airscale Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 If you know, you know all about Aircorps Library... If you don't, you don't know what you are missing! Part of Aircorps Aviation, the largest warbird restoration & maintenance shop in the US, they have an incredible online resource of tens of thousands of manufacturer drawings of many aircraft that we lust over and try to reproduce in miniature like the P51, B17, F6F, F4U, Spitfire, Mosquito etc etc well, I had a really interesting video call with them as it seems modellers make greater use of this resource than real aircraft operators and they were keen to understand what we needed. I used the Library when I made a 1/18 P51C which was when we first connected and as many on here know it is impossible to get things right without cross checking or using original drawings to ensure kit parts, or scratch parts are right Ester at Aircorps just published a blog that really spells out what they can do, and I know from taking to her, that they have plans to make this goldmine of drawings & manuals for aircraft, engines, radios etc even more accessible to modellers It's an interesting read, I hope you enjoy it https://aircorpslibrary.com/blog/calling-all-warbird-model-builders/ I am also thrilled they enjoyed me building 'Lopes Hope 3rd' as much as I did Peter Martinnfb, TAG, Alain Gadbois and 17 others 14 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Aircorps Library is an incredible, invaluable resource, and has provided material for both my model building and writing. Well worth the subscription fee! Everything from factory drawings of parts, tech orders and manuals to drawings of airframe stencils and their placement. So addicting!! It’ll be interesting to see how they plan to shift to provide access to modellers. Thanks for sharing this. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 We moved this to Aviation Discussion and pinned it as it seems to be a really useful resource for everyone in the future. Thanks Peter. Uncarina, Landrotten Highlander and europapete 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Wow, this is such a great resource for you, guys. I envy you. Now, if we had such a resource for post war jets ... Just dreaming. Cheers Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 1:42 PM, airscale said: If you know, you know all about Aircorps Library... If you don't, you don't know what you are missing! Part of Aircorps Aviation, the largest warbird restoration & maintenance shop in the US, they have an incredible online resource of tens of thousands of manufacturer drawings of many aircraft that we lust over and try to reproduce in miniature like the P51, B17, F6F, F4U, Spitfire, Mosquito etc etc well, I had a really interesting video call with them as it seems modellers make greater use of this resource than real aircraft operators and they were keen to understand what we needed. I used the Library when I made a 1/18 P51C which was when we first connected and as many on here know it is impossible to get things right without cross checking or using original drawings to ensure kit parts, or scratch parts are right Ester at Aircorps just published a blog that really spells out what they can do, and I know from taking to her, that they have plans to make this goldmine of drawings & manuals for aircraft, engines, radios etc even more accessible to modellers It's an interesting read, I hope you enjoy it https://aircorpslibrary.com/blog/calling-all-warbird-model-builders/ I am also thrilled they enjoyed me building 'Lopes Hope 3rd' as much as I did Peter I'm glad that they've shifted their opinion of modellers, and I wouldn't be suprised if it was specifically your Lopes Hope build that helped the cause! Ester is a treasure trove of knowledge, and has made something really special of the Aircorps Library Denzil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I don’t start anything U.S. propeller driven without stopping by them first. Great resource. I think membership is $5.00 a month. Sincerely, Mark LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I went back and scrolled through the site and kind of chuckled to myself. Perhaps the ONE plane we're in desperate need of understanding more about and the oh, so many variations of the 18,000 of them built is the B-24. They don't have anything on it. That would be a treasure trove. And we could finally start making sense of the "Consolidated Mess." -Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) Has anyone seen a set of blueprints for the B-24? I can’t remember seeing any but since I’m almost 60, I suffer from CRS. They have the B-17 but pretty much only the Boeing prints. Nobody I know has any idea about the Vega or Douglas prints and the Boeing prints don’t always (read as seldom) contain BVD pool information. I’d love to see a batch of the UAL mod center prints too. Edited December 10, 2021 by Juggernut easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Tim, what's a BVD pool ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirCorps Library Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Thank you all so much for the kind words about the site! I'm a new member to Large Scale Planes, and have been learning the ropes, but I am very excited to get more involved in the modeler community. As for the B-24... I would absolutely love to add more information to the site related to the Liberator. All of the info we have available is donated to us for scanning, and then returned to the original owner. Because of this I am a bit at the mercy of whatever it is that people decide to share. I have often wondered where the trove of B-24 materials are, because they're certainly not floating around for general use! If anyone knows where some manuals or drawings are located please share the contact! Trak-Tor, Uncarina and LSP_Ray 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 2:37 AM, MikeMaben said: Tim, what's a BVD pool ? Boeing, Vega, Douglas - the three firms that produced B-17's during the war. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirCorps Library Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Just wanted to let everyone know that I posted a new set of engineering drawings to the AirCorps Library website yesterday. Over 5,000 drawings for the A-24 Banshee / SBD Dauntless! I'm really excited about this one because many people love the SBD and I have been asked many times when I was going to post drawings for it. I digitized the drawings for the SBD restoration that will be done at Pioneer Aero out of New Zealand, and they were generous enough to allow me to make the drawings available to all of our Library users. If you want to see some sample images that I pulled of the microfilm click here. Juggernut, Trak-Tor, Model_Monkey and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycling Guy Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I never knew this existed but this has been what I’ve been looking for for so so so long. Thank you so much. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 42 minutes ago, Cycling Guy said: I never knew this existed but this has been what I’ve been looking for for so so so long. Thank you so much. Same here! Thank you for making this connection with the modeling community. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I am also a subscriber to Aircorps Library because of Peter, and it is incredibly cool! I would agree that Peter's work with them is probably a huge reason for this new shift toward people like us! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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