Category: Decals
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Mitsubishi Ann – Part One – Newcastle Day
As they sang in The Newcastle Song; ” Don’t you never let a chance go by, Lord Lord…”. And I didn’t. At the Tuesday Mens Shed modelling meeting a senior modeller ( I love saying that… ) came in with five roller boxes of model kits to sell. He is obviously clearing out a stash…
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Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part Three – The Highboy
You may be forgiven for raising your eyebrows at the final stance of the Monogram F8F Bearcat…it looks impossibly high off the runway on the main legs. I assure you it was built strictly according to instructions and the landing gear legs were firmly inserted into the bottom of the sockets in the wing. I…
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Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part One – First Of the Chrissy Presents
This Grumman is a first on several counts; first Bearcat I’ve ever built and first of the Chrissy kits off the rank. It was a gift from a clubmate – John – and is very much appreciated. The kit is not new mould – there is a catalogue inside the box for 1989 Monogram kits.…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part Four – RCAF 1941
My model building hobby is a focused thing, but it is soft focus…I love to build nearly any kind of 1:72 airplane…but I have a special preference for planes flown by the RCAF. Whenever I’m cruising the aisles of the hobby shops I am measuring up prospective purchases on the basis of whether they ever…
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Olfa – The Second Present
No good feeling your wrapped presents or shaking them round if your friends are imaginative enough to shop outside of the boundaries. They can buy something that looks like nothing that you recognise under a coat of paper. Thus it was when my friend Warren handed over a strange lumpy parcel at the Chrissie dinner.…
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Curtiss Hawk Model 75 – Part Five – Ready To Fly, Ole
The Curtiss Hawk Model 75 Has joined the Royal Norwegian Air Force at their base in Little Norway… AKA Toronto Island Airport in Canada. A hub of Norwegian training. They were delivered to the Norwegian training base on the shore of Lake Ontario from the US – part of an order that had not been…
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Curtiss Hawk Model 75 – Part Four – Painted Insignia
The business of painting insignia on full-size aircraft must be fun. Obviously a stencil situation and I’ll bet the paint crew are all frustrated car customisers. It explains some of the commemorative schemes that appear on service planes. I’ve seen it done by a number of people and they all say that it has great…
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Curtiss Hawk Model 75 – Part One – Good Fortune
I am blessed with good fortune; a loving family, a comfortable retirement, a mind that still feels enthusiasm. I am also blessed in friendships. One of these friends read my post about trading scale model cars to make space for scale model airplanes and stepped in to make the situation ever so much worse… In…
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Beech AT-11 – Part Three – Never Ever
Never ever throw away the extra parts that accumulate as you build your kits. Save them, separate them, and catalogue them if you have time. At least have a good look in the boxes occasionally to remind yourself what you have. Remember modellers have a seventh sense that other people do not have – the…
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Focke Wulf 190A – Part Three – The Internet Evening
When you want to build a kit straight out of the box, the first thing you do is cut the seals and open the box. When you want to build it to a different variant the first thing you do is go to the computer and open Google. It is the source of much of…
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