Category: RCAF Doukhobor Bay

• Grumman Albatross – Part Three – Before 1965

  

  If you look closely at some of my RCAF aircraft, they look odd; there is no lightning flash down the sides and the the flag is wrong. Wrong. The planes are pre-1965 with the old national flag on the tail. And if you look closely you’ll see that it flies with the Union Jack to…

  Dick Stein

  February 18, 2024

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, damage control, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, RCAF Doukhobor Bay, research, Scale Models

  flags, RCAF, rescue aircraft

• Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Six – OTU Queen

  

  The receipt of Mk I Beauforts by the RCAF in the early 40’s must have been a sort of a mixed blessing. They had been used on North Sea and Norwegian strikes, and then later in the Mediterranean by specially-trained squadrons of the RAF…often with Canadian crew members aboard. They had their share of successes…

  Dick Stein

  August 3, 2022

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, design, History, Model Airplane, Painting, RCAF Doukhobor Bay, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  BC, OTU, RCAF, torpedo bomber

• Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Four – A Dirty, Dirty Business

  

  But that was life at Doukhobor Bay in the old days. Baths once a month and toothbrushing every second week… The interior of the Bristol Beaufort is pretty well complete and has received a coat of filth. Fortunately it will be hard to see inside the fuselage once it’s closed up. Just as well, it’s…

  Dick Stein

  August 1, 2022

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Painting, RCAF Doukhobor Bay, subassembly, Weathering

  Bristol Beaufort, design, dirt