Recent content by mpostlewaite

Matt, Thanks for the idea, however I am trying to build wooden toy airplanes for kids between 2 and 7 years old and I would hope that wood would hold up better than plastic models in their hands. I gave my son, who is 5 years, a plastic model and it lasted two days and cost a few tears in the...

This is awesome, thank you very much

Thanks guys, I was thinking of making a P-47, but haven't thought of what else to try. Maybe a FW-190 or a bomber.

Hi all, I recently came across a small manual that was given to school kids and boy scouts during the early 1940's on how to build wooden recognition models to be used by the soldiers and pilots during the war. I thought it would be fun to build some of these models for my kids and nephews for...

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Chanukah/Christmas/Kwansa, a Happy New Year, and anything else there is to celebrate. I have finished scanning and colating the WWII Aircraft Recognition Pictorial Manual into PDF. However, in my overzealousness to retain the best quality with high...

I'm not sure if this is where I should post this but in the past few months I have come across a few manuals that some may be interested in. I am still in the process of scanning and adjusting these books into PDF form. The first manual is a Recognition Pictorial Manual produced by the...

Hello, I am new to this forum. I am doing research on my grandfather who flew in the war. He was a P-47 pilot in the ETO. His name was Lt. Leonard D. Milton and he flew for the 86th fightergroup, 527th fighter squadron. I have found much about his service in the squadron diary, which I...