Category: Decals
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Boeing KB-29A – Part Eight – Corporate Image
When someone says ” uniform corporate image ” to you in an effort to make you paint the delivery van beige or paste the logo on the toilet rolls, look them steadily in the eye and then punch it. They are full of shit and you need not do what they say. The United States…
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Miles Magister – Part Three – Yellow And Silver
The Miles Magister will join my club of planes that look like they can fly right – sweet, sleek craft that give confidence in their aerodynamics and do not depend upon brute force to heave themselves off the ground. Aircraft that swoop, not lurch. I do like some of the cruder planes as well, but…
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When You’re On To A Good Thing…
Stick to it. A slogan from old Australian insecticide advertisement. We all thought it was a good idea. But what if we found a better thing? What was the slogan for that? I am minded of this by a discovery of a fresh decal setting agent in my local hobby shop. Currently I am using…
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Vought Kingfisher – Part Four – Neutrality Patrol
And armed with a couple of 100 pound bombs to enforce it. I cannot decide whether the Kingfisher as a land plane is gainly or ungainly compared to the floatplane version. The gear is not too spindly but difficult enough to assemble. It must have been quite a drag for the plane – otherwise quite…
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Bristol Beaufighter – Part One – The Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship
I’ll just round up the usual suspects… I can’t think why I have not pulled a new Airfix Beaufighter off the shelf at Hobbytech sooner. Goodness knows they have had them for some time – both this version and a later model with a radar…
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Seversky P-35 – Part One – Silver Wings
The only reason I bought this Spcial Hobby 1:72 Seversky P-35 is that it can be finished in a gloss silver finish to sit alongside the Douglas B-18 Bolo reconnaissance plne that has just been completed. The Mr. Color Super metallic finish of that big ship is so nice I decided to get another pot…
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A Big Thumbs Up For…
For GSI Creos’ decal products. I’ve just been through two separate decal problem sessions and in both cases the Mr Hobby materials pulled me out of a bog. a. The Russianstiltskin decals that spoiled the Spirit of St. Louis model were removed with warm water and detergent and the skin of the aircraft scrubbed clean.…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Five – Not Quite Ubiquitous
I realised that this Delta is the third example of this aircraft to come from the Little Workshop. I am horrified to realise that it may not be the last. If I continue at this rate I will be as guilty as the man with eight Fieseler Storchs… This state of affairs is, as usual,…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Three – MX-B
That book is a gem. It’s got MX-B both as a profile drawing and in actual photographs. It’s also got photos of their base in British Columbia – perhaps I’ll build a seaplane base one day. For now, MX-B will feature in the Coastal Command hall in the Air World museum. Its colour is a…
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Northrop P-61 Black Widow – Part Five – The Ghost Decal
I was a bit puzzled when I opened the box for the Hobby Boss Northrop P-61 Black Widow and saw that there were two sheets of decals; a big one and a little one. The big one had all the usual insignia, tail codes, and wing lines ( BTW, I hate wing lines as they…
