove and replace with the attached.  If you are thinking it looks as though it was designed by a Kindergartner, it was.  One of the kids who used to ride my school bus drew it and I thought it was apt for "Lottie".

Looks just like you, Lance. I’d get the artist to sign the original. It might be worth a fortune some day. 

[2008RN]

After many discussions with my wife, and searching on the internet. We finally came up with Nose art (decal) for the front of the Oliver.  From this time forward she will be called Hummi

 

[MAX Burner]

Our nose "Art" has been posted elsewhere, but this thread seems more appropriate for another rendering...  Here's "Casablanca" in the hangar with Geronimo John's OTT being attended to last week...  Building closet/locker shelves in each.  

HA!  Great time!

OBTW:  Here's the new shelves:

Cheers!

[Geronimo John]

Was a great time visiting and knocking out the Wardrobe Closet shelving effort for our Olivers. 

For those contemplating the effort, having a good table saw and other wood butchering tools was exceptionally helpful.  

One suggestion that I cobbled together, that was then "professionalized" by Art, was a shelf removal and insert jig.  I piled up boxes and stuff I had laying around to serve as another set of hands.   Art made a much more stable, and professional "jig" to do the same thing.  Made removal of the top shelf to use as a template easy.  The curves for the two shelfs in our trailers were the same.  But the top added shelf curve is different than the bottom shelf we added.    

For those with the telescoping ladders, I moved mine from the fore side of the wardrobe to the common bathroom side.  installed two "footmen" and a Rainier Strap.  This allowed space for the two shelves.  We used 12" wide material that tapers with the curve going towards the curb side.

GJ