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Photographic Reference Library – Aircraft

March 5, 2023 By Adam Brown

Aircraft : D – G

Below are the current Aircraft images available for download FREE as part of your annual subscription package. The files are supplied either as PDFs or compressed in a zip file and for the Zip files please click on the download ‘arrow’ icon link next to each library entry and save the file to your computer. Once on your computer double click on the ‘zip’ file to uncompress files and open the images. Any problems please contact us.

A – C | D – G | H – J | K – O | P – S | T – Z

DH-9, Airco de Havilland

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 249
35 photos covering the airframe

Dakota, Douglas C-47, DC-3 and C-47TP
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 201
This walkaround set covers three versions of the famous Dakota transport

  • 73 images, 72 A-4 pages
  • Internal and external coverage
  • Engines and cowls
  • 360 airframe coverage
  • Tail, fin and rudder detail
  • Canopy and aerial fit
  • Rear cargo door
  • Flaps
  • Limited cockpit and hold photos
  • Several aircraft featured.
Dauntless SBD-5, Douglas


[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 53
Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 complete internal and external walkaround with high res images

  • 30 images
  • cockpit covered for both pilot and rear gunner’s position
  • engine including rear view of cowl flap arrangement
  • undercarriage details
  • wheel wells
  • bomb release gear
  • upper wing detail including perforated dive brakes

Our sincere thanks to our Photographer in the Field – Ian Sayer and of course Frank and the team at Planes of Fame Air Museum in the USA.

de Havilland Heron

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 250
26 photos covering the external details of the aircraft
Helpful if you are planning to build the Airfix Vintage re-release of this famous aircraft

Demon, Hawker

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 192

  • 24 High quality walkaround images
  • great subject in Hawker’s 1930s fighter (the Hart was the bomber version of same basic design)
  • airframe covered in detail
  • internal and external coverage
  • cockpit details visible
  • side panel removed to see accurate colours within
  • Lewis gun
  • wheels and undercarriage
  • engine cowl and oil cooler in close up
  • airframe details …

Our sincere thanks to Ian Sayer, SMNs Photographer in the Field for supplying our great images for you to use in your modelling projects. Thanks Ian.

Dominie T.1, Hawker Siddeley

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 253
70 photos covering the external details of the aircraft

Dornier Do 27
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 205
This walkaround set covers three versions of the famous Dakota transport

  • 20 high quality walkaround reference photos
  • Internal and external coverage
  • Cockpit interior
  • Main instrument panel in detail and layout
  • Open engine cowls
  • Engine detail
  • Fin and tailplane

Our thanks to Brian Keats for supplying the photos used in this set.

Draken, Saab


[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 143

  • 35 high quality walkaround images giving comprehensive coverage of the type
  • internal and external coverage
  • Danish aircraft featured
  • cockpit detail and layout
  • undercarriage – nose and main gear units, doors etc
  • weapons: rocket pod and AAMs
  • overall airframe detail
  • tail wheel skid close up
  • FOD guards and attachment
  • great accompaniment for all your Saab Draken models in all scales

My thanks to James V for his assistance in providing some of the images for this walkaround – thanks James.

D-VII Fokker German WWI bi-plane


[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 70
Decent walkaround of the exterior of this famous German WWI fighter

  • 30 images
  • unusual angles and underside images to help get that ‘lozenge’ camouflage pattern accurate!
  • undercarriage
  • wheel hub detail
  • strut and rigging arrangement
  • tail fin and rudder set up with control wire location
  • MG location and features
EC-135 Eurocopter, PSNI
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 210
This set includes 87 high quality photos covering the internal and external details of this famous military helicopter

  • 68 photos
  • Internal and external coverage
  • Cockpit
  • Rear observer’s compartment
  • Equipment fit
  • Rear bay internal detail
  • Rear doors open and closed
  • Skids and kit fitted
  • Rotor head
  • Rear rotor housing and blade set-up
  • Ancillary equipment and external fine detail
F6F-3 Hellcat, Grumman

