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    Anyone know of a site that has both color profile and plan views for various aircraft from the Battle of Britain? It seems everyone and their step-brother does color profiles, but very few offer plan views

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    Don't know about a site boss, but I have a book called "The Battle of Britain." Camouflage and markings 1940. which has several aircraft which have both.
    Tell me what you are after and I will scan them in for you.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Thanks Rob. Have an ISBN for that book, would not mind looking it up.

    I'm mainly looking for the main types for BoB:

    Hurricane
    Spitfire
    Bf 109
    Bf 110
    JU 88
    HE 111

    One set of matched profile and plan view for each of those would suffice for my needs now.

    I should add I need to print these for personal use, so image quality is important.

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    Anyone have any experience with the Casemate decal books like this one.

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    I'll see what I can do then.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I see you do not mention the Do17 Herr Oberst, just curious is all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boney10 View Post
    I see you do not mention the Do17 Herr Oberst, just curious is all
    Just left it off the list. If there is a set for it out there that is useable, I'd be game for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Just left it off the list. If there is a set for it out there that is useable, I'd be game for it.
    Yeah,
    What he said!

    You know what I want Plan views for...

    PS: for all the above listed planes, just to be clear.
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

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    I have the AIRFILE book from CASEMENT but it only has the color profiles. I have seen the decal book but really never looked very close. The only other one I can think of would be the OSPREY books. The other may be the Squadron/Signal books. I have one for the Fw 190 and there is plan view of it.

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    Bob, do those AIRFILE books have both profile and plan views of the same plane? How many different planes do they do this for?

    Thanks.

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    I Think I got a couple of the Bombers, will look when I get home this weekend

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    The book 'The Battle of Britain' by Jon Lake (ISBN 1-85605-535-3, published by INDEX) has 3-view (top, front & profile) colour pictures of the main aircraft spread through the text, only one of each plane though.

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    There are these but the quality is probably not good enough for what you want
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    They come from this website http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.clarence/bob.htm

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    Well,
    For Bf-109s, you could use this site: Asisbiz.com Bf-109 Camouflage

    Hmmm... The Hawker Hurricane site I used to do my No.1 Sqn RCAF redecals is not working anymore. It was at "http://hawker-hurricane.coffeecup.com"

    There are other sites I've used, but nothing encompassing nor consistent in quality.
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

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    Thanks David, I'll see if I can find images of the pics they have in side that book. Amazon as a preview, but none of the images are included

    Mike, that 109 site has some good line drawings, but the coloring is not up to what I need.

    Anyone with any of the Osprey line of books on these aircraft? My collection is centered on WWI.

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    I use them as guides, and use color chips and RGB guides to do my graphics. Is there a specific resolution or product you are looking for?
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

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    I'm looking for something to the quality of Osprey and Windsock profiles:


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    I have a book called dogfight that has some pictures will see how they scan when I get home

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    Well theres always the old and good Wings Pallete. Some of their great schemes have a top view too.

    http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f

    Also, I'll take a look a something else...
    Thanks


    Nick
    Last edited by Barkmann; 11-18-2014 at 08:01.

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    hope this is what you are looking for

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    These any use?



















    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Looks as if I have been preempted Keith.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naharaht View Post
    There are these but the quality is probably not good enough for what you want
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    They come from this website http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.clarence/bob.htm
    This one above is absolutely wrong and fantasy.

    What Steve posted is perfect.
    <img src=http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=2554&dateline=1409073309 border=0 alt= />
    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    The AIRFILE books only have color plates, which are great. I know the Squadron books have the plan drawings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Looks as if I have been preempted Keith.
    Rob.
    You snooze, you lose

    However, can't find any 110s, 111s or 17s Rob, so get in quick!
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hawkhurst View Post
    hope this is what you are looking for
    Those look really good. What's the ISBN for that book?

    Quote Originally Posted by Barkmann View Post
    Here we go:
    Those might be a little heavy on the shadows for what I need... but that HE-111 monster is awesome!

    Quote Originally Posted by Guntruck View Post
    These any use?
    Might be Steve, ultimately I'm looking for some that look a little more realistic. But you posted quite a few that I might end up using. Thanks for that mate.



    I really wish Dekker Thierry did plan views as well:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Thanks Rob. Have an ISBN for that book, would not mind looking it up.

    I'm mainly looking for the main types for BoB:

    Hurricane
    Spitfire
    Bf 109
    Bf 110
    JU 88
    HE 111

    One set of matched profile and plan view for each of those would suffice for my needs now.

    I should add I need to print these for personal use, so image quality is important.
    Uh, they wouldn't do as direct-scans, but if you could find a line drawing the old Osprey Aircam series has some pretty good color-maps for general camo. Yes, they're in black and white (shades of gray), but at least they do inform what areas need to be what colors--they also had some very nice Specials on colors and markings of various bomber units.

    I'll check what data I've found online about them, and see if I can refine the targeting on this.

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    Aircam Special #1 was a BoB special-edition re Hurricane, Spitfire and Bf109. Special 10 is LW bomber camo and markings, includes the Ju88 and He111, 11 is Luftwaffe vol. 2 which includes the Bf110.

    Aircam 4 is the 1 to 16 marks of Spitfire, 24 is the Hurricane, 39 is Bf109B-E models and 42 is the Experten.

    One of these days I'm going to put together an index of the various Osprey, Squadron/Signal, Detail & Scale, and Warbird Tech Series volumes of relevance to this site... better as an Excel doc, a forum thread or a blog entry?

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    Try 'World War II Combat Aircraft'. ISBN 88-8095-688-4

    It will have what you need. Unfortunately some of the larger planes are across the binding. HE 111, Ju 88, Do 17. You could mirror half the plane for those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Thanks Rob. Have an ISBN for that book, would not mind looking it up.
    There is no ISBN for my book Keith, but you can see it here on Amazon.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Brita...in+peter+scott

    Sorry I took so long, but I had to find the book.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    hi the ISBN is 978-1-47280-820-2 book by Osprey
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    the book is broken down into 5 chapters
    1: Battle of Britain spitfire vs BF109e
    2: Battle for the bombers 1943-1945 P47 vs BF109g/k
    3: Tooth and Claw china 1944 P40 vs Ki-43
    4: Duel for the Reich 1943-1945 P51 vs Fw190
    5: Last combat over the Pacific 1945 Seafire vs A6M zero

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    Thanks Andy, Amazon Prime has it for $14. I'll have to pick it up after my vacation.

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    Thanks DB, Peter and Rob for the additional info above. Some how I missed your posts when replying to Andy.

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    checked my main sources, three vols of Luftwaffe Colours, unfortunately the colour pics are all side view

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    The Dogfight book is available in the U.K. for £6.99 (plus postage) from https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/weba...egoryId=143204

    If you buy it before midnight on 23rd November and use the code TREE20, you will receive an extra 20% discount.



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