Category: Colour Schemes
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S.P. – Part Five – So Shoot Me
I spend a lot of time puzzling about camouflage paint schemes. Any scale modeller does – they are the basic currency of our paint economy. In the case of this Polish armoured car, the intended theatre of operations was Poland and eastern Germany and the time was the fall of 1939. This may explain the…
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Dewoitine D.510 – Part Four – Spanish Star
I am delighted to say that the Dewoitine D.510 has made it to the photographic flying field and it is a sunny day. The silvery colour is French silver-grey – a custom mix that has just received a boost from the dregs of a Mr Color bottle. It has changed yet again, which is the…
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Albatros D.III – Part Four – Red But Not Barren
An internet site claims that Manfred v. Richthofen flew a red, yellow-tailed Albatross D.III at some stage of his career. I have no idea if this is true. However, I like the idea of breaking up the all-red of the Revell kit’s scheme so this was as good a choice as any. I recognise the…
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Albatros D.III – Part Three – Little Pink
Which, if I recall, was the title of a Damon Runyan short story….and nothing to do with today’s topic. Some months back, in the midst of the viral shortages at our hobby shop, I was reduced to purchasing a pot of Mr. Surfacer 1200 in pink..my normal buy – Mr Surfacer 1000 – being off…
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Albatros D.III – Part Two – Sleek
There only seem to be two types of WW1 aircraft – the impossibly sleek and the improbably bulky. This Albatros fits the first category, as would Pfalz and Roland machines. The second type is represented in my mind by the Bristol fighters and the Russian bombers. Brought about by different design bureaux comprised of different…
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Albatros D.III – Part One – The Competing Baggie
When I looked at this 50¢ baggie that my friend Paul gave me, I wondered if it was a remould of a previous Airfix product. No, apparently – the old Albatros I built in 1959 was a D.V and this one is a D. III…at least dating from 1963. The look of the thing is,…
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I Learns A Waluable Lesson…
In undoubted proof that you are never too old to learn, I have. Learned, that is…the old just comes with the territory. Shooting my scale model reports for this column, I follow a regular pattern. An introduction with the kit’s box, instructions, sprue trees, and decal sheet, then a number of building stages, then a…
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Bright Or Blight?
Are the colourful liveries spoiling us? If you are a scale hot rod or custom car builder, just quit reading now. This column has nothing to tell you. If you are an armour person, you can also go make a dark brown cup of coffee with flakes of rust in it. If you are an…
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Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 – Part Five – Three Cheers For The Transport Service
And their new SM.81 general service aircraft – set to deliver the liquid products of Ruritania as far away as Switzerland and Holland. The converted 1930’s Italian bomber that has just joined the RRAAF in the Transport Service started life with 6 machine guns and two bomb bays. It now has two bottle bays (…
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I Choose My Paints From The WTF Numbering System
It is the favoured organisational system of the major model paint makers. They each invent a complete system for their paints that has no relation to that of other factory. This means they can all stay in their corner of the playground at recess. And when I want to paint a modern jet that has…
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