Category: Canadian aircraft
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RCAF Lancaster – Part Seven – Hannants
This RCAF CX 104 Lancaster is the first time I have used the Xtradecals form the British firm of Hannants. I’ve often seen them advertised but hitherto the prices of the sets has always been somewhat of a barrier to their use – by the time we get them here they can be the same…
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RCAF Lancaster – Part Six – Wings And Tail
I decided to risk it with the Lanc – to attach the vertical stabilisers and rudders at the end of the painting process. This might sound dodgy but the precision with which the joins were moulded encouraged it. And it meant that the masking and painting of the flying surfaces was going to be a…
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RCAF Lancaster – Part Five – Subassembly
I think one of the nicest things about the new Airfix kits is the way that they have decided upon the subassembly moulding. In the case of the Lancaster they’ve done something that I have not seen before…but would like to see again. The point of assembly for many aircraft builds that makes me nervous…
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RCAF Lancaster – Part Four – Button Up
The interior detailing on the fuselage was finally done – here’s what it looks like with no additional parts or work: The map is a decal. Pretty neat for no photo-etch. The other thing I commend Airfix for is the strut and former construction that mean the wings are going to go on right. Of…
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RCAF Avro Lancaster – Part Two – Whole Lotta Plastic Goin’ On
I am never so inspired or terrified as when I open a new model box and look at the plastic sprue trees. In some cases there seem so many of them – in others so few. The Airfix Lancaster is in the first bracket. However, this is a new-mould kit and the parts look to…
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RCAF Avro Lancaster – Part One – The Second Lucky Chance
Well, you get lucky sometimes. I got lucky lots of times in practice – not so many in my second career. But one of the memorable ones in 2014 was a trip to Japan as a corporate guest. We were hauled around but occasionally let loose in the shops or cafes to give the tour…
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RCAF Twin Otter – Part Six – Over The Line
Way-hay – completed the De Havilland Twin Otter before teatime. And onto the photo floor just afterwards. The planned assembly of the plane went well – I propped the fuselage up on the jig and glued one wing and supporting strut with liquid cement. An hour later I was able to flip it over and…
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RCAF Twin Otter – Part Five – The Clown Car
Sorry about that, Folks…but you have to admit that bright yellow and red has a certain circus feel to it. In this case a flying circus without the WW1 reference. The illustrations for this sort of aircraft paint job are nearly always spectacular – remember what I wrote about box art being based around yellow…
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RCAF Twin Otter – Part Four – The Canvas Stretched
The Twin Otter fuselage is closed, puttied, and smoothed. The wings are ready for their undercoat. All the ancillary parts are stuck to bits of matchstick or alligator clips awaiting the airbrush. It’s at this point that sprue trees in a box have become an aircraft. There’s still plenty of work to do but the…
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RCAF Twin Otter – Part Three – Bare But Clean
After building a number of Airfix and Italeri 1:72 models with rather comprehensive interiors, I am not sure I’m pleased with the approach Revell have taken with the Twin Otter. The cockpit is fine; seats, control columns, and instruments in a closed space. Painted light grey/dark grey and with the added fillip of seatbelt decals…
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