Category: Civil aircraft

• 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