Category: Colour Schemes
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The Camouflage Is Working, Baldrick.
Camouflage is meant to fool you into seeing something that is not there or stop you from seeing something that is. Think of it as colourful lying for a good purpose, as opposed to most political promises. It’s found on every battleground, ocean, or sky. Unfortunately it is also found in the scale model exhibition.…
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The Star-Rangers Ride Again
Or is the Cosmic Commandos? I stopped reading science fiction along about the time I thought about Wernher von Braun bombarding Kent and then working for NASA…and never took it up again. I was content to watch the real space rockets take off on television and just hope that none of his were headed my…
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Inspiration
A wise person takes inspiration from others. Thus, some politicians keep the works of Jesse James, Attila, and Torquemada handy for quick reference. Scale modellers, too, can benefit from contemplating the work of others. This is one of the chief benefits of a scale model show – as well as access to sausages on a…
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Douglas Boston MkIII – Part Five – On Ops
Just the one picture of Boston MkIII AL468 in the sunshine – because that was not the place for it. It was after dark when this RCAF intruder did its business under the guidance of Squadron Leader Burton-Giles. He shot down a Ju-88 and earned the swastika mark under the Canadian maple leaf on the…
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Douglas Boston MkIII – Part Four – AK Air
I am hoarding my bottles of AK Air colours for the most important of my Allied builds. This is a foolish mentality, as the paints are still sold by the larger hobby shops in the eastern states…however I am being frugal these days and rationing myself. The business of covering a black-based model is, in…
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Douglas Boston MkIII – Part Three – Black Bottom Baby
And not only black bottomed, but black based as well. I decided that I would be thorough with the Boston. Black basing for the upper structure – though the under surface would be night black and would cancel out any basing. And AK Air real colours for the upper. They spray so well. The black…
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Douglas Boston MkIII – Part One – A Plum
Every so often a piece of ripe fruit – a plum of a model kit in this case – falls right into my lap. Upon reflection, it might have fallen to me 8 months ago when I was in Melbourne, but no matter – it has plopped down now, and I am delighted. I build…
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A Childhood Ambition Realised
No, I will not be a fighter pilot, or a movie star, or a rich man. But I think I can say that I am acheiving a childhood ambition with my aero modelling. Not flying models, you understand – scale plastic models that sit on a shelf. My experience with flying models was and has…
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Republic Thunderflash – Part Five – Box Art
I tips me lid to the artist who painted this Republic RF-84F Thunderflash on the kit box. His rendition proved to be the most helpful reference I could find for this aircraft. I find colour call-outs fun to look at as snapshots of what one might make from the box. But I still want other…
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Republic Thunderflash – Part Four – £ 1 + 1d.
In for one, in for the other. I have decided to see if black-basing has any merit as a technique. The Thunderflash is a sleek enough aircraft and there will be some variations of the metal finish needed. Time to see if this vaunted paint technique actually does anything. That’s a smooth black but I’m…
The Little World 