MINIATURE AIRCRAFT MUSEUM

[Blue Yonder]

This sounds like a great idea, I have a bunch of B-17's and several naval fighters, and a spitfire I could take shots of.

[parsifal]

Guys i like the idea as a general concept, but there area number of issues to consider. If you want to compare dimensions, you would have to have a "virtual curator" to whom all photographs would have to be submitted. this volunteer would have to be software savvy, and put the the photgraphic submissions through something like photoshop or smartdraw to achieve the same scale for each images that reproduce at the same scale.....the photgrahs would also need to be taken at standard angles, I suggest side front, top, bottom and rear profiles.

If a person wanted to compare types, they would need to create a workspace, then select the image(s) they wanted to compare, whch they would paste into the workspace. There would be a maximum number of images per workspace (I am thinking four). They could then view their worksheet online, download and save it, or just print a hardcopy.

Each work sheet should have a scale at the bottom to show the size of the aircraft being looked at.

I think the basis of the images should be our own models that we build. We would take the photos on completion of the build and submit them to the "curator" for consideration.

If this were to happen I would be more than happy to help and contribute myself.....

[ww2aircraftmania]

I was just browsing the web for model airplane pictures and I came this incredible site. You guys can really build models!

[Airframes]

Not so much a 'museum' though, as a sales outlet.

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Just an idea, but has anyone thought about contacting Shinpachi an seeing if he might be able to help out. He is exceptional with these types of programs and may be willing to help out. You could set up a program with a small data base. Enter two aircraft into the system and bring them up to compare them in a stacked (one over the other) configuration. I may be going in the wrong direction here but again, it's just an idea.

[GrauGeist]

I was just browsing the web for model airplane pictures and I came this incredible site that has over 300 custom built models. All are extremely high quality. Mostly of them are WW2 aircraft. Check'em out and let me know what you think. I like the spitfire on the front page. dogfighter.com Online Air Museum | Custom Model Airplanes | Collectible Airplanes History

Methinks I smell the interesting aroma of SPAM...

[Airframes]

Just what I thought - bl**dy Vikings!!!!

[N4521U]

Just a thought from a relative newbe. Using a "standard", perhaps 2 meter scale checkerboard overlay. I say overlay because it would be masked over the side, top and front views of the aircraft. Since I have non finished myself, I'm just returning to building, I will pick something off the website and make an overlay in Corel and repost it here on this thread. This idea could lead to all sorts of resource material. Even links to walkarounds for model builders. It could dominate THE WORLD! I digress, sorry. I will work on the overlay ides. Cheers, Bill

[N4521U]

Something like this perhaps?

[Lancaster630]

The only possible downside would be the cost of putting up all these pictures, but I am all for the idea, my younger brother recently did WW2 in history and all they taught him about again i might add was the home front, evacuation etc I feel these things should be put in context, learn a bit about the U-Boat war, the Battle of Britain, and a resource as powerful as this one could be would possibley allow them to teach these things, feel very strongly about young uns knowing about the past, as in a way I owe my life as it is now to the aircraft and pilots, who battled over my Grandfathers head in the skies of Malta (he was just a kid back then) so yeah I have done website building before (proper website building not online templetes) if I can be any use let me know

[B-17engineer]

Woah is that changing colors or something? Moving?

[N4521U]

Lanc, once a scale grid has been made it's a rather simple process of adding the aircraft. It would not need to be done for each and every one, only one per type, then used as a cove sheet sorta, like a masthead for each type. Then different aircraft markings could be added to the file. cheers, Bill

[Lancaster630]

I ment space, as in the bigger the website the more it will cost to run etc

[N4521U]

Of course, sorry I missed that. I wonder if this could be done in conjunction with an air museum???? Just another thought. cheers, Bill

[parsifal]

so

ther are some really good ideas here.....how do we get a proposal to the mods with a firm idea, and setting up the thread/area to get this thing moving.....