Category: Scale Models
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Convictions
Either you have the courage to uphold them or the criminal skill to have them quashed… But when it comes to building plastic kits there are a number of moral issues that you must address if you are to feel right about what you do. Consider: a. Do you build what you want to build…
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RCN Avenger – Part Two – You Will Be Dismayed
I nearly was. Not with the Sword model kit. This is a good one. With the Royal Canadian Navy – for their re-christening of the Grumman torpedo bomber ( Note that this is a TBM, which indicates that it was made by General Motors, rather than Grumman as a TBF – but it is the…
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RCN Avenger – Part One – The Eh Model
Another Sword model in the post – this one was a certain purchase as soon as I saw it had Royal Canadian Navy markings. The ASW and replenishment role that the Avenger took after service in the US Navy and Royal Navy in WWII eventually brought them to the RCN. It got rid of the…
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When In Trouble, Reach For The Foam Board
I found myself in another of those awkward positions. Not as bad as Page 38 of the Kama Sutra, but nearly so…I was under the workbench, in a pretzel shape, trying to decal a fighter plane. The sort of procedure you work yourself up to gradually in an evening of modelling. Before you realise it…
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Vautour IIN – Part Four – 6 Day Warrior
I am proud of myself for having the discipline to keep to my resolution; I used Tuesday club meetings for most of the Vautour construction. The landing gear and doors finished the structure and it was ready for the camera. The paint finish is Mr. Color for the grey and brown but a special mix…
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Vautour IIN – Part Three – Basically, Yes…
As they say on Radio Yerevan. The Special Hobby Vautour could have been crook, but I suspect it isn’t. It has gotten to the primer stage without major flaws, while the sub-assemblies like the landing gear have been completed and dry-fitted. The wonderful thing about this sort of bicycle and outrigger landing gear arrangement is…
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Vautour IIN – Part Two – Czech This One Out
I am becoming a critic of instruction sheets. Though I might have become a literary or food critic in another career, I now look closely at the sheets and books that we get when we buy a kit. Part of the job of a critic is to praise, but it’s low-down on the list. Most…
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Vautour IIN – Part One – Who Made it?
I initially thought it was Dassault. Then I thought it was SNCAO or SNCASE and then Pret a Manger and then eventually I didn’t care any more. It was designed and produced by someone in France, for some reason, at some stage of the game. Many were made and quite a few flew. Past that…
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Curtiss Shrike – Part Five – Bombs Away
And to think I was considering chopping the tail off this plane and making it into a silver prototype. I’m so glad I’m lazy. The Dragon model of the Shrike A25-A has come out very well, despite the funny landing gear doors. The interior is detailed enough that if I had wished, the glasswork could…
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Curtiss Shrike – Part Two – Folding Wing Or Not?
Not. The USAAF was not concerned about squashing a dive bomber onto a deck-edge lift to strike it down to a hangar deck. They could specify a fixed wing and get a stronger one that would hold more bombs. The Dragon model company makes this kit serve several purposes – US Navy SB2C as well…
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