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Aircraft : A – C
A – C | D – G | H – J | K – O | P – S | T – Z
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 235
- Mini update set to the full AH-64D Apache set we have in your PRL
- Rare photos of Kuwait machine
- External walk around.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 236
- 15 photos of a Wildcat caught stopping off at IWM Duxford for a live refuelling stop!
- Close up details of external details of the type
- Thanks to Peter Sketchley for letting us have these unique photos.
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Set 194
This is one of the smallest sets that we have in your SMN Photo Reference Library but with the release at the end of 2012 of Revell’s 1:32 kit, plus other kits now available in various popular scales I wanted to add these images now – we can add more later if we manage to secure new images. Specifically this set includes:
- Cockpit instrument panels and layout
- Airframe both sides
- Canopy design
- Starboard access door
- Wheels and undercarriage legs
- Spinner and nose cannon
- Forward gun bay detail
My sincere thanks to the following for their kind help in putting together this great set: Martyn Coleman, Es George, James Vaitkevicius and Ian Sayer. Thanks guys.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 152
- 36 high quality images covering the external and internal features of the awesome Airbus A-400M “Grizzly” large transport
- close ups of the unique aerodynamic propeller blades in feathered and drive mode
- cockpit exterior framing
- in-flight refuelling probe
- massive ‘T’-Tail unit and fin
- undercarriage wheels
- flaps and under wing detail and markings
- engine cowl detail showing natural metal areas
A great accompaniment to the impressive 1:72 Revell kit! Our thanks to Roger Wigley for his kind permission to have these images for your SMN PRL – thanks Roger.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 89
Complete walk around of the exterior of the US Marines Cobra AH-1 in 2010.
Specifically features:
- 41 images
- canopy detail
- weapons – especially nose mounted gun
- Rocket pods under winglets
- Antennae and ECM / Radar lumps and bumps
- rotor head
- rotor blades
- tail rotor
- skid undercarriage units
- airframe details
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 148
A good walkaround covering the exterior details of this famous Russian work horse!
- 26 high quality images
- engine cowl and four-bladed prop
- massive external exhaust and staining effects
- canopy frame details
- wheels and undercarriage – note tyres and ‘sit’ of the aircraft
- rigging with location points
- long flaps and corrugated wing texture
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Complete walk around of the exterior of the Apache AH Mk.1 in 2010.
Specifically features:
- 49 images
- canopy detail
- weapons – especially nose mounted gun
- rotor head
- rotor blades
- tail rotor
- main undercarriage units
- airframe details
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 135
- comprehensive walkaround to cover both the interior and exterior of this awesome machine
- 114 high quality images
- cockpit coverage
- weapons stations and pods
- open access panels for creating some stunning modelling projects
- night-vision helmet
- engine bay and engine detail
- canopy layout, and positioning when open
- nose-mounted gun
- lots more detailed images!
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Set 207
Great walkaround for this impressive ‘Attack’ version of the T-6C Texan II
- 53 high quality photos
- Good internal and external coverage
- 360 coverage of the airframe
- Cockpit – front and back layout
- Weapons hardpoints and stores
- Rocket pods and drop tank arrangement
- Undercarriage units
- Canopy design and layout
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 110
Comprehensive internal and external walkaround
- 74 images!
- 3 different airframes features
- camouflage and silver dope schemes
- engine prop
- main and tail wheel arrangement
- cockpit front interior for one of the three
- rear interior details
- leading edge small propeller detail
- canopy window arrangement
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 21927 good quality photos
Thanks to Derek Austin for kind permission to share his walkaround pictures
Set 104
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Comprehensive internal and external walkaround
- 33 high resolution images
- engine close up
- cockpit interior with unique layout
- main undercarriage and skid arrangement
- fuselage panels and stitching details
- fin and rudder
- rigging layout and attachment points
- wheel hub profile and detail
- propeller wood grain effect
(See SMNs Techniques bank for some great How-to on painting and creating realistic wood effects on propellers and wing struts).
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 128 – 56 high quality images
- comprehensive internal and external walkaround
- Daimler Benz engine – rare underside views
- cockpit images
- cowl and air filter for ‘Trop’ version
- most images of the G-2 variant
- flaps – split flap arrangement
- canopy design
- fin and fabric rudder
- wheels and undercarriage units
- undercarriage bays and canvas inserts to main wheel bays
- spinner and prop blade profile
Our thanks to Ian Sayer and James Vaitkevicius for their help in contributing to this great walkaround. Thanks guys.
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Bf.110G-4, Messerschmitt – Set 101 A fantastic external and semi-internal walkaround photo reference of this rare and unique WWII Luftwaffe night fighter
- full airframe coverage
- upper wing and tailplane detail
- rudder, elevator and counter balance weight
- Daimler Benz DB601 engine fitted and off the aircraft
- FuG 220 radar array – lots of close ups
- FuG 101 close up
- wheels – main and tail
- inside main gear bays
- wing fuel tanks and attachment details
- spinner and propeller shape
- exhaust dampers – location and style
- engine radiator style
- oil bowser trolley
A real must-have for any Messerschmitt Bf 110 and especially the G-4 Night Fighter variant.
Sincere thanks to Max Williams and Adam Brown for supplying the majority of images used in this great photo set – thanks guys Geoff
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 84
- 33 high quality walkaround images
- comprehensive internal and external coverage of the famous Grumman Bearcat fighter
- full cockpit coverage
- undercarriage units
- wheel wells
- engine bay with engine close up at different angles
- upper wing plan form and detail
Our thanks to Ian Sayer, one of SMNs ‘Photographers in the Field’ for supplying some of the images in this comprehensive detail set. Thanks Ian.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 239
- internal and external walk around
- interesting seat and cockpit details
- good for general reference for aircraft of this period (around 1911).
