Modeling resources

This is supposed to eventually become a directory of 4D-modelling related resources (i.e. Tutorials, 3D models, textures, images, sounds etc.) that are freely available on the internet.

Please note that while many webpages offer free downloads and use of files, it may be necessary and is indeed recommended to explicitly ask the individual copyright holders for their permission to include their work within FlightGear. In order to become part of the FlightGear base package, it will be necessary for the copyrighted work to be licensed under the GPL (resources that are explicitly and without doubt in the public domain can possibly be included without an explicit GPL statement, however this still needs to be discussed in-depth within the community on a case-specific basis as this is -unlike GPL licensing- not the preferred way of contributing contents to FlightGear).

Tutorials

• http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060622/ahearn_01.shtml
• first page of Practical Texture Atlases
• Helicopter Modeling in Blender 3D Series(11 parts)

Misc.

• http://www.m3corp.com
• http://www.help3d.com
• http://www.mr-cad.com
• http://www.3dmodelsharing.com
• http://www.pitchup.com
• http://www.primeportal.net/the_airstrip.htm (photos of aircraft details)
• http://www.flightglobal.com/StaticPages/cutaways.html (high quality cutaways)

3 Way Views

See also Aircraft Information Resources and http://www.flightgear.org/links.html

• http://www.militaryfactory.com/blueprints/airplane_blueprints.asp (Mostly Helicopters)
• http://www.stevelange.net/waco/plans.html
• http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/manatee/272
• http://www.pioneeraeroplanes.com
• http://www.theplanpage.com
• http://www.hotkey.net.au/~ue626/index.htm
• http://www.simviation.com/designresources.htm
• http://www.airwar.ru/indexe.html (en)
• http://www.airwar.ru/index.html (ru)
• http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/graphics/index.html
• http://hawker.smugmug.com/Hobbies/15578
• http://simviation.com/designresources.htm
• http://www.umt.fme.vutbr.cz/~ruja/modely/podklady.htm Lots of 3 views of early to mid 20th century aricraft.
• http://www.seawings.co.uk/reference.htm Diagrams and other data on seaplanes
• http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org4-4.htm Navy aircraft
• http://www.aircraftdesign.com/acpix.html Lots of 3-views on prototype and experimental
• http://www.aviastar.org/index.html Only helicopters
• http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html High Resolution Prints
• http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/index.shtml
• http://members.fortunecity.com/inedesca/
• http://www.primeportal.net/the_airstrip.htm Images

Free 3D Models, Textures etc

• http://unitedfreeworld.com/TextureDB/

Public Domain Textures

• http://www.aztextures.com/
• http://www.burningwell.org/gallery2/v/textures/
• http://www.imageafter.com/
• http://www.cgtextures.com/
• http://www.texturearchive.com/

Other

• http://www.3dcafe.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=38
• http://www.amazing3d.com/modfree.html
• http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/models/models.html
• http://www.huntfor.com/3d/links/freemodels.htm
• http://www.3dlinks.com/links.cfm?categoryid=9&subcategoryid=91
• http://www.rocky3d.com/free3d.htm
• http://www.amazing3d.com/free/free.shtml
• http://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html
• http://www.3dtotal.com/home2/links/links.asp?cat=texture
• http://www.3dlinks.com/oldsite/textures_free.cfm
• http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Graphics/3D/Models/
• http://madmetzi.smokers-board.de/free3d.htm
• http://www.3dtotal.com/home2/links/links.asp?cat=meshes
• http://objects.povworld.org/links6.html
• http://www.creative-3d.net/free3D.cfm
• http://www.3dlinks.com/oldsite/objects_free.cfm
• http://www.grsites.com/textures

Free Aircraft Sounds

• http://rareaviation.com/spaiso.html
• http://avanimation.avsupport.com/Sound.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4515/other.htm
• http://www.soundrangers.com/
• http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/display/sounds.cfm?start=101&sound_group_iid=34
• http://images.military.com/Resources/ResourceSubmittedFileView?file=multimedia_sounds.htm
• http://www.aviationshoppe.com/Sounds1.html

Books

• Detail and scale series by Alwyn T. Lloyd and Bery Kinzey
• http://www.jbwholesalers.com.au/detailandscale/detailandscale.htm
• http://www.nchsinc.com/shop/BOOKS.HTM