Charles Metz

Here's another set of sprue shots, etc. Charles Metz

In case you were wondering, the total is now ... lemme see ... <click> ... ... um, 2336. You've just witnessed the one downside to having a database. Charles Metz

Thanks, Edgar; if I find myself unemployed, I'll let you know. I began my database back in 1985, when my aviation library contained only about 400 books, and have faithfully entered the data from each new acquisition since then. Starting from scratch now would be an intimidating task indeed. Charles Metz

Here's a list of the multi-view drawings included in all (as far as I know) of the Aircraft Archive volumes except those on jets: 'Aircraft of World War One, Vol. 1' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Argus Books [uK], 1989; 96 pages) -- Albatros C.III (p. 61-63), Albatros D.II (p. 64-66), Albatros D.V (p. 67-69), Armstrong Whitworth FK8 (p. 6-9), BE2e (p. 20, 23), Breguet XIV (p. 42-45), Bristol Scout D (p. 10, 11), DH4 (p. 12-17), DH5 (p. 18, 19), Dolphin (p. 28, 29), Etric Taube (p. 90, 91), Fokker D.VIII (p. 70-72), Fokker E.III & Fokker E.IV (p. 73-76), Halberstadt CL.II (p. 77-79), Hannover CL.IIIa (p. 80, 81), Hansa-Brandenburg D.I (p. 92-95), MS.35EP (p. 46-48), Nieuport 17C (p. 49-52), Nieuport 28 (p. 53, 54), Pfalz D.III (p. 82, 83), Pfalz D.XII (p. 84-87), Pup (p. 30-33), Roland D.VIb (p. 88, 89), RR8 (p. 24-27), Snipe (p. 34, 35), Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter (p. 39-41), Sopwith Triplane (p. 36-38), SPAD XIII (p. 55-57), Thomas-Morse S-4C (p. 58-60) 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 1' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [uSA], 1988; 96 pages) -- A6M5 (p. 14-16); Beaufighter (p. 64-70); Bf 109E-4 (p. 10-13); Bf 110C-4 & Bf 110G-4 (p. 27-32); Defiant I & Defiant II (p. 17-22); Do 335V, Do 335A, & Do 335B (all p. 83-95); F6F-3 & F6F-5 (p. 58-63); Gladiator I (p. 4-6); La-5FN & La-7 (p. 71-74); Mosquito NF.II, Mosquito B.IV, & Mosquito FB.VI (all p. 53-57); P-40E & P-40N (p. 23-26); P-47B & P-47D (p. 42-48); Spitfire I (p. 7-9); Spitfire IX & Spitfire XVI (p. 49-52); Spitfire XII, Spitfire XIV, & Spitfire XVII (all p. 75-82), Typhoon (p. 33-41); COMMENT: Published originally in the UK by Argus Books 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 2' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [uSA], 1988; 96 pages) -- A-20 [boston, Havoc] (p. 30-40); Bf 109F-1, Bf 109F-2 & Bf 109F-4 (all p. 19-23); F4U-1A (p. 56, 57); Fiat CR.42 (p. 14-16); Fokker D.XXIII (p. 17, 18); Fulmar I (p. 24-27); He 162A (p. 84-89); Hurricane I (p. 4-13); MC.202 (p. 28, 29); Me 163B (p. 58-61); Me 262A (p. 76-79); Me 410A (p. 52-54); P-51B & P-51D (p. 46-51); P-61A & P-61B (p. 73-75); Sea Fury (p. 90-95); Spitfire 21 & Spitfire 22 (p. 80-83); Tempest (p. 62-72); Yak-9 (p. 41-45); COMMENT: Published originally in the UK by Argus Books 'Bombers of World War Two' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Argus Books [uK], 1988; 96 pages) -- Ar 234B (p. 90-95); B-17E, B-17F, & B-17G (all p. 28-33); B-24J & PB4Y-2 (p. 40-51); B-26A & B-26B (p. 62-67); Battle I (p. 10-15); Do 17M, Do 17P, & Do 17Z (all p. 20-25); Halifax Mks. I - IX (p. 52-61); He 111H-2 (p. 34-39); Il-2 (p. 80-83); Ju 86A, Ju 86B, & Ju 86D (all p. 16-19); Ju 87D & Ju 87G (p. 68-71); Ju 188E-1 (p. 84-89); Lancaster I & Lancaster III (p. 72-79); Swordfish I & Swordfish II (p. 6-9); Wellington I (p. 26, 27) 'Classics of World War Two' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Argus Books [uK], 1989; 96 pages) -- Bu 133 (p. 30-33), Fi 156C (p. 37-40), Fw 56 (p. 22-25), Fw 190A-5 & Fw 190A-9 (p. 72-93), Gregor FDB-1 (p. 65-57), He 51B-1 (p. 19-21), I-16 (p. 26-29), J3C Cub (p. 56-59), Lysander (p. 49-55), MB5 (p. 94. 95),MC.200 (p. 60-64), Po-2 (p. 6-10), PT-13 [PT-18, NS2] Kaydet (p. 41-44), PZL P-11 (p. 16-18), SBC3 & SBC-4 (p. 34-36), SBD-3 & SBD-5 (p. 68-71), Seafox (p. 45-48), Tiger Moth (p. 11-15) Charles Metz

In fact the kit is expensive at that price, because it lists for $59.95 and can be had for $53.96 in the USA -- e.g., see here. Charles Metz

Meteor Productions has announced a set of 1/32-scale Cutting Edge decals for Eileen, a P-47D-28-RA of the 84 FS/78 FG flown by Lt Frank Oiler. The sheet's artwork is shown below; to read about it, click here and scroll about 75% of the way down the resulting page. Charles Metz

Nick, Six of the ten Modellers Datafiles released to date can be purchased from Aeroplane Books, in Newport News, Virginia, USA. The available volumes are listed here, Charles Metz