Category: Colour Schemes
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Handley Page Hampden – Part Six – Ready For the Squadron
I am currently completing the Air Ministry paperwork preparatory to handing over the Handley Page Hampden to the RCAF. It is destined to be in a torpedo-bombing squadron in British Columbia. They have tried Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers but cannot make them work. The RCAF requested a light sky grey underside as they do not…
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Handley Page Hampden – Part Three – Success Masquerading As Failure
Having overcome Part Two – the warp factor – I set myself the task of assembling the Hampden, and was pleasantly surprised by how well it cobbled together. The wing tabs were tight, but a little sanding loosened them and a little more sanding snugged the wing roots in close enough to the fuselage to…
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Not A Creature Was Stirring
Not even a modeller. Well…not this modeller, anyway. We all have brain breaks occasionally – we start out thinking fine and then one of the mental drive belts hops off a wheel and the next thing you know we’re Jim Carrey on a bender. It happens in the modelling workshop, too. Today, for instance. Time…
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” Is This Paint Gluten-Free? “
Don’t laugh too much. You never know where the trail of discovery will lead. I have been pondering this in my local store – Hobbytech – as I wander the paint aisle. It is much the same when I go to the big DIY chain store – Bunnings – and try to make sense out…
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The Cost of the Kit Is Not Included
I’m old. I can remember plastic-bagged 50¢ Airfix kits. I can remember the little brown vials of cement that came in the boxed kits. ( best cement ever…) I can remember life before acrylic paints… Old. But this doesn’t mean to say that I am feeble-minded – or that I can be persuaded to open…
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When In Doubt…
When in doubt, do it the way the original was done. There was generally a reason for this and you may have stumbled upon it again. Case in point: doing the second blue paint coat on the PRU Lockheed P-38 Lightning. The first coat had cured for a day, and the second one was due…
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Internal Report No.2 – Glorious $ 5 Plan
Wood morning Comrades. Is report of victory in Glorious $ 5 Plan. Polikarpov I-15 glorious Soviet fighter plane now complete and ready for display at Uszhitmi Air Display as soon as cows driven from field and mud dry up. Hero workers cheer valiantly as aircraft put on truck for transport to show. To valuable to…
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The Witchcraft That Is Airbrushing
I am new to airbrushing but not that new. A couple of tentative years under my belt. I’ve gone from stark terror to grudging acceptance. Reminds you of married life, doesn’t it? The first airbrush was a cheapie from Metro Hobbies, but complete enough to have three separate needle/nozzle/housing options included. They are stated as…
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The Kiddy Model And the Adult Modeller
Sometimes it’s hard to resist being a kid – particularly when you are in a hobby shop that also sells toys. You know you’re in there for a serious adult purpose ( like buying toy airplane kits ) but part of you is still a child and wants to buy toy airplanes… I mean it…
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I Am In Several Minds
And they talk to each other in different voices. If only I could get some of them to start contributing towards paying the electricity bill… The current debate centers around painting the frames of aircraft canopies in 1/72 scale. I’ve tried a number of different ways of doing this and not yet found the ideal…
The Little World 