Category: Australian aircraft
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” Hey You! What’s The Small Idea? ” – F2A Three
If I were a spray painter on a full-size airplane I’d have no troubles spraying a fine line between colours. A few sheets of newspaper to screen off the overspray and away I’d go matching up the instructions. But I am working in 1:72 scale and I don’t think that my hand skills are such…
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I Can See Clearly Now! – F2A Two
Woah! That’s a revelation! I’ve been learning the business of masking and painting clear canopies and turrets for the 1:72 aircraft over the past couple of months. It has not been an easy process, as I have discovered just how un-detailed parts can be in some kits. If you combine this with the propensity of…
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The Complete Story Of…Sin Five
” Well? Where is it? Where’s the last part of the title? We paid for the whole damn title…” I’ll get round to it eventually…but first a word about sloth for modellers. The word is – slow down. No sense rushing a modelling job. Slow and steady wins the race. A good job well begun…
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Well, Sheet…Now What’s Gone Wrong?
The heading image is fuzzy, out of focus, over coloured, and frightening. That actually describes my mind on a lot of occasions – federal elections, tax time, family festivals, etc – but in this instance it was actually vital – I need decals for my new aircraft. And my go-to solution for them appeared to…
The Little World 