Category: Military models

• BGC – Part 2 – The RCA Are Having None Of it

  

  It turns out I was reading my history wrong – the Royal Canadian Artillery  in WWll weren’t the ones with the Bren gun carriers – there were airfield defence regiments and detachments for this purpose. I still get to keep the Brens but I just have to make different unit patches. The really nice thing…

  Dick Stein

  May 7, 2018

  1:72 scale, Military models, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  bren gun carrier, Plastic Soldier, RCAF Wet Dog

• BGC – Part 1 – And Now Something For The Squaddies

  

  Or to be more particular – for the Royal Canadian Artillery. My research into airfield defence finally paid off when I discovered that there was a standard way on the prairies to provide cover for training bases – or rather there were two standard ways: Either do nothing at all or call in a semi-autonomous…

  Dick Stein

  May 6, 2018

  1:72 scale, Military models, Scale Models

  airfield defence, bren gun carrier, Plastic Soldier

• The Stash – Part Two – When The Time Comes…

  

  Ah, but when does the time come? Answer me that… If we admit first off that we have a stash of unbuilt models we can proceed. The model stash may be actual kits, homebuilt kits, scratchbuild ideas, or piles of raw materials. It may contain dead models from long ago ready for revision or cheap junk…

  Dick Stein

  May 4, 2018

  1:72 scale, Hobby Shops, Military models, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  determination, nostalgia, plastic kit, timing