Category: South African aircraft

• ” It’s Only A 1:72 Model…”

  

  The word to look at in the title is ” only ”  – and I would look at it askance, if I were you… I’ve noticed that there can be quite some little hierarchy in the scale model building fraternity – based upon a number of factors: a. Years spent doing the hobby. This is…

  Dick Stein

  April 19, 2019

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model building club, Model ships, Scale Models, South African aircraft, subassembly, Uncategorized

  complexity, pissing contest, scale, size

• Junkers 52 – Part Six – A Lekker Job, Eh?

  

  Well, the final rush to finish the SAAF Junkers 52 went as expected. The only hindrances were integral to the design of the plane. a. The corrugated nature of the external cladding meant that a flat paint would never have accepted decals without showing silvering or separation. Each roundel or fin flash position, therefore, needed…

  Dick Stein

  October 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, South African aircraft, Uncategorized

  1:72 airplane, Italeri, Junkers, SAAF