Category: RCAF GLEET BAY
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Making Water On The Workbench
And in cold weather, too… I needed a harbour with water – dry water – to display my float planes. No good just posing them on a glass shelf like dried cod – they needed to look like they were in their natural element. No time, and no inclination, to do the complex water-building that…
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Catalina Mk I – Part Five – Z 2138
Well, THAT was a series of good lessons – well learned. The half-built PBY-5A I purchased from the stash stack has been revamped extensively and has emerged onto the hard stand as a Catalina Mk I – Z 2138 of the RCAF. Stationed at Botwood, Newfoundland in April 1943. No, I have no idea what…
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Supermarine Stranraer – Part Six – The Ghost of Gleet Bay
One day FY-B…old No. 915…will be bobbing off the buoy at RCAF GLEET BAY along with the other floatplanes and flying boats of the Coastal Command. I am still working out in my mind a way of displaying these ships in the water without massive sea sculptures. Wish me luck. 915 represents a lot of…
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Supermarine Stranraer – Part One – Matchbox March
The Flory modelling group are going to embark upon a fun build every year – Matchbox March. They intend to build the classic old Matchbox kits – some with enamel paints – much as they might have been done in the 70’s and 80’s. I intended to follow along myself with one of Paul’s stash…
The Little World 