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Hangar Thirteen's Library has several manuals available, including a Handbook of Operation and Service Instructions for Caliber .50 Automatic Computing Sights - K-3 and K-4. How the computing sight actually made it's calculations is beyond me.

Don't get discouraged. Guys building planes might not get back right away. Just make notes and move on to something else.

You can try reaching out to Ester with the sheet number but chances are if it's not online, they don't have it. Still may be worth asking the question. For faded drawings you can try going into an image editor and see if there's any information to bring out through levels adjustments, find...

Not a problem at all and thank you. I've been working on my project for 8 years so I'm in no rush.

Right. I meant your post with the cover for TM 1-1050, also has the primer attached instead of the tech manual. But thanks for posting the photo. Love drawings from that era.

This attachment is the reading primer? I think your browser hornswoggled you.

I'm looking for installation information on the "Mickey" radar unit as it would have been installed in B-17 waist sections, replacing the ball turret. I've looked through manuals (which mainly show operation from radio compartment) and what little online photos show the interior of the waist...

Was going to mention that you could do yourself a favor and not even bother with holes in parts if you don't plan on showing pins and bolts removing. Save on polys that aren't necessary. You could add a temp Empty just to point where the pin goes for later.

If you're on facebook look up Vultures Row Aviation's photos. Might have what you're looking for.

You go by the individual part sheet because that's giving you the dimensions of that part. This could be a case where the assembly drawing is older and is showing an older part and instead of drawing a whole new sheet, they just update the notes or part call outs. Also there are errors on...

My workflow is a blend of what both of you described. What cvairwerks described is most applicable to a CAD workflow for fabrication. With a polygonal workflow you have to use the given dimensions and make exceptions where it makes sense for optimization. Especially important for real time...

Understood. I haven't studied Vought drawings or even F4U specifically. My current understanding is the salmon is for structure on the early "birdcage" Corsairs. I'm not sure how much of that would extend to any skin, if it did would be on the interior side. Have you looked into polygon limits...

Possibly but the experience in parsing the information is what allows one to model correctly. I only have about 8 years in aircraft blueprint reading myself. I'm sure I could learn quite a bit from you on that front.

I'm very familiar with this. How familiar are you with blueprint reading? How detailed are you planning to go? This takes some up front planning, otherwise there's a good chance you'll get in the weeds and have to course correct mid project. Not insurmountable but better to avoid. Also you have...

AirCorps Library has become the go-to source. It will take some wading to find drawings for any specific block number you want to model but they have thousands of blueprints scanned for F4U.