Category: Model Airplane
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Revell Sopwith Camel – Part One – Not My First Rodeo
Nor my first Camel, either. This example is from Friend Paul. The previous one was from Friend Warren. You can become my friend by presenting me with a model airplane, too. The first camel was an Academy model, and I think I should have built this one first, as an old Revell vs a new…
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SAAB Tunnen – Part Four – Neutral Corner Fighter
Just how neutral is Sweden – really? I know they are always telling us that they defend only themselves, and it is damned difficult to get them to go on exercises with other countries – though this has changed lately. But in the world wars they were shipping arms and raw materials to both sides…somewhat…
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SAAB Tunnen – Part Three – Not Scot Free
As you can see in the heading image, the SAAB Tunnen has not gone scot-free from the need for filler. The culprit is the optional piece for the underside of the nose – it is either a cannon-armed fighter like this or the photo-recon version with camera windows. You are faced with a curved seam…
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SAAB Tunnen – Part Two – Spacious Swede
Nearly all tricycle-gear planes need some sort of nose weight to prevent them sitting on their tails. In some cases it can be a geometric nightmare trying to find enough space at the front of the fuselage to accommodate that weight. You are asking for trouble if you try to do it with lumps of…
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SAAB Tunnen – Part One – Swedish Birthday Present
I always keep an eye out these days for old or re-issued Heller kits. Either way, they are good value for money, with subjects that you just don’t see otherwise. Which is not to say that other makers do not do the prototypes – just that we never see them here. Thus, once I see…
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PZL 23.b Karas – Part Three – Brown Bomber
This post marks a departure – the incorporation of two separate models into one report – this is caused by repeating the build for a separate purpose. Of course they are the same moulding sold from two separate firms, so there is no basic design difference. Both liveries are supported by colour call-out information and…
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PZL 23b Karas – Part Two – L’Airfixe
At least that is what it seems. And I am not complaining at all. The mould quality of the Heller kits seems to be of a piece with the better Airfix of the times. Of course there was a period when the two companies were aligned for business reasons but then went their separate ways.…
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PZL 23b Karas – Part One – Oh, What The Heller
My local hobby shop gets in batches of Mister Craft kits every year or so. They stick around a long time, as some of them are repeaters – say a Focke-Wolfe mould just reboxed endlessly with different decals. Others are unique and you snap them up as they appear – always hoping that they are…
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PZL 37a – Part Two – Club Time
This PZL bomber was reserved for a club time build and missed out on some of the workshop photos that other builds get. But in the end it came out well. The frontal view of the aircraft tells a unique story – the dual wheels set onto the landing gear legs. It is the first…
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PZL 37a Los – Part One – Heart In Hand…
Or mouth, as the case might be. I plucked this Mister Craft bomber off the hobby shop shelf as part of a Christmas present…wondering if I was going to get another dud. Mister Craft can mould some real curate’s eggs… In thus case I was not too dismayed by the sprue trees, but I did…
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