Set 241
[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]
  • 71 photos
  • extensive external coverage
  • wing fold details
  • canopy
  • undercarriage
  • R2800 engine
  • aerial arrangement
  • many more details…
Fairey Gannet ECM6.AS4

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 224

Fiat CR.42 Falco (Falcon)

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 234
21 photos

Fighting Falcon, F-16ADF, 18 Gruppo 37 Stormo Italian AF 2010


[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 74 – 31 images
as seen at RAF Waddington International Air Show, 2010

  • Compliment the Italeri 1:48 scale kit release end 2010 that features decals for the Green/Black scheme
  • 31 high resolution images covering the astonishing paint schemes applied to visiting Italian F-16ADF aircraft
  • undercarriage
  • jet pipe with distinctive staining
  • small details particular to these aircraft – stencilling and ‘zaps’
  • note two-part left and right side different schemes applied to grey/black/red aircraft 81-0680
Fitter Su-22

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 49
Complete Internal and external walk-around

  • 43 images
  • cockpit internal shots
  • rocket pods close ups
  • undercarriage units
  • great weathering possibilities
  • access ladder
  • lots of other small details!

Thanks to Brian Keats and James Vaitkevicius for their kind support in letting us have these images. Thanks guys.

Fitter, Sukhoi Su-22 Part 2
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe]Set 198

  • 47 great walkaround photos of a recently-retired operational Fitter
  • Great weathering hints for finishing your model
  • Airframe coverage including over wing views
  • Many red FOD guards and RBF fittings
  • Undercarriage units
  • Wheel well detail
  • Jet exhaust interior
  • Cockpit internal shots (limited but useful)

Our thanks to Steve Hesse for his kind permission to use these images

Flanker Su-27, Sukhoi
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[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 213
Around 53 high quality images covering the external details of the awesome Ukrainian AF Flanker – a rare opportunity for a close-up look

  • classic undercarriage/wheel design and detail
  • afterburner/reheat cans
  • useful underside views
  • cockpit externals only with useful canopy internal detail
  • antennae locations
  • FOD guards / engine intakes
  • stores pylons
Flying Fortress B-17G, Boeing

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 244
61 Photos
This set covers the external details of the famous Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress – look out for Part 2 that covers the internal details of the Fortress in good detail

Flying Fortress B-17G, Boeing Part 2 Internal

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 245
52 photos covering the internal details of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Subject for this set is “Sally B” based at IWM Duxford, England, UK

Gazelle, Aerospatiale

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 169
Comprehensive walkaround of the exterior and partial interior of this most famous RAF advanced trainer that came to fame as the mount of the famous Red Arrows RAF aerobatic team back in 1965.

  • 62 high quality images covering the external and some internal details of this classic helicopter
  • Several different airframes featured
  • cockpit interior details visible to give a good impression of layout and colour schemes used
  • rotor head
  • tail rotor and unique design
  • skid details
  • doors and internals of same
Gnat T.1 Folland

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 54
Comprehensive walkaround of the exterior and partial interior of this most famous RAF advanced trainer that came to fame as the mount of the famous Red Arrows RAF aerobatic team back in 1965.

  • 55 images
  • cockpit partially covered for both front and rear positions
  • undercarriage details
  • wheel wells
  • upper wing detail

Our sincere thanks to our ‘Photographer in the Field’ – Ian Sayer and of course Frank and the team at Planes of Fame Air Museum in the USA.
Additional thanks to Dave Coward for also supplying some of the images used in this SMN Photo Reference set – thanks guys.

Gripen, Saab

[Content available for Subscribers only, please login or Subscribe] Set 67
Complete internal and external walkaround of this modern combat fighter. Most images focus on Czech AF machines but a couple of bonus HUNAF aircraft also included.Specifically in this set:

  • 57 images
  • complete external coverage of the airframe
  • internal details
  • cockpit coverage
  • wheel well coverage
  • jet pipe, distinctive interior colours
  • access ladder
  • two-seat aircraft featured as well
  • gun mount
  • in-flight as well as plenty of static aircraft

Thanks to: Brian Keats, Es George and Ian Sayer for giving us these spectacular images

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