Category: camouflage
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Dornier Do-17Z – Part Six – Discrete Dornier
The Finnish Air Force roundels on this Post-War Dornier seemed a little small when seen in the illustration. They were also depicted this size on another modeller’s effort…so I finally had to accept them as real. The colours of this ex-Luftwaffe aircraft were very close to that of the German Air Force in the late…
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Dornier Do-17Z – Part Four – Kenttävihreä
Gesundheit. Here, have a tissue. It actually means Olive Green and the information sheet I have assigns an FS number to it: FS34096. There are the numbers on Mr. Color paint jars as well as those of other makers, but none seem to be exactly the same colour. I have elected to try my luck…
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S.P. – Part Six – A Dollar
I have never spent my money better. Even if it was only a single coin. The Mirage company may be big or little, but whichever, they make a good product. This unexpected purchase has proved to be successful, and will form the basis of an entire museum. The model is not without flaw. Anyone trying…
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S.P. – Part Five – So Shoot Me
I spend a lot of time puzzling about camouflage paint schemes. Any scale modeller does – they are the basic currency of our paint economy. In the case of this Polish armoured car, the intended theatre of operations was Poland and eastern Germany and the time was the fall of 1939. This may explain the…
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Samochód Pancerny – Part One – And Now For Something Entirely Different
One day I met a man at a fair and he was selling magic beans… Okay. I confess. I’m bean stalking you. It wasn’t at the fair, it was at the model club. And he wasn’t selling magic beans – he was selling unwanted kits from Poland. A big cardboard box of what may have…
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Albatros D.III – Part Two – Sleek
There only seem to be two types of WW1 aircraft – the impossibly sleek and the improbably bulky. This Albatros fits the first category, as would Pfalz and Roland machines. The second type is represented in my mind by the Bristol fighters and the Russian bombers. Brought about by different design bureaux comprised of different…
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Handley Page Heyford – Part Four – HP Sauce
I did not even make it to March – the Handley Page Heyford that was to have been the crowning glory of Matchbox March was completed on the evening of February 28. And it was the last Matchbox kit in the stash. I shall do my research to see what other kits Matchbox made in…
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Tornado GR.1 – Part Four – Ms. Emily
I keep my promises. I said I would name this aircraft after he lady who gave me the kit, and so I have; Ms. Emily. She is a lovely dance entertainer here in Perth. The Desert Storm Pink is not a regular pot colour from Gunze. It’s made up of a tan with some red…
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General Dynamics F-16 – Part Three – Surprisingly Handsome
I view some modern NATO aircraft with trepidation – there are so many variants that every time I glue on a bomb or a tank, I’m sure it’s in the wrong place. But what can you do in the absence of a concrete example parked at the local air museum? Well, you can start down…
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General Dynamics F-16 – Part Two – Having A Grey Fit
Like a pink fit, but more gentlemanly. You can clip a Hobby Boss kit together at nearly any stage of the build. I’d painted the wheel wells on the F-16 prior to trying the ordnance onto it and was curious to see whether there would be much filling and sanding needed. None at all if…
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