Previously unknown web resources

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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Hey all,

Having just finished a fairly detailed model, I went scouring the web for sources. I located one non-standard one, which some of you might find very helpful (and a pointer for future projects).

In trying to get the Merlin engine right, I eventually located a 3D model of one.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=8954fd105dd242c398b8c800ae001b66&prevstart=0

This is for a program called Trimble Sketchup (once upon a time Google Sketchup), which is free! You don’t need to learn much about the problem to view the model, zoom around it, and zoom in and out. From there, you can measure parts of it, and angles too. Many of these 3D models are contributed freely by users worldwide. There are a few relatively useful resources, but you never know what someone might add.

Maybe in this thread, you could add similar unusual finds, as a resource for everyone.

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Although most of us are aware of google web searches, some may not know about google image searches. On google’s home page are some options along the top. Selecting images will go through their image index and return thumbnails of the relevant images it finds. The scoring/slection logic is not as rigid as for a web search, so you get a lot more extraneous hits, but it is still a very valuable resource. The image search does return graphics as well as photographs.