Category: Civil aircraft

• The Play Set

  

  I just figured out why I like my model airfields so much. They are the best play set I’ve ever had. The Louis Marx company play sets that appeared in so many North American Christmas catalogues in the 50’s were wonderful things. You could get Fort Apache, The Alamo, The Army Camp, Cape Canaveral, Cops and…

  Dick Stein

  April 8, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, card models, Civil aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Model cars, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  model air fields, photography, play sets, scale

• Grumman Duck – Part Three – A Riveting Build

  

  I mentioned in the first column of this build that I was not going to notice the raised rivets of this older Airfix kit – I have to say now that I have not adhered to this blasé attitude. In truth, I do notice them. And I love them. The choice of clear silver lacquer…

  Dick Stein

  March 21, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, floatplane, Grumman Duck, Royal Mail

• Grumman Duck – Part Two – Ungainly Is As Ungainly Does

  

  Like most seaplanes – the Rufe, the Spitfire on floats, the Seamew – the Grumman Duck looks vaguely like a practical joke the designers played on the factory that leaked out past the drafting table, and they were too embarrased to admit it was all in fun. Yet the planes worked and were very useful…

  Dick Stein

  March 20, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  biplane, Canada, floatplane

• Grumman Duck – Part One – The Civil Mould

  

  I have a suspicion that the Airfix Grumman Duck in 1:72 scale is an older mould – the raised rivet lines. Perhaps a Matchbox kit re-issued. I also find that as I am an older modeller – it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. That is the fine legacy of being able to build the…

  Dick Stein

  March 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models

  Airfix, bushplane, Canada, Grumman Duck

• Bell Model 47 – Part One – Sheer Terror Over the Brazeau

  

  Being a kid whose dad was the project manager for a big construction project had its advantages – you got to ride out with him after supper when he made the evening round of the construction site and you got to climb all over the big tractors and earthmovers. In some cases, if they had…

  Dick Stein

  February 16, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, helicopter, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell AB-47 Sioux, Brazeau Dam, helicopter, Italeri

• Hut, Hut, Hut…

  

  All three huts, in fact, destined for either the radar station at Wet Dog Regional or the ablutions block at RCAF Wet Dog – wherever they will do the most good. They are the first fruits of Frugal Days – the week in which I do not build an expensive plastic kit, but rather turn…

  Dick Stein

  February 13, 2019

  1:72 scale, Civil aircraft, Dioramas, Military models, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, frugality, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional