Category: Canadian aircraft

• Tamiya Acrylic – The Viable Challenger

  

  Note: in this test I used the Tamiya acrylic paints, but I could slso have used the Creos Mr. Hobby acrylics as well – they can interchange thinners and brush cleaners. Well, as the Avro Anson MkI was slowly being painted and cured, I decided to fill the time with two other kits –  a…

  Dick Stein

  April 13, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Uncategorized

  Acrylic, spray painting, Tamiya

• Enamel Is The First Bottle Off The Shelf

  

  Well, in for a penny, in for a Pound…I decided that the Special Hobby Avro Anson MkI was the test bed for the Humbrol system. Other people may know it as the Angst-on but I make my own discoveries… After painting up the interior and locking it into the fuselage, I covered over the windows…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Enamel, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Avro Anson, Enamel, Humbrol

• How Unbiased Do I Have To Be To Look Virtuous?

  

  I’m in the middle of a scale modelling experiment at present. The basic question I need to solve for myself is: Acrylic or enamel? I’ve hedged around the issue for some time now as I gained more experience with the airbrushes and looked at more YouTube videos. I’ve not had too much contact with other…

  Dick Stein

  April 11, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  experimentation, painting systems, scientific method

• 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…

  Dick Stein

  March 31, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Chinese models, Czech models, Doll Houses, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  inattention, lack of interest, laziness

• 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…

  Dick Stein

  March 25, 2018

  Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Decals, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models

  Decals, Epson, inkjet printing, Testors

• What’cha Got Cookin’ ?

  

  Ansons…I couldn’t get the plain variety so this is the one with resins…I mean raisins… Currently it is raisin’ my blood pressure. I was nearly right by the time I got to spraying the grey undercoat on the ship. I’d filled and sanded as much as I thought I could decently do, and resisted the…

  Dick Stein

  March 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Enamel, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Tabletop Photography, Workshop

  airbrushing, Anson Mk1, Enamel, Humbrol, model photography

• The Resin Problem

  

  Note: This is the second time this post has appeared in The Little World – I miscued it yesterday. If you are confused, join the club… Let’s hope the cunning plan works, Baldrick. Well, the Special Hobby 1:72 Anson is progressing, but the journey has been one of some rather unpleasant discoveries: a. The interior…

  Dick Stein

  March 22, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly

  Polyurethane resin, resin casting, warpage