Make 1:1 scale wood boats, learn boat building

Midwest Products, is the company that supplies , cut balsa, metal , and wood plane and of most interest 1 inch to a foot scale small boats. This is a great way to learn something of boat construction , as the kits are cut into the parts that a traditional boat builder would cut or form. Its at least a good scale exercise and my one day this type of model can be used in airplane kits?

Scalehobbyist.com

Website , that has a large selection and at the time of the post has discounts sales.

link here Scalehobbyist.com

PBY 5A Catalina underwater wreckage located

See Canadian Parks article from archaeologist

Revell P-47d-30 Thunderbolt, learning to research

I have a German Revell model from 2001 or so, 1/72, I wanted to find out what paints are suggested. Having just discovered Alclad Metal paints , I was very interested in planning for the mostly exposed metal of the this P-47. I had been thing of doing a metalized painted in the first place, but did not know a product. Here are some of the links I found , for the first P-47d and any paint information for that model. The discovery of Alclad paints will be great for the increased realism for any models I made with non-painted metal.

Completed German Revell P-47D-30


Color Charts of major paint companies Stockholmm


He-178 painted in Alclad metal paints, from FineScale Modeling Magazine, great example of how metal paints make a model stand out.


Great step by step on how to paint with Alclad metal paints, pictures and real advice.


Testors Thunderbolt , good pictures as well


Revell paint conversion chart , not complete but helpful.


Internet hobbies is running a weekend discount selling Alclad Paint for $6.77 , must buy before midnight August 2 2009


Site show and talks about P-47 construction process, also see nice cut away of plane.


Warbird and trainer sales website, has a number of American planes for sale, worth a look to see actual aircraft


Have to stop here.

Plates and painting of German Jets

Me 163 in the Deutsches Museum, http://www.deutsches-museum.de/sammlungen/verkehr/luftfahrt/strahlflugzeuge/messerschmitt-me-163/




Me 262 In German Museum


Australian Museum


National USAf Museum Picture

Peter Jackson Remake of Classic Dam Busters Movie

The word on the street down in New Zealand , is Peter Jackson is moving forward to in production, Pictures is one of a number of Landcaster that have been constructed and moved to a pacific island.

It look to be a couple of years out before this movie makes it tot the big screen, but Peter Jackson making a war movie should be excellent.

Nice Aircraft profiles World War Two and others

This is a a UK based illustrator, who has posted is work online, might be a good source of inspiration for selecting your paint.
ClaveWork Illustration