Category: Australian aircraft

• Vultee Vengeance – Part One – The Show Special

  

  When I went to this year’s WASMEX plastic model show I promised myself that I would only get one thing. Of course, I was a liar and a fraud; I purchased three things. The last of which came off the stash today and out in front of the camera – the Special Hobby 1:72 Vultee Vengeance.…

  Dick Stein

  October 8, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Box Art, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting

  RAAF, resin parts, target tug, vac-form parts, Vultee

• Bristol Benheim Mk I – Part Four – The Museum Aircraft

  

  So why does a Bristol Blenheim Mk I bomber – a quintessentially early war RAF light bomber – show up in the Bomber Command hall of Stein’s Air World? I mean apart from the fact that there was a kit on the shelf at Stanbridge’s Hobby Shop and I had money in my pocket… If…

  Dick Stein

  August 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Bristol, Canada, RAAF, RAF, RCAF

• We Need The Tiny Tin Can

  

  I am looking at small and large cans of paint – spray paint, as it happens – and wondering at the rationale around it. The can contained a grey Tamiya primer. I’ve just sprayed the very last of it on a 1:72 aircraft and can feel satisfied – it completed the job just before it…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Enamel, German aircraft, Japanese aircraft, Painting, Uncategorized, Workshop

  paint, spray painting, Tamiya

• Precision Need Not Be Prestigious

  

  Nor need it be pricey.* I came to that conclusion each time I approached the Hobby Boss Brewster Buffalo kit – even at the wash and trim stage – where I got the mould-parting agent off the basic sprues and then air-dried them. And then started cutting parts from them and building subassembies. This was…

  Dick Stein

  July 8, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Chinese models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Hobby Boss, LGB, Mould-making, Stainz loco

• The Kids In The Candy Store

  

  For a number of years I avoided going into hobby shops. Whether I thought they were passé or whether I thought I was more sophisticated…I don’t know. The result of this was I missed out on some of the really great hobby experiences – things that came and went while I was somewhere else. Now…

  Dick Stein

  June 11, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Collecting, Dioramas, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  aircraft, hobbys, scale modelling

• Modelling To A Theme – Building For A Purpose

  

  I have a confession to make. I have a mental condition that permeates my life. It has affected me ever since childhood and makes itself felt in everything I do. It is sometimes a good thing and sometimes bad…but I have come to realise what it is and to accept it. It is the need…

  Dick Stein

  May 30, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Collecting, Dioramas, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models

  concentration, modelling, themes

• The Integrated Multi-Level Spatial Constructional Workflow Paradigm

  

  Oops, sorry. I had the Dilbert switch turned on there when I typed that. Lemme turn it off. Here we go again. ” When To Glue Things On. ” That’s better. As a topic it may seem a lot more complex than it really is…because the whole thing basically is not to stick something on…

  Dick Stein

  May 18, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  instruction sheets, planning, workflow

• Where Was That Blasted XF-68?

  

  Yes, I paint model kits. Yes, I have more than one bottle of paint. Yes, I lose the occasional one down the back of the sofa… Now that I am building more model aircraft kits from different air forces I am getting more paints. Some are direct shades and some are mixtures. I have transcribed…

  Dick Stein

  May 17, 2018

  Acrylic, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized, Workshop

  labeling, Organisation, paint

• Ye Olde Kitte

  

  I went to the swap-meet section of the plastic modelling exhibition a little while ago and looked around. I do that – surreptitious spying is one of those hobbies that you can do with little initial outlay – Just a black cloak and broad – brimmed hat. The dark sunglasses and anarchist’s bomb are just…

  Dick Stein

  May 16, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Collecting, Czech models, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  exhibition, old models, swap meet

• Move Over Acme Manufacturing Co…

  

  Because the Little Workshop is here and we’ve got the ideas that’ll make your life easier. They’re not giant projects – they’re not vast concepts – but by golly when we think things up, they’re half-vast. Like our new model building supports. We’ve all had times whilst building an airplane kit when we needed to…

  Dick Stein

  May 7, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Chinese models, Czech models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Tools, Workshop

  jigs, Painting, Tools, workshop tools