Resources and References List[]
The following websites have been bookmarked by experienced modders due to the wealth of information they contain. Contributers include:
- Iceman
- (more to come soon)
Markings/Schemes[]
- http://www.pro-mark.com/ - A good site with many links to decals for sale. You can use this to find markings and what not. Go to "Price List"
- http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/august/contents.php#galleria - You need to look around/search this site, but it has links to good stuff.
- http://www.lindenhillimports.com/lindenhilldecals.htm - A HUGE assortment of decals and reference photos for markings and schemes.
- http://wp.scn.ru/ - Wings Palette is one of the best websites for finding perfect schemes and markings.
- http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/ - A solid community dedicated to painting aircraft for flight sims. Great for finding fonts and markings.
- http://www.mars.slupsk.pl/fort/mig/default.htm - Many different paint jobs of Russian aircraft.
- http://www.markstyling.com/index.htm - A great site to view aircraft artwork and detailing.
- http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/aircraft_000.htmlA website full of aircraft profiles.
Three-Views/Blueprints[]
- http://airwar.ru/ - A HUGE database of great 3-views and schematics for aircraft. Top notch.
- http://suurland.com/ - Another large database of three views for everything, cars especially.
- http://the-blueprints.com/ - A stupidly large database of three views for everything.
- http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/manatee/272/ - A database of well drawn simple 3-views.
- http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=557457 - A great database of 3-views. Thanks, KillerD.
Information/Reference[]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/ - The mother of all reference sites.
- http://www.scramble.nl/ - A magazine offering a wealth of info about fighter aircraft.
- http://milavia.net/ - Another website dedicated to fighter and military aircraft.
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/ - The most amazing index of aircraft and munitions data and specs, history and info.
- http://www.dogfighter.com/ - Go to Catalog and find what you need. A HUGE wealth of different angles and pictures for each model.
Fonts[]
- http://hans.presto.tripod.com/fonts/stencil5.html - THE site for free military and aircraft marking fonts.
- http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ - A great site for finding fonts.
- http://www.bobsyouruncle.net/font-types.htm - A nice pack of basic fonts for aircraft markings.
- http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=2 - From SimmersPaintShop.