Category: Decals
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Aaaaand There It Is…
The error. The mistake. The blunder. The failure. Every build has one, and some builds have many. And there are a variety of them: a. The bad kit. Some kits are bad. Badly designed, badly moulded, badly boxed and badly shipped. In this case you are being beaten up by the manufacturere and the only…
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Potez 540 – part Six – Acqui De Espero!
I think that lost something in the translation… Or maybe it was a famous battle cry. Or a caption on a poster. Whatever…it translates as a bare ” here I wait “. Honest – it googles up as an advertising phrase for a hotel in the Canary Islands… Don’t ask why it appears on the…
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Martin Maryland – Part Three – SAAFies Again
Remember the SAAF captured Junkers 52 that I made a couple of years ago? Well now it has a companion in the Desert Air Force. K for Kaffir – the Martin 167 Maryland of the South African Air Force. A lot of the SAAAF Marylands were camouflaged with middle stone and darker brown, but I…
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Martin Maryland – Part One – Circling The Shelf
You know that thing – when you visit a hobby shop on a number of occasions and pass the same model on the shelf each time. And you look at it and heft it and put it back for some reason. Then one day you run out of reasons… This kit of a Maryland is…
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Dassault Ouragan – Part Five – Smile
I suppose if you are going to paint a shark mouth on the front of an aircraft – a la Flying Tigers – there is no need to be discreet about it. You’re not trying to hide anything. You might as well make it as big as possible. This seems to have been the philosophy…
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Don’t Mind If I Do…
I am never satisfied these days – even annoyance isn’t as good as it used to be…you got that nice crispy angst before the war… But occasionally in the gambling hell the wheel stops at my number and the goodies are pushed to my side of the table. This week it has been decal paper.…
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Caudron C-635 – The Blue French Gem
To be specific; Bleu Baltique Metallique. This is the only post for this build – because I forgot to picture the early stages of it. They were fast ones – this Heller kit has only 34 pieces. But how lovely they are. The plane itself is a light aircraft of the 1930’s – purchased in…
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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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