Category: Japanese aircraft

• 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…

  Dick Stein

  January 4, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, finances, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Model building club, Scale Models

  Czech kit, Japanese, Mitsubishi, Pavla

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Nine – Trials Ship

  

  I wish to compliment Hasegawa on this model – it has been one of the most well-balanced builds undertaken in a long time. The glide bomb fitted perfectly into the open bomb bay – the doors of which were made to swing inwards . All this was provided in the kit parts and was very…

  Dick Stein

  December 7, 2020

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models

  glide bomb, Mitsubishi, Peggy, trials

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Eight – To Gloss Or Not To Gloss

  

  That is the question. Do I risk putting decals on a paint surface or do I run over it entirely with Mr. Color 47 and wait until I have a clear gloss cover? I think I have made enough alternate decisions and mistakes with this matter to be able to dictate what to do –…

  Dick Stein

  December 6, 2020

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Japanese aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly

  Decals, gloss, matt, semi-gloss

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Seven – Payday!

  

  The gamble paid off! The wheel spun and the ball landed on my number and I got to rake in all the chips! Or in more staid terms, the pre-shading trick seems to have worked for the Mitsubishi bomber I’m building. I cannot claim invention – only emulation. But I seem to have hit upon…

  Dick Stein

  December 5, 2020

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Japanese aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Workshop

  airbrushing, camouflage, Lacquer, Painting, pre-shading

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Six – In For A Penny…

  

  In for a Pound. Or Yen, as it happens. I go whole-hog with a new idea. The pre-shading concept is not new to others, but it’s fresh to me. I’ve done a lot of Google study to see if it is a good idea and have decided that I have no idea – but a…

  Dick Stein

  December 4, 2020

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly

  camouflage, Mitsubishi, pre-shading

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Five – Airframe Day

  

  Well, the Peggy is closed up and winged. Airframe day passed successfully. I do not decry the Czech makers of short-run kits for their economies of production – at least I do not condemn them too much. I appreciate the fact that they bring me things I could otherwise never have. But I do miss…

  Dick Stein

  December 3, 2020

  1:72 scale, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Model building club, subassembly

  cement, Mitsubishi, Peggy, tails, wings

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Four – A Detour

  

  I have an ongoing problem with model kit building – one that is exacerbated by the fact that I build my kits in three locations. This involves hauling kit boxes and part-made structures around with me. The problem is that parts can go missing. I have tried to prevent this by adhering to the practice…

  Dick Stein

  December 2, 2020

  1:72 scale, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  castings, Mitsubishi, Peggy, propellers

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Three – The Offices

  

  Notify the Department Of Occupational Health And Safety, Yoshi. I think we have a situation. If we are to be the crew of the Mitsubishi ” Hiryu ” bomber we certainly do. See the three big green objects on the flight deck just behind the navigator and radio operator’s station? These are petrol tanks. Un-armoured…

  Dick Stein

  November 30, 2020

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Colour Schemes, Japanese aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, research, Scale Models, subassembly

  interior colours, Mitsubishi, Peggy

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Two – First Club Day

  

  The Peggy will be a Tuesday Plane – the name I give to models that I dedicate for my scale modelling club outing each week. If I am rigorous in sticking to this schedule it should last quite some time – I do not work on it on other days of the week. Were the…

  Dick Stein

  November 30, 2020

  1:72 scale, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly, Workshop

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part One – Buddy Holly

  

  At the risk of alienating my readers, I would like to recall them to the 1957 song by Buddy Holly: ” Peggy Sue ” and let it play in their minds. It will do so all day, I assure you… The Mitsubishi ” Hiryu ” bomber is a Hasegawa kit that came up in the…

  Dick Stein

  November 29, 2020

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  bomber, Hasegawa, Mitsubishi