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104 high quality images covering every aspect of this famous RAF low-level specialist!
- comprehensive coverage of the cockpit – front and rear
- rotating bomb bay interior details
- wheels wells
- main and nose gear units
- canopy
- rear speed brakes open with interior patters
- wing fold details
- IFR probe detail
- Desert ‘pink’ and Grey-green camo schemes
- original pics from 1989
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 69 – 67 images!
Complete external and internal walkaround:
- great internal cockpit coverage
- internal rear observer/gunner position and fuselage
- ‘hedgehog’ exhaust stub detail
- full engine detail
- all undercarriage units covered
- external airframe detail including fin and tailplane
- nose cannon ports
Rare opportunity to access these high quality images of the interior of Bristol’s famous fighter. Several airframes accessed to obtain these images.
Special thanks to Martyn Coleman for his help in the creation of this set of images.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 25
70 high quality images giving you comprehensive walk-around coverage of the famous WWI Bristol Fighter aircraft
interior and exterior extensively covered
- two airframes feature in this great set
- cockpit detail
- wing detail
- rigging detail
- main wheel and tail skid
- control wires – fuselage rear, exterior to rear control surfaces
- tailplane detail
- wooden propeller detail showing beautiful wood grain
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 95
- 22 walkaround images
- internal coverage of the cockpit
- spinner and engine details
- wheel hub and tyres
- fabric pattern and colouration on underside of the wing
- strut detail
- fuselage rib detail
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 174
- 24 high quality images
- internal and external coverage
- cockpit in detail
- canopy internal layout
- jet pipes
- undercarriage units
- interior wheel bays
- flap positioning
- fin and rudder
- ground hook-up ideas for any diorama
- images taken in 1997 at Meridian
Our sincere thanks to Ian Sayer, one of our Photographers in the Field – thanks Ian.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 232
- 22 photos
- fantastic internal coverage
- cargo hold and cockpit
- ramp and floor
- external coverage including landing gear and engines.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 32
103 high quality images giving you comprehensive coverage of the interior and exterior of the famous EE Canberra PR-9
- comprehensive cockpit coverage: ejection seat, instrument panels
- interior of nose bay – open and showing huge amounts of internal equipment and fit
- canopy details
- wheel wells and bay layout
- main gear and nose undercarriage
- tailplane and find detail
- wing tip light close ups
- fuselage details: antennae, aerials etc
- camera windows
- some period images from 1985
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 13
Comprehensive walk-around coverage of the RNZAF Caribou – interior and exterior (all high quality images)
Images from Ian Sayer archive
Specifically includes:
- 31 images
- Cockpit detail
- Rear ramp
- Flaps
- undercarriage
- Internal cargo area
- Tailplane
- Engine
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 107
A great set if you are building the Revell 1:144 scale kit or other C-17A Globemaster project
- 38 high resolution walkaround images covering the external detail of the C-17A Globemaster in US Air Force service (July 2011)
- significant weathering to main wing leading edges
- winglet shape and location of anti-collision ‘slime’ lights
- engine detail with internal detail and inside intakes
- nose wheel and door layout
- some panels open illustrating internal detail
- flap actuator fairing detail
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 145
- comprehensive external and partial internal walkaround of this important US type
- 30 high quality images
- cockpit
- front and rear engine bay details
- rotor head
- undercarriage
- equipment fit around airframe
- front canopy/windscreen set up
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 176
- comprehensive internal and external walkaround of this little helicopter famously used in the Vietnam War
- 40+ high quality images
- cockpit has good coverage
- extensive equipment fitted to the type
- engine cowl detail
- skids
- rotary gun carried on port side
- tail rotor assembly arrangement
Several kits exist of this great helo so why not try something different?
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 240
Many thanks to Gilles Pepin and the Canadian Starfighter Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) for their help in the production of this excellent walk around. Photos shot in July 2018.
Download pdf file below – this file is 4.2Mb
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 208- Good walkaround covering many aspects of this incredible workhorse
- 58 good quality photos
- Inside rear ramp area
- Engine
- Engine access panels open
- Side access doors and internal detail
- Rotor heads in close up
- Windscreen and forward canopy details.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 187
- 115 images!
- Internal and external coverage of this famous RAF and RCAF basic trainer
- Cockpits – front and rear
- Engine – multiple angles
- Undercarriage units
- Canopy – multiple angles
- Several airframes featured
- Wings – plan views with fine detail like AVGAS refuelling point
- Prop blade design and colouring for different service paint schemes
- A great accompaniment for any Chipmunk model project.
A great accompaniment to the impressive 1:72 Revell kit! Our thanks to Roger Wigley for his kind permission to have these images for your SMN PRL – thanks Roger.
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 147
- 87 high quality walkaround images of this most famous US Navy WWII carrier fighter that also served with the British Royal Navy and many other air arms around the world during its long and diustinguished service
- comprehensive internal and external coverage
- cockpit
- wing fold
- gun bays
- wheel bays
- engine bay from several angles
- R2800 engine in good detail
- airframe including tailplanes and rudder
- open access panels
- prop and engine cowl flaps open
- exhaust outlets and colouration
Our thanks to Dennis Deagle for supplying some great cockpit shots of the Corsair. Thanks Dennis.
A note from Dennis:…
The cockpit images were taken at the Edmonton Municipal Airport July 30,2010. The aircraft belongs to a private collector somewhere in Quebec (near Ottawa) and is attached to Vintage Wings of Canada. Although actually an FG-1D, the aircraft is painted and marked up as the F4U-1D flown by Lt. Hampton Gray, VC, DSO. I see the wings are not clipped as in my understanding of RN Corsairs – the aircraft was restored in the USA, the ghosts of the stars in the stars and bars could be made out.