Category: German aircraft
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Heinkel He 70 F-2 – Part Three – Dryfit
Dryfit is not just the brand name of a battery. It is the essential part of nearly all model kit making. It was one of the chief pleasures I had as a kid with the kits. When you dry fit a model you get to play with it far longer than just gluing it together.…
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Heinkel He70 F-2 – Part Two – Methinks I Doth Smell A Ratte
And it may be a Ukrainian ratte at that. The kit has just been started – the cockpit tray completed and some preliminary wing work to box in the wheel wells – and already I am suspicious that this kit has Eastern European origins. Or at least Middle Europe. Middler than Germany, at any rate.…
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Heinkel He70 F-2 – Part One – Herr Verkäufer
I mentioned in the history of the Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force that a number of the planes acquired for the service – and for later use in the Royal Ruritanian Airline – were of German origin. Of course this is simple to explain – Germany is next door to Ruritania and they share a…
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Good Morning, Walter – Part Seven – The Heliflopter
Walter, the toy industry is the lifeblood of the Little World. We often forget that what we adult modellers make is toys. Oh, we call them scale models and we join clubs and have exhibitions and spend scandalous amounts of money on the kits…but they are toys in the end. The sad thing for adults…
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The Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force – Part Three – Build Up To Obscurity
As the war clouds darkened over Europe in the 1930’s, the government of Ruritania realised that the defence of the realm would require additional spending – both for ground and air forces. Fortunately the kingdom is entirely land-locked and has no need for a navy aside from Customs and Excise boats on the lakes to…
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The Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force – Part Two – Dual In The Skies
Students of middle European history cannot be unaware that Ruritania is surrounded by Germanic and Slavic nations. While they have neever been quite completely occupied by invaders, they have never been completely free of them, either. This may seem to sit oddly with the decidedly British title of Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force. This is…
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Shaky Legs, Don’t Just Stand There…
And bite that trembling lip. A good idea has just surfaced. Model airplane kit builders can access any number of specialized kits and parts these days. If you find something crude in the box, you just keep shopping until you find a Czech firm that have made a better replacement part for it. Of course…
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Shall I Break It Now Or Wait Until Later?
The people in the plastic kit companies who write out the instructions and draw the diagrams are to be admired. I would accord them all honour as I tied them to the stake and bid the firing squad take aim. Because they are very talented and artistic criminals. Their chief crime, past the price they…
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Bell Iroquois – Part One – The New Currency
Move over, Dollar. Step aside, Euro. Bitcoin, I laugh at you. I have my own medium of exchange now. I am no longer tied to your paltry numbers. I am accepting payment in model kits. Recently I took a series of portrait photographs for a friend at his request. Rather than charge studio rates to a…
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The Museum Approach
Go to your local museum – it doesn’t matter what type you choose; art, science, technology, cars, planes, boats, dolls. If you’ve got an interest, go spark it at the museum. While you are oohing and ahhing at the exhibits, look about you at the facilities. The architecture of a museum can be as interesting…
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