Category: Canadian aircraft
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RCN Swordfish – Part One – The Opportunity
All you need is one – an opportunity, I mean. Then you can do the model you really want. This Novo re-pop of a FROG mould comes along a complex pathway from 1971 through to 1980. I suspect the kit has lain dormant since then – a true survivor of Ye Olden Dayes. As I…
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Grumman Tracker – Part Three – A Bonnie Aircraft
Bonnie, but not magnificent… The Idea Model Company Grumman S2F-1 model that came to me at a low price has proved to be an excellent bargain. It might not have the precision of a Hasegawa or Tamiya product, but it is here, now, and has built up to a good stand-off model. The Royal Canadian…
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Fairchild Argus – Part Five – Oh, The Relief…
Every scale model build has One Moment… This one came when the last of the painting was done, the decals were on and sealed. and the time had come to cement on the windscreen. It was missing. Clear parts are my bugbear. I have cracked them, stepped on them, fogged, and lost them. They’ve disappeared…
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Fairchild Argus – Part Four – Struttin’
An’ not wid no barbeque… I hope some readers are old enough to get that one. And I hope it gets past the social media censors. In any case, In any case the struts and braces on this Argus have come out splendidly. Not for lack of work, I might add – the wing braces…
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Fairchild Argus – Part Three – Outside
There are a lot more pictures of the exteriors of WW1 and WW2 aircraft because outside is where they kept the sunlight. The films were a lot less sensitive than modern day equivalents. At this stage of the build, KP have encouraged me greatly – the fuselage halves went together with no gaps whatsoever and…
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Fairchild Argus – Part Two – Inside
There are a number of sources of information for the completion of any cockpit: a. The instruction sheet. Good luck there… b. Internet images of service aircraft taken in the past, before colour film was widely available – good luck there again. c. Internet images of current aircraft in museums. Some photographers, like Inch High…
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Fairchild Argus – Part One – Model 24
The box says Provider and the decals say Czechoslovakia, but I say Argus and RCAF. This AZ model started life on the Hobbytech shelf at $ 44.99 and stayed put. Then it went to WASMex 2024 at $ 20.00 and stayed put. When it came back to Hobbytech it still wore the show price sticker,…
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Westland Lysander – Part Four – Rockcliffe, Ontario
On January 23rd, 1940. Not sure what time of day. The image that served as pattern for this model was taken at the Rockcliffe station near Ottawa on a snowy day. The tarmac is all white, though I note no skis were fitted to the Lysanders lined up for RCAF trainee pilots. Interestingly, while there…
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Westland Lysander – Part Three – Lynx Paws
If there is one thing that defines the Westland Lysander, whether in RAF or RCAF service, it is the landing gear. Lynx paws, I call them, with enough space inside them to hold two machine guns and two landing lights. The rest of the aircraft might have the design of a cement mixer, but the…
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Westland Lysander – Part One – 100 Times The Price
I nearly passed this Dora Wings Westland Lysander by on the hobby shop shelf. The problem was not the kitmaker – I have built a Dora Wings plane before and thought it was superb. The problem was the price – 100 times the cost of an Airfix kit I once built. But you have to…
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