The purpose of this website is to help beginners do the following:
1. Identify suitable scale model kits.
2. Find scale model kits that do not require a knife or plastic cement.
3. Learn ways to prepare a scale model kit for painting.
4. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of using three types of hobby paint: water-based acrylic, enamel, and synthetic lacquer.
5. Learn three types of paint finishes: matt (flat), semi-gloss (satin), and gloss.
6. Learn how to find an historically correct color according to a United States of America federal standard color chart: the defunct Federal Standard 595C (FED-STD-595).
7. Learn how to find an historically correct color according to the defunct British Standard 381C (BS381C).
8. Learn how to find an historically correct color according to the defunct Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) Luftwaffen Dienstvorschriften 521 (L. Dv. 521).
9. Learn how to apply stickers and decals.
10. Gain a sense of creativity and accomplishment.
11. Learn when a type of airplane was in service.
12. Learn about versions of a type of airplane: variants and sub-variants.
13. Learn about the people that operated a type of airplane.
14. Learn about people that designed a type of airplane.
15. Learn about people or organizations that sponsored a type of airplane.
16. Learn the names of some factories that built a type of airplane.
17. Develop a foundation upon which to assimilate twentieth century history.