| Resource |
Contributor |
Comments |
Date |
| Wings 2.12 |
F Safranek |
Richard Ferriere's website is an excellent resource with 3-views, color chips, walkarounds, etc. (French and English language mix) |
25MAR07 |
| MIL-STD-2161 (1 May 1993) |
F Safranek |
Paint Schemes and Exterior Markings for US Navy And Marine Corps Aircraft (18.5MB, PDF Format) |
25NOV06 |
| TM 55-1500-345-23 (12 June 1986) |
F Safranek |
Painting and Marking of Army Aircraft (7.9MB, PDF Format) |
25NOV06 |
| T.O. 1-1-4 (20 March 1998) |
F Safranek |
Exterior Finishes, Insignia and Markings, Applicable to USAF Aircraft (5.3MB, PDF Format) |
25NOV06 |
| Aircraft Resource Center |
F Safranek |
A great "resource" for aircraft walkarounds, decals for reference artwork, completed models for inspiration, etc. |
01OCT06 |
| Cyber Modeler |
F Safranek |
Another resource for aircraft walkarounds, decals for reference artwork, completed models for inspiration, etc. |
01OCT06 |
| Wings Palette |
F Safranek |
Color profiles of military aircraft. Often a good source of inspiration. |
01OCT06 |
| Don Color (JPS Model) |
F Safranek |
Great source for color 3-view camouflage patterns. New ownership as of Aug06 but German language pages ("Tarnungen") work. |
01OCT06 |
| Mudpond Virtual
Aircraft Development Center |
|
FS/CFS Flight Model Development Tools, Flight Test
gauge sets |
30NOV02 |
| Onno
Vaanbrram's Blueprints |
F Rodriguez |
A collection of hundreds of drawings
/ blueprints of a great variety of transportation and weaponry |
08DEC01
Link update 01OCT06 |
| Data on Aircraft
in the Current Naval Aviation Inventory |
F Rodriguez |
Naval Historical Center - Data, line drawings, and a photograph are available for current
aircraft in the Naval Aircraft Inventory: |
08DEC01 |
| Historical
US Navy Aircraft |
F Rodriguez |
Naval Historical Center - Data on USN WW2 and Korea aircraft. pdf format inlcudes line
drawings. |
08DEC01 |
| Wherewolf's Drawings Site |
F Rodriguez |
Russian site with two pages of interesting scale drawings. |
15NOV01 |
| "World Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft - from Leonardo
da Vinci to the Present", Enzo Angelucci, Chartwell
Books, Inc. ISBN 0-7858-1389-6 |
F Rodriguez |
History, information and 3-views of civil aircraft
from the early attempts to today. The emphasis is on commercial aviation,
so the general aviation is not really covered. |
04AUG00 |
| "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft
- 1914 to the Present", Enzo Angelucci, Chartwell Books, Inc. ISBN 0-7858-1359-4
|
F Rodriguez |
History, information and 3-views of military aircraft
from the 1914 to today. |
04AUG00 |
| "The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes", Bill
Gunston, Metro Books (2000), ISBN 1-58663-207-8 |
F Rodriguez |
The splash says it "the development and specification
of all active military aircraft". and includes 3-views |
04AUG00 |
Sky Corner Aviation Reference
- Drawings Page
|
F Rodriguez |
Russian site with quite a number of detailed scale
drawings, and a wealth of aviation/aircraft information |
09DEC01 |
| Thomas Suurland's
Home Page |
F Rodriguez |
Excellent source for 3 view drawings of use to the
flight simmer community. and incorporates now "Eduardo's Page"
Also, vehicles, tanks. Those marked "extra" may inlcude
other views, cross sections, etc. |
12APR01 |
| Fighters in WW2
Profiles |
Massimo Taccoli |
Excellent source for 3 view drawings of use to the
flight simmer community. While the drawings are limited to WW2 aircraft
from various part of the world most are very detailed and with cross
sections. Slow downloading, but worth more than a look! |
18FEB01 |
Flying Colors
Wm Green G. Swanborough
Barnes & Noble Reprint 1999; ISBN 0 7607 1136-4 |
Felix Rodriguez |
Features over 100 different types of aircraft. This
book is a fascinating survey of aircraft markings throughout more
than 80 years of aerial warfare |
18FEB01 |
| Aircraft Yearbook 3-View Drawings |
Felix Rodriguez |
936 drawings of American aviation, airships, autogiros,
balloons, biplanes, flying boats, gliders, civilian light planes,
civilian commercial, military - all with orginal captions
Mail order from J W McDonald PO Box 23, Windom, Kansas 67491
USA - US$35+US$4. shipping (US) + US$8/other.
