Category: RCAF Wet Dog
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Federal 2 1/2 Ton Part Three – Classy Chassis
The joy of building Academy vehicles is the precise subassemblies that their kit moulding makes possible. The chassis of the Federal is no exception – in fact it is better than the Army ambulance that they put out. I still have the horrors trying to get all the wheels on the pavement at the same…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part Four – RCAF 1941
My model building hobby is a focused thing, but it is soft focus…I love to build nearly any kind of 1:72 airplane…but I have a special preference for planes flown by the RCAF. Whenever I’m cruising the aisles of the hobby shops I am measuring up prospective purchases on the basis of whether they ever…
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Avro Tutor – Part Four – The Yellow Sheep Of The Fold
Well that was an instructive two weeks. I’ve had as much as I can take and the Avro Tutor has had as much construction as it is going to get. Purists will cavil at the lack of rigging but I know my limitations. I will eventually try to rig something but it’ll be a better…
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Heinkel He 111 – Part Seven – RAFwaffe
The Heinkel He 111 is done and I am very pleased. It has already visited RCAF WET DOG and been photographed. She’s got no guns or bombs aboard, but three RAF test crewmembers are buttoned up in there – as period photos show. Presumably the RAF A/B upper scheme and bright trainer yellow undersides would…
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Brewster Bermuda – Part Eight – A Lovely Surprise
Well, mustard gas is always a surprise anyway, but this experimental Brewster Bermuda adds a stylish note to it. Not sure if I’m proud to have made an experimental Canadian gas plane of it, but the other options weren’t all that much better. The new technique of masking off the greenhouse entirely and temporarily gluing…
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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V – Part Six – Wet Dog Whitley
As a departure from my normal reveal photos, I have delved into the archives of RCAF WET DOG and found three pictures – taken on period Kodachrome A film by an Air Force publicity photographer – documenting a visit of the Whitley to the Alberta prairies. I think there must have been an official delegation…
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The Shelf Life
I have a miniature air museum of model airplanes. And a motor museum of model cars. And an air field. And an airport. And very little space to actually live in – I need to move a Tupolev sideways to sit on the toilet. Reform is needed. I thought that this was possible with IKEA.…
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RCAF Avro Lancaster – Part Eight – The Why And Wherefore
Finishing the Avro Lancaster in RCAF rescue colours has called up a series of questions about it as a real aircraft. I’ve no idea whether my answers are correct, but here goes anyway… a. Why did the RCAF have Lancasters? Because they were part of Bomber Command in the UK in the second world war.…
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RCAF Avro Lancaster – Part One – The Second Lucky Chance
Well, you get lucky sometimes. I got lucky lots of times in practice – not so many in my second career. But one of the memorable ones in 2014 was a trip to Japan as a corporate guest. We were hauled around but occasionally let loose in the shops or cafes to give the tour…
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Somewhere There Is The Land Of Giants
Little worlds abound on our planet. From my own RCAF WET DOG and Wet Dog Regional Airport or countless model villages in the UK, to Madurodam, or the giant German public rail layout or the equally large private US and Canadian layouts…there are slices of tiny life everywhere. I am prepared to award the title…
The Little World 