Category: Model Airplane
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Multi-win Modelling
As odd as it may seem, there are people who consider it their duty to decide the amount of happiness allowed to others. You might see them in schools, military units, and workplaces. They also exist in the scale modelling world. You may have met them. You will certainly have if you paint your model…
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Another Bronco – Part Four – Red Hot Mama
Don’t be puzzled – the name was given to the Bronco as it is a CFS fire spotter and the model was donated by a famous exotic dancer here in Perth. I love my life. The Bronco seems to be a superb choice as a working fire aircraft – twin engines, plenty of power, sturdy…
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Another Bronco – Part Three – The Failed Decals Redeem Themselves
You will have read the science experiment that resulted in determining the best decal coating solution. Here it is in action. Supercheap Auto clear acrylic diluted with Mr Color Rapid Thinner and sprayed in three thin coats. Releases in good time, and can be floated down over Mr Mark Setter and positioned accurately. No panic…
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Another Bronco – Part two – Dry Fit For The Win
You can get a pretty good idea early on with a scale model kit – whether it is going to be kind to you or slash your face. The OV-10 is one of the former. Here is the thing after one afternoon in the library cutting and painting. The wing has been cemented together, as…
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Another Bronco – Part One – This One Love You Slow Time
Readers can look at a previous post of the North American OV-10A kit I built and compare it to this one – that was just one page – this will hopefully be written on many more. The other plane was a fast build for a purpose – this one uses the same Academy kit but…
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RAF BE2c – Part Three – Sky Rocket
Ten of them, to be precise. And probably as likely to set the BE2c alight as to down an enemy zeppelin. I have a weakness for sky rockets on aircraft ever since my Aurora 1:48 scale Nieuport 11 model back in 1957. They seemed such dramatic weapons. I have yet to read an authentic account…
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RAF BE2c – Part Two – Club Work
And not the sort on an ice floe in sealing season… The BE2c is a Mens Shed model, which means the build is stretched out over a number of weeks – building interspersed with painting followed by more building. It is not a bad way of enforcing a sense of rhythm and giving adequate time…
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Royal Aircraft Factory BE-2c – Part One – New Airfix
Old aircraft. But rather than being an old 50¢ baggie, this one comes in a proper box with new moulding and several build choices. And best of all – a set of in-kit jigs to allow the slanted inter-plane struts to be set evenly. This is one that I saw in a modern model magazine…
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Potez 540T – Part Four – Allons Enfant…
Le jour de gloire is here – under a week after starting…The Potez 540T is ready to fly! The discovery of this long-neglected kit in a back drawer was made last week – It was a kind gift from John, a club mate. It was a classic case of a sleeper – hiding under a…
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Potez 540T – Part Three – It’s A Fish…
But not the sort that you choose to eat – Rick Stein would throw this one back. Dick Stein is not so fussy. The addition of the nose fairing is marginally better than the glass turret, but it has given a deep-sea blobfish look to the poor old Potez – in grey primer it is…
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