Category: Model Airplane
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Fairchild Argus – Part Three – Outside
There are a lot more pictures of the exteriors of WW1 and WW2 aircraft because outside is where they kept the sunlight. The films were a lot less sensitive than modern day equivalents. At this stage of the build, KP have encouraged me greatly – the fuselage halves went together with no gaps whatsoever and…
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Fairchild Argus – Part Two – Inside
There are a number of sources of information for the completion of any cockpit: a. The instruction sheet. Good luck there… b. Internet images of service aircraft taken in the past, before colour film was widely available – good luck there again. c. Internet images of current aircraft in museums. Some photographers, like Inch High…
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Fairchild Argus – Part One – Model 24
The box says Provider and the decals say Czechoslovakia, but I say Argus and RCAF. This AZ model started life on the Hobbytech shelf at $ 44.99 and stayed put. Then it went to WASMex 2024 at $ 20.00 and stayed put. When it came back to Hobbytech it still wore the show price sticker,…
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Fouga For The Win
The rivets may have been numerous and the decals may have fought back… But the little Heller 1/100 scale Fouga Magister is actually a nice model. It is now perched on one of the older plastic model stands – I save ’em all for just these occasions – and will never land. But it does…
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Snowed Into The House With A Fouga
On a Saturday, with a new model kit, no homework, and a whole Coffee Crisp chocolate bar to myself. If you are English you can equate this to Christmas afternoon, a tin of Bullseyes, and a new Airfix kit plus a James Bond movie to watch. Religion has a lot to offer the thinking adult,…
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Yak 23 – Part Two – The Target
When there is nothing more left to get out of the toothpaste tube. The USAF had ways; ways of getting information from enemy air forces. In the case of the Royal Air Force they just bought the plans for the Merlin engine and turned them over to Packard for production. They boxed up all the…
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Yak 23 – Part One – Front Line Fighter?
Provided you are smart enough to put the front line as far away from you as possible. This was the thinking of the Soviet VVS when they donated Yak 23 fighters to the Poles and Czechs in the 1950’s. The Soviets had the MiG15 to defend the Motherland against the west and the inferior Yak…
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Pick On Someone Your Own Size!
And your own scale! Do you have models in your collection that are all different sizes? I do. Are they all different scales? Generally, no. This may not be a problem for you if you are a widespread modeller. But if you want a consistent collection that can tie together, you need to discipline yourself.…
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Sikorsky H-19 – Part Four – Utility
I often used to watch a television program in the 50’s and 60’s called ” Whirlybirds “. It featured adventures and rescues centred around two pilots and a Bell 47 helicopter – the US Army Sioux. I realise now that Hollywood made the 47 do a lot more than ever it could. It is a…
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Sikorsky H-19 – Part Three – Squish
I don’t know if joining the two hull halves is a stressful time for ship modellers. Listening to the noise from the bench at my scale model club would suggest that it is. I can feel their pain – I experience some of it each time I join two fuselage halves. Depending upon where the…
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