Category: airliner
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De Havilland Heron Mk II – Part Two – The Split Heron
As far as the approach to this vintage Airfix De Havilland Heron kit goes, I am – as Kinky Friedman would have put it – out past where the buses run. I am in new mental territory. It started when I did the part count and some dry fitting – I noted the provision of…
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De Havilland Heron Mk II – Part One – Raised Expectations
And raised rivets, too. I had a happy childhood, and a great many of the happy occasions revolved around model kits. This included a number of the 1950’s and 60’s Airfix products. Merit, Monogram, Aurora, and Revell as well. So it’s with great delight that I see Airfix re-issue classic models from the era. I…
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Beechcraft Model 18 – Part Four – Spirit Of Lodgepole
CF-ACL is ready for service. The Spirit of Lodgepole is named after a small town in the Pembina that serves the oil industry and was once the main service town for the Brazeau Dam project. It had an RCMP post, a hotel, a school, and a general store, as well as repair shops for the…
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Beechcraft Model 18 – Part Three – A Pleasant Surprise
Remember I was worried about the plastic surface of the PM Models Beechcraft Model 18…worried that it was too rough to take a good coat of paint? Well, my worries were laid to rest over the last two days. GSI Creos to the rescue yet again. I employ their paints and finishes whenever I can…
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Beechcraft Model 18 – Part Two – Individual Excellence
The new model is going together very quickly – aided by reasonably accurate fit in the disparate sub-assemblies. I use the term disparate, because while these components are well suited in themselves…they all hold a proud independence in their geometry. In simpler terms, they fit, but not to each other. This was a phenomenon noted…
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Beechcraft Model 18 – Part One – The Promising Twin
I was ambushed by this kit through an email from a Melbourne hobby shop. They send out regular lists of new arrivals and this was in the same order as the Hawker Sea Fury. It also came with a companion Beech 18 – a USAAF AT-11. The cost of this kit is $19 and the…
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Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part Five – Leak, You Bastard…
I am half-way pleased and half-way annoyed. The trim stripe on the Fokker F-27 went down in two coats over and between flexible Tamiya tape. It had a lot of sealing and dodging to do, that tape – and I expect it did it as well as could be expected But the first coat of…
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Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part Three – The Prime Example
You may be a little surprised to see me priming the F-27 fuselage separately from the wings. The reason is that the wings will not be cemented on until the very last moment – they are a different colour than the fuselage and their absence will make the fuselage painting so much easier. I’ll be…
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Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part One – The Shelf Sitter
This Italeri Fokker F-27 Friendship kit sat on the Hobbytech 1:72 shelf for the better part of a year, along with a number of other modern jet models. The fact of the long wait for a buyer might argue that the kit is bad or the price is too high – yet neither of these…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Four – Tall Tails From The Canadian Woods
I mentioned the fact that I had secured two copies of the Special Hobby Vickers Delta Mk III kit from Metro Hobbies by post. They languished for some time before I felt the urge to build, but now that MX-B has come out so well, I’ve decided to keep up the momentum and start on…
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