the book
edited by
aeronautica Militare
A book intended for collectors, enthusiasts and connoisseurs, a sort of illustrated atlas of the planes that characterized the golden age of seaplanes. Twenty years of painstaking work to reconstruct and visually restore a technical and historical heritage, a tribute to machines and men through an international team of authors.
A project by Max Pinucci, Hideaki Ozawa and a team of authors and experts with the scientific supervision by Gregory Alegi, and editorial coordination by Stefano Cosci published by Hun in the Sun and Aeronautica italiana (Italian Air Force), in collaboration with historians, 3D artists, designers, modellers.
Dozens of profiles in scale, three-quarter views by the Japanese expert and 3D artist Hideaki Ozawa, for twenty years dedicated to the virtual reconstruction of the hydroracers. The book is full of amazing and accurate artworks, plates, infographics, maps by Max Pinucci. The editorial layout is by by Elena Degl’Innocenti, MBVision. With historical photographs, semi-transparent tracing paper pages showing aircraft structures, details, engines, cockpits. The texts of various experts and authors are coordinated by the editorial coordinator Colonel Stefano Cosci of the Italian Air Force. The scientific supervision is by Professor Gregory Alegi, one of the most renowned international aviation experts.
The artworks and the photos are accompanied by technical and historical information and summary plates dedicated to chronology, performances and to the development of these beautiful and amazing flying machines.
The Book
Thanks to the experience and success of his book AIRSHIPS and 25 years of illustrations and research about seaplanes, a big size high quality book that favors the visual aspect, the accuracy of the ilustration and an extremely elegant editorial layout
Size: 42×28 cm (16.5”x11”) Landscape
Number of pages:
112 pages
Paper:
Fedrigoni art paper coated 160 gsm printed in 4 colors Freelife Vellum White
uncoated 160 gsm printed in 4 colors
Arcoset White
Inserts in transparent paper printed in 4 colors Golden Star K
3D Art by Hideaki Ozawa, Japan
More than 50 seaplanes drawn three-dimensionally in 20 years of research and documentation. Structures, cockpits, liveries and colors.
Thanks to the experience and success of his book AIRSHIPS and dozen of years of experience in and passion in drawing maps, the creation of an accurate cartography for the book, for the game and for the decor
A project by
Max Pinucci
Creative direction, infographics
Hideaki Ozawa
3D artworks and models
Gregory Alegi
Scientific supervision
Stefano Cosci
Editor in chief
the book
Thanks to the experience and success of his book AIRSHIPS and 25 years of illustrations and research about seaplanes, a big size high quality book that favors the visual aspect, the accuracy of the ilustration and an extremely elegant editorial layout
the game
In Hydroracers players will be immersed in the forgotten epic of the Schneider Trophy, an international aviation race of pure speed that between the 20s and the 30s of the last century brought four nations, the most experienced designers, pilots, mechanics to challenge each other in front of the world to conquer a small, symbolic cup, among the need of affirmation, economic efforts, extreme sacrifices, technological research.
the models
Based on Hideaki Ozawa‘s research and three-dimensional modeling and MBVision‘s industrial design experience, 12 scale models of the most famous seaplanes have been designed and will be produced in 1:144 scale. Designed for the board game but also as collector’s items.
the exhibition
Alongside the book and the game, based on the materials produced and on multimedia contributions, we will design a traveling exhibition made of digital images on screens, architectural video projections, large format digital prints, holographic films, virtual reality, simulators, objects and documents of the period.
