Category: British aircraft

• Packaging Part One – The Gallery Of The Shelf

  

  I go to art galleries in the various capital cities I visit on a regular basis. Some, like the NGV in Melbourne or the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney get a visit whenever I’m in town. Others, like the various modern art galleries or smaller dealer’s galleries might get a hit every two or…

  Dick Stein

  June 26, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Box Art, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Aurora, Box Art, Monogram, Revell

• Handley Page Hampden – Part Six – Ready For the Squadron

  

  I am currently completing the Air Ministry paperwork preparatory to handing over the Handley Page Hampden to the RCAF. It is destined to be in a torpedo-bombing squadron in British Columbia. They have tried Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers but cannot make them work. The RCAF requested a light sky grey underside as they do not…

  Dick Stein

  June 25, 2018

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  camouflage, Handley Page, RCAF, torpedo bomber

• Handley Page Hampden – Part Four – Either Up Or Down! Make Up Your Darned Mind!

  

  I am currently looking with disfavour at the Airfix Handley Page Hampden model. It is upside down on the building jig with its legs in the air and it is not a pretty sight. This is not a Vargas pin-up girl… This is the first occasion in a long while that I’ve encountered a scale…

  Dick Stein

  June 23, 2018

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  delicacy, Handley Page, landing gear

• 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