Category: Model Airplane
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MiG 3 – Part Four – Red Eight
Is Hero of Great Patriotic Aviation! Not loved by its pilots, not safe to fly at altitude, not effective as a gun platform….but that didn’t stop PRAVDA from advertising it as the greatest thing since sliced borscht. The model is pleasing, nonetheless – even the slightly odd-looking canopy. Considering that it was an experiment that…
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MiG 3 – Part Two – Can O’ Worms Canopy
You have to confront your fears as they come up. Or run away. I have been dreading the missing/broken/spoiled canopy situation ever since my first cement fingerprints on a P-47. I hasten to add, that was when I was seven – I now glue the little beggars on with PVA glue and all is serene.…
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MiG 3 – Part One – The Bag Of Almost
Another dusty diamond from the bowels of the storeroom. This is No. 180 model in the Italeri catalog – it could have been from any time between 1978 and 2018 but I’m betting on the earlier dates. I’ve no way of confirming this as it’s been supplied in a battered plastic bag full of almost.…
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Seahawk HH-60H – Part Two – Crows Nest Pass
It’s about as close to the sea as Kalgoorlie… But when the military sell off their old aircraft, the local fire authorities get a chance to pick up some useful heavy lifters for the fire fighting role. Queensland has them – so to other states. Why not sell a few to Alberta and strip off…
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Seahawk HH-60H – Part One – The Wounded Box
Hard to say whether the original owner of this Italeri kit sat on it or rolled over it…but the effects were slightly dire. The windscreen is cracked and a couple of parts missing. Someone thought so little of it that they put a $ 5 red sticker on it and our committee cleaning out the…
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How Many?
And how would one ever find out? I have been amazed at the number of firms that make plastic scale model kits. I knew of perhaps eight when I was a kid – and some of them have long disappeared – but they have been replaced in the shops with what may be hundreds more.…
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Équipe Super Mystère – Part Two – Fleur de Lis
Well, what else would it be for French aircraft… The concept has become reality. Three Heller kits, a base from Spotlight, and a length of 3mm brass rod. The kits are of a period and at a low price. I am grateful that the ancient Heller decals worked perfectly and that the factory moulded guidelines…
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Équipe Super Mystère – Part One – L’idée Dormante
For years these Heller kits have lain on the shelves. Ignored, discarded, unconsidered. Rather the story of many lives, eh? Well the reforming zeal of the SMCWA committee swept them from the storeroom and into my stash cabinet. Whence they have flown to the workbench and photo table. They are 1:100 scale – not a…
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CAC Winjeel – Part Four – FTS 1
Point Cook, Victoria. SOOTB rendition of this Winjeel and I don’t think I could be happier with the result. It will form the starting point of a number of RAAF training types – with the occasional side-excursion to an aerobatics team aircraft or the FAC service livery as used on ADF exercises. You have to…
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CAC Winjeel – Part Three – Baking Box
You might think that the cockpit of this aircraft would deserve that nickname. If the pilots were stuck on the cross taxiing strips waiting for something to clear they might be. That is what they always had an Esky full of VB in the back seat. No good dehydrating, is it? The final fit before…
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