This page is an index of solid model construction and reform records preserved in the Japanese Solid Model Archive.
The records listed here are not limited to completed models. They also include records of processes, corrections, decisions, and the ways aircraft forms were understood through making.
For information about individual makers, please see the author pages.
| Aircraft | Maker | Type of Record | Scale | Main Contents | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 | Kazu Fukuda | Detailed construction process record | 1:50 | Materials, shaping, surface preparation, painting, markings, final assembly, and completed model | Fw 190 D-9 Construction Record |
| Heinkel He 115 B | Kazu Fukuda | Reform record of an existing completed model | 1:50 | Reopening an existing model, correcting it, repainting it, and bringing it to a renewed completion | He 115 B Reform Record |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 | Kazu Fukuda | Parts-based and process-based construction record | 1:50 | Material preparation, interior work, nacelles, engines, propellers, painting, final assembly, and completed model | Fw 200 C-3 Construction Record |
This archive includes several different types of records.
Construction process records follow the making of a solid model from material preparation and rough shaping to painting, markings, assembly, and completion.
These records are useful for understanding how the form of an aircraft gradually emerges through the making process.
They are not merely lists of procedures.
They show how observation, correction, test fitting, and judgment are repeated until the form gradually becomes clear.
Reform records follow the process of reworking a model that had already been completed once.
These records are especially valuable.
They show how a completed model was reconsidered, opened again, corrected, and brought to a new state of completion.
From a finished model alone, it is difficult to see where the maker found problems or how his judgment changed.
Reform records preserve that otherwise invisible movement of thought and decision-making.
Parts-based and process-based construction records follow the making of a model not only as a single linear sequence, but also through individual parts and stages, such as the fuselage, wings, nacelles, engines, propellers, armament, painting, and final assembly.
For large or complex aircraft, the making process is not always a simple straight line.
Parts are made separately, checked through test fitting, and eventually integrated into a single completed form.
The Fw 200 C-3 record is an important example of this type of record.
If you want to follow the making of a model from the beginning to completion, start with:
If you want to read a record of how an already completed model was opened again, corrected, and brought to a renewed completion, start with:
If you want to read how a large multi-engine aircraft was made through separate parts and processes, start with:
If you want to learn about the maker, see:
The Fw 190 D-9 record is a detailed construction process record.
It follows the model from material preparation, shaping, surface preparation, painting, markings, and final assembly to completed model photographs.
The value of this record lies in the visibility of the process.
It allows readers to see not only the completed model, but also how the form was gradually made.
The He 115 B record is a reform record of a model that had already been completed once.
It preserves the process of removing deteriorated paint, rebuilding the nose section and canopy areas, reworking the surface, repainting the model, and bringing it to a new completed state.
This record shows that completion is not always the end of making.
A completed model may be reconsidered, corrected, and guided toward a new final form.
The Fw 200 C-3 record is a parts-based and process-based construction record of a large multi-engine aircraft.
Because the original material had been organized by parts and processes, this archive reconstructs the record as closely as possible according to confirmed dates and the sequence of work.
This record allows readers to follow processes such as:
What is especially important in this record is the way separately made parts are eventually integrated into a single completed form.
It also shows that making does not consist only of active work. Decisions such as waiting for putty to dry are also part of the making process.
The Fw 200 C-3 record is divided into several original record pages. For an overview, it is best to begin with the entrance page.
Fw 200 C-3 Related Pages
For interpretive readings, see:
Some aircraft subjects and markings in these records belong to wartime historical contexts.
They are presented here solely as part of the historical and documentary record of scale model making.
The purpose of this archive is not to endorse any ideology or military action.
Its purpose is to preserve and study the techniques, processes, decisions, and records of solid model craftsmanship.