This was a single-day challenge. I did all the modeling, texturing, and composition. No kitbash was used except for the decals. The model was inspired by some other work I found in an image search, but I can't find the artist with a reverse image search to properly credit them.

I used JSplacement to create the base of the texture, then made the rest in Mixer.

For the background, I started to model an aircraft carrier, but quickly realized that was a fool's errand for the amount of time I had left in the day. So I just kept it super simple and made a basic runway texture with some water for cool reflections.

The other image of the plane over a valley is a photo I shot somewhere over southern California. I added some faint condensed vapor behind the jets and a bit of atmospheric volume to create more depth in the final image.