Category: German aircraft

• Macchi C.200 Saetta – Part Three – Fascist!

  

  And proud of it – so proud that they wore a stylised image of fasces as an air force insignia on the Italian Air force planes in the early part of WW2. Of course it featured largely in political imagery as well and was promoted by Mussolini for all sorts of purposes. It went out…

  Dick Stein

  August 11, 2018

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, German aircraft, Italian aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  insignia, Italian, Macchi, politics

• We Need The Tiny Tin Can

  

  I am looking at small and large cans of paint – spray paint, as it happens – and wondering at the rationale around it. The can contained a grey Tamiya primer. I’ve just sprayed the very last of it on a 1:72 aircraft and can feel satisfied – it completed the job just before it…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Enamel, German aircraft, Japanese aircraft, Painting, Uncategorized, Workshop

  paint, spray painting, Tamiya

• Hakenkreuz

  

  Swastika. Deal with the idea your own way* – imagine it to be an ancient symbol of good or a modern symbol of evil. Remember whatever you wish to remember. I’m not in charge of your thoughts. I noted some years ago that there was a legal barrier to display of the swastika in Germany…

  Dick Stein

  July 15, 2018

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, Decals, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  aircraft, German, markings