Category: Scale Models
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Douglas A-20 Havoc – Part Three – Subassembly Time
The Douglas Havoc by MPM models ( are they the same as Special Hobby? I’ll have to Czech up on that…) is old school in that it is all injection moulding – no resin or brass to confuse the issue. I welcome this but will have to do some cheap detailing in the cockpit if…
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The Airfix of Old Is Dead
And from the corpse has risen a new and shining phoenix. I, for one, am delighted. When I commenced a new Airfix bomber kit – one of last year’s releases – I was blown away in just one day of assembly – the level of detail moulded into the parts was outstanding and the sensible…
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Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Five – The Exhibit
You may wonder how Stein’s Air World museum can afford to get all these wonderful airplanes for display. The answer is simple; they are gifts given in charity. The new Blackburn Buccaneer Mk 1 seen here is just such a one. It was donated by the Gentleman of the Cloth. Of course, it’s not all…
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Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Four – Sleeker and Sleeker
The last posting about the Bucc was a little discouraging – you saw the massive seams and holes in the thing for what they were. Like seeing an old actress without her makeup on. Well this time you get the effect of art and science. The holes have been filled and the layers of lacquer…
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Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Three – Well, It Is…
…What it is… The engine compartment is full now, and it’s time to mate the sections of fuselage and attach the wings and tail. The initial dismay at the fit of these things can be alleviated with a little discrete carving and sanding, and the lips of the mouldings at least come pretty close to…
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Blackburn Buccaneer – Part One – Not A Straight Line…
Note: This is the post I meant to put up today…but failed to find. I repeated myself re. the Spitfire, so I have taken down the morning’s column and published this one instead. Not a straight line anywhere on this plane, I should think. But that’s not a bad thing – there were few straight…
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The AK Paint Tip
AK paints are good material to work with – I found this out by buying a couple of box sets at the Melbourne plastic model exhibition. They are three-bottle collections for RAF fighter aircraft of WW2. One is for early schemes and one for late. Think green/brown/sky and grey/green/grey. Before I purchased them I asked…
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Build me A Hobby Room!
I have just won Lotto. My ticket in the 450 Million Dollar Supergreed Draw Of The Millenium has won first prize and I am the only one in Australia who got it. All week long dump trucks have been backing up to the front lawn and tipping wads of $ 100 notes onto it. Now…
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The Suitcasers
Do you remember seeing a 1960’s George Peppard movie called ” The Carpetbaggers ” ? A rough sketch of Howard Hughes and quite racy at the time. It’s title was taken from the scornful name given to Northern exploiters who flooded into the American South after the Civil War. Conmen, graspers, and get-rich-quick merchants…rather in…
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De Havilland Twin Otter – Part Five – Any Colour You Like
As long as it is white. Henry Ford is spinning in his grave. Civil aircraft all seem to start life as brides in white. From the factory demonstrator to the feeder-line delivery, they all get a gloss coat of white paint. I suspect it is cheap, durable, and meant to be highly visible. As well,…
The Little World 