Celebrates six WWII aircraft: Spitfire, Lancaster, B-17 Flying Fortress, Messerschmitt 109, P-51 Mustang, and P- 47 Thunderbolt.

The unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War. Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas, the art typically featured alluring women whose charms belied the deadly cargo the crew hoped to deliver to its targets. Hundreds of examples are shown in a combination of archival photos from the wars and current photos of artwork in museum collections.

This new book by Artist/author Gary Velasco is an illustrated history on the creation of military aircraft nose art. This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspects of how nose art was applied to vintage military aircraft and the uses of materials, supplies and development of nose art designs as researched through discussions with surviving nose artists. The author examines and analyzes the WW II era b/w photographs and reveals their color content along with many never-before-published photos, thereby recreating step-by-step actual flying warbird nose art restorations for the first time. Fighting Colors is a graphic tool for all enthusiasts of pinup and vintage aircraft nose art. For artists, this book will outline what the masters knew when the age of sign painting, along with a little bit of imagination and brushes, was a common trade. For veterans and their families, Fighting Colors will serve as a source of reflection and inspiration for years to come.

Enjoy this book and have a fantastic time using it¡¡ For the Aircraft Lovers ¡¡ This Vintage Flight Machines Kit comes with colors and textures to mix and match for flyers, posters, invites, and greeting cards. Over 100 pieces including airplanes, textures, shapes, backgrounds, typography. You can use for: Scrapbook page. Art Projects. Junk Journals. Mixed media collages. Papercraft projects. Smash Journal For Notebook The possibilities are endless.... Multiple decorative ítems. In the book, you'll find: 🛩️️ Vintage Airplane. Vintage Style to make your junk journal 🛩️ 33 pages, single-sided pages with margin to easy cut 🛩️ Different designs in different sizes (airplanes, backgrounds, shapes, letter) 🛩️ 8,5 x 11 size 🛩️ Colored paper designed with a vintage background. 🛩️ High-quality sheets are printed on 60#(100 GSM) interior stock. 🛩️ Fantastic and Unique Cover Design. Remember, this is a very beautiful Paperback Book (in printed book style) for your crafting ideas, so you'll find a glued spine, which means you have to cut it out carefully. I'm sure you'll find the best way to use it. Please note, sheets are not perforated. You would need to use a crafting knife or scissors to remove the patterned sheet from the pack. (tip: If you don't have the necessary tool to take off the glue can use your hairdryer or cut it carefully. The book is with bleed) Just cut out the pages, then you will have great ephemera for all sorts of crafting needs. Grab your copy now! Look for more books for ephemera pieces. More themes for this author. See Professional Ephemerer and Scraft Key Edition¡¡ The best gift and must-have for the lovers of scrapbooking¡¡