Category: Israeli aircraft

• North American P-51D – Part One – Spoiled For Choice

  

  Let’s face it – if you want to make a model of a Mustang, Spitfire, Messerschmitt, or Focke Wulf fighter plane, you are not going to be denied the chance by any scarcity of kits. Every major manufacturer of plastic models seems to have these as their basic stock – often in multiple variants and…

  Dick Stein

  December 29, 2019

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Hobby Boss, IDF, North American Mustang

• Spitfire Mk IX – Part Five – Nothin’ Says Lovin’

  

  Like Hispano Suiza 20mm cannon. And they can be affectionate out to quite a considerable distance. Far better at a cocktail party than a .303 machine gun. Well, the British wanted to be as friendly as they could in WW II and ended up equipping a number of their fighters with this sort of auto-cannon.…

  Dick Stein

  August 23, 2019

  1:72 scale, Israeli aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  IDF, Malcolm hood, Middle East Wars, Spitfire

• Spitfire Mk IX – Part One – Never Look A Gift Kit In The Box

  

  I was at dinner with a group of friends in Sydney when one of them pulled out a couple of old 1:72 kits from a shopping bag. They were historic remainders from his teenage stash…and as he’s distanced from that somewhat, they are truly historic. One’s a Matchbox Spitfire and one’s an Airfix Buccaneer. I…

  Dick Stein

  August 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  gift kit, Matchbox, nostalgia