KINGSTON — It’s hard to get a full collection of airplanes printed onto a shirt, which could appeal to veterans or those with a general interest in aviation.

So Dave Chandler created another way for aircraft enthusiasts to display their love for the flying machines.

His company, the Kingston-based Aero-Grafix, has recently released a set of posters that show various types of aircraft by different categories. The four-color glossy posters are laminated and feature as many as 40 planes, such as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Historical Aircraft poster.

Chandler remembers as a kid putting together model airplanes, however, today it’s hard to find a hobby shop anymore that specializes in such activities, he said. So to keep the interest alive in learning about the ever-changing aviation industry, he developed the posters, believing they would be more attractive to the younger generation as well as to those who may have flown combat missions during wars.

While his World War II posters have been available for the past two years, he spent last winter creating 10 more posters that were released in June.

His posters are available around the country, on military bases and in flight museums, targeting both young and old. So far, his collection features planes categorized by war, (World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War and the Gulf wars), as well as by branch of service, (Air Force, Marines, Navy and USAAC). He next intends to create posters featuring helicopters and experimental and commercial aircraft.

“I meet the neatest people in the world,” he said of his business with distributors. He often works with museum volunteers who are former pilots or widows of pilots.

“They are there because they like to be there,” Chandler said. “To work with people like that is really incredible.”

He has been in the graphic design business since 1993, after working as an art director for a large electrical sign company in Seattle. However, his love for drawing airplanes started when he was a kid.

“I was doing it in study hall when I should have been doing math,” he said with a laugh.

Today, it has come “full circle” as he now runs a full-time business creating aviation-themed graphics on garments, hats and other promotional items for various groups, such as aircraft museums, airplane collectors and historic aircraft foundations, such as the Collings Foundation. The Massachusetts-based nonprofit brings its two famous World War II era planes, the B-17 and B-24, through Bremerton each year. Chandler did the art work on the B-24, designing four different paint schematics for the plane’s exterior during the past decade. He has also created three designs for garments for the gift shop in the Museum of Flight in Seattle. But the posters are his latest work.

“I just want to keep everything going,” he said, noting he wants to go international with his poster concept. “It’s wide open.”

He also hopes to work with high school aviation clubs, which could sell the posters as fund-raisers, he said.

Except for the printing of the posters, which is done in Seattle, all the design work is done in his office located in the Arborwood Business Park off Bond Road, plus the printing and application of illustrations to shirts and hats. Chandler maintains a low overhead so he can provide his products at a reasonable price, he said, as recognizes his primary demographic is an older citizen on a strict budget. But if he can provide a product at a reasonable price that reminds them of their days while serving the country, Chandler’s more than happy to do it.