Scale Aircraft Drawings

Scale Aircraft Drawings
Author: Air Age Publishing
Publisher: Air Age
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1986-11
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN: 9780911295023

This volume covers markings, structures, engines, weapons, scale drawings, rare photos, specifications, and more. From Albatros to the Wright Flyer including Sopwith, Spad and Fokker. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 11, approx. 150 pgs., 100+ illustrations and drawings.

How to Draw and Paint Aircraft Like a Pro

How to Draw and Paint Aircraft Like a Pro
Author: Andrew Whyte
Publisher: Zenith Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2008-12-24
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760333914

Let one of the world's greatest aircraft artists shows you how to turn your airplane doodles into aviation masterpieces. Whether you’re interested in limning the latest Dreamliner or Airbus A380 or depicting historic aircraft or dreaming up an airplane of your own, longtime aircraft design engineer Andy Whyte has the key to the proper approach, techniques, and tools. With co-authors Charlie and Ann Cooper, Whyte offers expert advice and instruction on perspective, light, and shadow; sketching, drawing, and painting planes, horizons, skies, and backgrounds; detail work on aircraft wings, cockpits, and landing gear; and creating cutaways and scale drawings. For the more technologically inclined artist, he also includes a chapter on computer illustration of aircraft, with tips on the software and accessories you’ll need to get started.

Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits

Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits
Author: Craig Kodera
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN: 9781580072236

A life-long model builder, collector, and connoisseur, Craig Kodera examines the hobby of plastic model building to give you a book on collecting vintage model airplane kits. The book features more than 400 detailed, high-quality, full-color photos of vintage aircraft model kits and their components, and is written in an engaging and entertaining style to examine what gives specific models their current collectible value. Box wraps, direction sheets, and decals are also covered in detail. This book highlights exactly what collectors should look for (and be aware of) in building their collections. For proper historical perspective, the author covers model kit development in the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s. Comprehensive value and pricing information for vintage kits is shown as well.

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1
Author: Dominick A. Pisano
Publisher:
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Photographs and text chronicle World War II ace Charles "Chuck" Yeager's quest to fly supersonically and profile the people and aircraft that made it possible for him to break the sound barrier.