Category: Colour Schemes
-
Douglas RB-66B – Part One – The Shelf Queen
Some kits fly out the door of the hobby shop as soon as they arrive. Some stay until the sales. Some stay until the owner dies and the executors hacksaw the door open. The reasons for this can be many – the kit is horrible – the kit is so obscure than no living being…
-
Yakovlev 6 – Part Five – A Flying Fin
Not a flying Finn – unless the Finns captured a few of these in the Winter War. The fin is the price that this Encore model cost. And I think it has proved a sterling investment. The green you see here is a lightened and blued form of the Russian Green. The scale effect, perhaps,…
-
RCAF Privateer – Part Five – The Rockcliff Transport
Until now I have been having immense difficulties reporting the completion of this model. If you are reading this I have succeeded… The Rockcliff Privateer probably had a different name attached to it, but I am pleased that the Matchbox decal sheet was replaced by a Revell one that eliminated the nose graphics – they…
-
Is There A Worse Feeling?
I mean a worse feeling than seeing someone succeed brilliantly with a model kit, material, or technique that you have failed in. Not bad enough that you threw your model against the wall, but the other person has managed to win a medal with theirs. Jealousy is a green-eyed monster in many fields; love, business,…
-
MiG 21 – Part One And Only – The Buffer Zone Interceptor
We often forget that there was more than one side to the Cold War. West, East, and Neutral. And Neutral broke down to Undecided, Uneconomic, and Uninterested. The DDR were trusted by their Soviet masters more than you’d think. The Russians were no fools – they knew the quality of the East Germans and had…
-
Sopwith Triplane – Part Three – Black Maria
As a straight-out-of-the-bag build I could not have asked more of the Revell Sopwith triplane. It cost me nothing, it delivered a lot of pleasure. The plastic parts fitted as well as any baggie would…but yielded well to the cut and sand that you normally expect to do. The interior is a seat and a…
-
Sopwith Triplane – Part Two – The New Techniques
I have decided to risk navigating this PaulPlane in only two uncharted waters: the use of the new decal technique and a new finishing varnish. The third experiment – the plastic rigging – will be postponed until a slightly larger model offers. It’s nice stuff, but a little thick for this job. The decaling system…
-
Sopwith Triplane – Part One – Beige Baggie
My next PaulPlane is another Revell baggie from storage in his shed. This one has escaped the effects of the heat and even the decals look viable. It is also going to be the subject of another new experiment – I have had luck with rigging older planes so far with rubber string and thin…
-
All Your Problems Will Be A Thing Of The Past
Leaving time and energy for your new problems. Whenever you meet with an obstacle in your road to scale modelling you must stop and try to figure out what went wrong. Go to reference works – whether they be on-line or in magazines – and then talk to other modellers who have had the same…
-
Heinkel He 177 – Part Four – Courtesy Of The Resistance
A captured Heinkel 177 ready to be flown to the RAF for analysis and test flying. The paint shop has been busy making sure the thing is both presentable and safe to cross the Channel. The French roundels and tail flash were easy to do as one always seems to have spares of this sort…
The Little World 