|
09SEP00 |
| Eduardo's Page |
Various |
Source of aircraft 3-views |
09SEP00 |
| Virtual Aircraft Museum |
Various |
Source of information and 3-views on over 400 military
and civilian aircraft from all eras, many countries. |
09SEP00 |
|
The Complete Book of Fighters
|
Felix Rodriguez |
An illustrated encyclopedia of every fighter built
and flown. Wm Green.Gordon Swanborough; Barnes & Nobles Books;
1998. ISBN 0-0707-0904-1
Similar to other illustrated encyclopedic aircraft
books, with short writeups and performance data on the various aricraft,
many photos and 3-views. Since it's dedicated to fighters, it includes
rather obscure limited adition and/or prototypes rarely mentioned.
|
13JUN00 |
|
Bob Banka's Scale Model Research
|
Felix Rodriguez
|
Source for 3-views and Photos. The site offers downloadable
(pdf format) catalogs for 3-views and Photo-Paks. The 3-views are
a misnomer. In some cases you get 7 pages worth of detailed drawings
(Lisunov Li-2), and for others, it's just a 3-view. Sample photo
pak is in the web site. Generally, a photo pak details the particular
aircraft. You can order plans by phone, and delivery is usually
within 3 days (Continental US). Prices for the 3-views are reasonable
- around USD3-5, but up to $20+ for "Sp" detailed drawings.
|
2JUN00 |
|
Federal Aviation Administration Type Certifiate Data Sheets
|
Sam Chin
|
A great site with specs on many different planes.
It also has a section on just engines!
|
31MAY00
|
|
"The Modern Civil Aircraft Guide" by David
Donald
|
Mark Branscum
|
This book is a 3 view book, but not of line drawings,
instead it is highly detailed
almost photo realistic in fact it would be hard to tell the difference
between these and a real photo. It covers aircraft from the 1950's
to present...Included in this is Single Props to airliners. I recommend
this one highly.
|
25MAY00
|
|
"Modern Commercial Aircraft" Endres/Green/Swanborough/
Mowinski Salamander Books Ltd. (London) 1998.
ISBN 1 84065 022 2
|
Felix Rodriguez
|
I purchased this book today and it's more than a source
of 3-views. If you can get your hands on it, it's a good buy. The
book is an update of the 1987 original. It is a revised and updated
illustrated directory of the world's civil airliners, aircraft technology
and airlines.
For the Flight Sim modeller, this book represents
a very good collection of photos, 3-views and basic performance
data on the world's principal airliners (friom large jetliners to
principal commuters), "minor" aircraft still plying the
airways, and the future. Most entries in the main section include
detailed cutaway illustrations. and plenty of detail views.
In addition, "value added" so to speak,
the book also has sections describing
Aircraft Technology, The Anatomy of a Flight, the Flight Deck, etc.,
offering
comparisons between the different aircraft, cabin etc, configurations,
as well as
engine tenchnology and future developments. The final section of
the book is
"World Airways" describing the major world airlines and
fleet data (at least
as of late 1997)
The entries are well-written, concise and very informative.
The book is well worth the purchase if only for the 3-views and
aircraft performance data, but the additional information provides
the enthusiast with valuable information on commercial aviation.
|
25MAY00
|
|
Dan Johnson's web site
|
Felix Rodriguez
|
Dan has some good 3-views of "Luftwaffe
'46" projects that were on the books, but didn't get built.
|
25MAY00
|
|
Book/Magazine references:
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft: Barnes
& Noble Reprint 1998; ISBN 0 7607 0592 5
Scale Aircraft Modelling
Scale Aviation Modeller
Air Enthusiast
Air International
The Aeroplane
Airline Liveries & Info:
Airways
Airliners
|
Felix Rodriguez
|
These are some of Felix's favorite reference guides
as he goes about working on his various projects.
|
25MAY00 |
