Category: Decals
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Douglas Skyraider A-1H – Part Three – VNAF First Fighter Squadron
I pondered about that when I read it on the colour call-out. I always regarded the Douglas Skyraider as a bomb truck attack aircraft. Still, it was armed with four large guns plus the rocket pods so it would not have been a good idea to get in front of it on a busy day.…
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Douglas Skyraider A-1H – Part Two – The Curse
And it is a curse that will spread out to the wider community… Thirty years is a long time – despite what Hollywood says. It is the difference between a starlet being a 10 and being a 2… It is a long time for a set of decals to sit in a damp shed; something…
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Douglas Skyraider A-1H- Part One – Out Of The Mould
Literally – This gift kit has been sitting in a damp shed for long enough to develop a micro-climate… After the necessary box art photo, both halves of the box go into a plastic bag in the shed and will be heaved out as soon as the build is done. The rest of the parts…
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The Anti- Camo Stand
If, like me, you like to build model aircraft – and if, like me, you like bright colours… Join the Western Front club. They concentrate themselves upon WW1 subjects and, while the allied planes may be a bit formulaic or muted, the German ones can give you all the colour you want. I concentrate on…
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If You Only Have One Computer
And only add one program… Add Photoshop Elements. Whatever your machine will cope with – whatever the current iteration is. Go add an old version if that is all that you can get. It is a mom-and-pop editing program for Mac or Windows that lets the consumer use simplified commands and tools to make nearly…
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If I Can See It
You win. If the enemy can see it – you lose. Basic rule of camouflage. And it is also a principle to remember when building a scale model for display – especially for public exhibition. If you want ’em to look, attract their eye. This is a challenge for the modeller who is depicting a…
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Mirage 2000C – Part Three – Retired Delta
Or so it says on the internet. At the same time there are plenty of pictures of this type in the air forces of secondary nations. I’ll bet it turns up in Africa and South America for decades – rocketing and gunning down rebellious tribesmen or junta colonels. I am delighted with the colour scheme…
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Mirage 2000C – Part One – Birthday Present No. 1
First box off the new stash shelf. A wonderful sensation. The box art for the new Italeri 2000C fighter is all about the first Gulf War of 1990-91 – all browns and sand colours. The call-out on the back plus the decal sheet promise Armée de l’Air and UAE Air Force of the period. Possibly,…
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Stupid Science Theatre 3 – The Proof Of the Pudding
In our case the pudding tastes like old paper and turpentine. Like cooking with the stuff I find in our pantry… The problems in order: a. Yellowing of the decal and surrounds. This one is easy to cure: tape the sheet to a window that gets sun most of the day. Let it sit for…
