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José Roberto Mendes lives in Guaraparí, Espírito Santo. There he sculptures his wooden models to see them "fly trough the Atlantic Ocean". It is usual to he to give his aircrafts to his sons and the sons of them, but agreeding to his wife request, the DC3 model is still with him. You can see it at the pics below. José Roberto uses wood carving and carpenter techniques to make his models. These are much more of an artistic job than our frenetic search for milimetric precision in scale and detail reproducing. Seeing my entire website you can ask if these models are alternative models. Using the precise words it is not alternative modeling, but these are models sculptured entirely from scratch. This is sufficient reason to get these models published here. According to Mendes´s words, the models scales vary from 1:60 to 1:40. Below there are some pics of four of these models: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1:60) Clean lines, style and beauty are the cheracteristcs of this airplane. Some of the traditional details are missing, but the airplane continue to be easily recognized because its curves and lines were very well presented. This shows better how elegant this plane is at all. 
Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1:40) You can see here some common solutions between my models and the ones of Mendes. The use of blind rivets in the propulsor´s assemblage is an example. 
DC3 Dakota or C-47 Commando (1:60) Without the windows and without any painting the aircraft can´t be recognized as one or another of them. But I think it is better to maintain the aircraft without painting and such details. It shows the wooden texture free of interference. Mendes seens to has similar opinion since he refuses to paint their models. I see his refusal as a requinted option. 
Lockeheed P-38 Lighting 
Mendes seens to have used the following materials:
By seeing these models we can conclude that there is no need of extreme details or milimetric precision to get a good and beauty model. Here in the clean lines of Mendes models we finally see the hiddem beauty of these classic aircrafts. The beauty of their lines! I still need some more info on these models and used materials to say something more... I think I miss something or may I have got myself too much involved by Guarapari´s paisages that I forgot to ask several of the traditional questions about these models. By so, keep looking for updates on this page.
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