Hi all

OK... put your thinking caps on! What is the ONE modelling reference book that you couldn't live without? I love books and there are loads which are off the shelves as much as they are on - but I've been trying to think which is the book I refer to most often.

I've been really harsh on myself and ignored all my cockpit guides and type/airforce specific references and .. and my first thought is David Klaus's "IPMS Color Cross - Reference Guide" with the associated F.S. colour fan. If not my first port of call, I reckon I probably check it for every single build I even contemplate...

So what's your indispensable reference? If we're lucky, we could build up an essential reference list.

All the best

Rowan

My indispensable reference - not a book - but dear old kitmaker network and t'interweb in general

Andy

Okay, number one on my list "The Great Book of World War II Airplanes" by Bonanza Books. 400 Full color Illustrations by Rikyu Watanabe.
Aircraft covered:
P-38
P-51
B-17
Hellcat
Corsair
Spitfire
Mosquito
Lanc
109
190
Ju 87
Zero


I also have "The Great Book of Modern Airplanes" with 800 color illustrations
Aircraft covered:
A-10
F-15
F-16
F-18
F-111
Harrier
The Mig Family
B-1B
F-4
F-14

I enjoy looking through them, even if I'm not working on an aircraft they cover !!!

The one book, which, out of all proportion to its size, gets most use, is the report, with detailed information, on the Symposium, at the University of Southampton, held to commemoreate the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire. The material, tucked away in only 64 pages, is phenominal.
Edgar

My collections of Warplane, Encyclopedia of Aircraft and Take Off magazines.

Just one?? Wow that is really hard to trim down, there are sooo many.
Do you go for the one encyclopeida style book or the squadron version of your favorite AC??

So I would have to say that its American Warplanes of WWII by David Donald. Its an encyclopeida style book