Flying Colors
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Flying Colors depicts more than 100 different aircraft types, from the World War I Spads to today's swing-wing Tornado, in more than 1,300 spectacular illustrations. This volume will quickly be... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0760711364
ISBN13:9780760711361
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Barnes & Noble
Length:207 Pages
Weight:2.45 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Takes the prize with Flying Colors
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a really great wish book for military aviation fans and modelers. a short browse and i find versions of "mundane" aircraft that amuse and beguile the instincts of an eccentric modeller. Each aircraft is shown in a number of variations which picque the palette of the most discriminating collector. i have already built a number of them, a Dornier 24T in Swedish markings and plan to do a Fiat BR20 in Japanese markings right out of a 30's comic book. Green and Swanborough have created a golden book of interesting aircraft which appeal to a colorful imagination.
Lots of pictures/great price but important types missing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book has hundreds of color profiles (and some top views) of warplanes from WWI to 1980. There's a brief introduction about the history of markings, but after that the text is limited to a brief introduction about each plane type and descriptions of markings. In addition to the full color profile views are some close-ups of unit markings and badges of individual planes. More than 100 planes are included, many on double-page spreads. However, planes that are NOT SHOWN but should have been include: postwar Navy fighters (none are included, except a single side view of a "Jolly Rogers" Navy Phantom), the USAAF P-51D (although one is shown on the cover, none appear inside), the B-29, F-14, F-15, F/A-18, F-86, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-105, F-106, F-117, modern MiGs and Sukhois (last included are MiG-23 and Su-7), Harriers (again, on the cover but not inside), Skyraiders, Typhoons, Tempests, Vampires, Jaguars, Catalinas, Aircobras, A-4, A-10, pre-WWII bombers, postwar bombers (no B-1B, B-2, B-47, B-52, B-58, Vulcans, Victors, Blinders, Bears) C-46, C-47, C-5, C-97 C-124, C-135, and C-130. Also, no helicopters are included.So, a pretty good overview at a great price, but many important types are missing.
Flying Colors - designers view
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Hi, I repaint a lot of planes for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator series as a hobby and have found this book an excellent source of reference for specific colours of planes and their squadrons in relation to a specific time period. Though the time period ends over 20 years ago, and some plates are dedicated to planes of lesser known manufactures, and a lot of the color plates can be found in comparible books by David Mondey, overall, it is good value.
Flying Colors
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This large book is packed with colorful drawings of aircraft from WW2 to 1981. The book features 113 aircraft presented in a variety of color schemes, usually in profile but occationally from the overhead perspective. As a modeler I use this book when painting miniature aircraft. The book is 207 pages long. There is minimal text. The text includes a brief introduction, then continues by briefly explaining each of the illustrations.
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