Category: Modelling materials
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Swedish NA-16 – Part One – The Beechnut Models Company
You’ll want to remember that name – in case you are ever faced with one of their kits. If so, you have choices: a. Buy it, spend days of your life coping with its awful nature, and eventually turn out a masterpiece. Then die. b. Save time. Fall to the floor grasping your chest. c.…
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Really Good Water Is Hard To Find
And not just in the Sahara – you’ll be struggling if you search in your local hobby shop. I’ve wanted it for several projects but rarely found a good representation. Were I a dedicated ship modeller I would find the problem to be central to my builds. i suppose this would either drive me to…
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If You Didn’t Build It Then
Build it now. If you couldn’t afford it then, but can now – build it. If you can’t afford it now… Build something else. If you tried to build it then, and failed…if it was a bad kit then…if you were worried that people would think you were just a geek… Build it now. If…
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Ansaldo SVA 5 – Part Three – And There It Is…
The sting. The bit where the kit bites back. The inter-plane struts that look so promising lure you on to fasten them to the bottom assembly and then offer up the top wing – only to have your hopes dashed. I do not mind parts that fit where they touch, but that argues that they…
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Hawker Hunter FGA 9 – Part Four – Clearing The Air
Or ” Glossing Over All Problems “. Hey, it works for federal politicians – it should work for me. However, it can sometimes be harder to do than you’d think. I have invested in more types of varnish than you’ve had hot dinners. From bottles of clear lacquer to gloss coats in alcohol solution to…
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Limited-Run Kit
Limited by many factors: a. How many copies we can pull out of a mould that is basically made of hardened bread dough. b. Whether we can persuade people to buy a kit with three pieces of plastic and six sheets of brass promises. c. Whether anyone wants a model of a 1936 test-bed that…
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How Far Down Do The Rabbits Go?
And I don’t mean on the internet. How far down does a scale modeller pursue the business – at what point does the quest for detail stop? How about weathering and appearance? Where does the line of diminishing returns cross that of fatigue? I think it differs with the genre and scale of the models,…
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MiG 15 Bis – Part Two – The Profi Parts
Well, you could avoid them, but then you’d be wasting your three dollars. I mean the business of using the Profi-Pack parts for an Eduard kit. The difference between the Weekend Edition and the Profi-Pack seems to be masking, decal choice, and a PE brass fret. The kit makers do provide plastic parts as alternative…
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Tasman Airspeed Oxford Mk I – Part Five – Wild Blue Yonder
And off we flaming go… Someone at Tasman was enamoured of the vacuum moulding machine – the one they used for clear canopies – and of the possibilities that it presented. So they made a decision to try something that is – so far – unique in my model-building experience. They vac-formed the canopy a…
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Tasman Airspeed Oxford Mk I – Part Three – Oh, Just Grit Yer Teeth…
Pull up your Big-Girl panties, and get on with it. It’s not going to make itself. The first thing that has to go is the upper turret. Tasman have made a decent job of it, and the whitemetal gun mount will be saved for the future, but the aircraft I’m modelling has no turret. so…
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