Category: subassembly

• Potez 540 – Part Three – Three Days On The Road

  

  And I’m definitely not gonna make it home tonight. Not riding the Potez 540. The heading image is three days later. Not hectic days, mind, but steady use of my evening modelling time. I think we are making progress and I hope it is in a forward direction. The engine nacelles or housings for the…

  Dick Stein

  February 10, 2021

  1:72 scale, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Polish models, Scale Models, subassembly

  engines, masking windows, Polish kit, windows

• Federal 2 1/2 Ton – Part Two – If it’s ALL Green…

  

  Is there any need to paint it? Yes there is. Bare green plastic is just that… you can see a mile away when someone puts a model out for display that hasn’t been painted. That’s fine and dandy if it is a display of production models that lets the customers see what it looks like…

  Dick Stein

  February 4, 2021

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Military models, model trucks, Painting, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  atmospheric conditions, olive drab, spray painting

• Martin Maryland – Part Two – FROG Spawn

  

  Well, I wasn’t wrong about the origin of the model – but I noted some interesting features on the sprue trees. Some were perfect and some were not. A Forrest Gump box of chocolates, indeed. The fuselage and wings are wonderful. The tail plane likewise. The design features a set of long tabs that lock…

  Dick Stein

  January 31, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models, subassembly

  design, Eastern Express, Martin bomber, moulding

• Dassault Ouragan – Part Two – Taming The Pit

  

  I must complement Valom. They are not terminally annoying. The fuselage halves for the Dassault Ouragan fit with few gaps. The wings go together sweetly – very little fettling in the landing gear well. The nose intake splitter and tailpipe are paragons of precision. Then there is the cockpit… It is well-moulded and reasonably proportioned…

  Dick Stein

  January 24, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, design, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  cockpit, Czech models, fuselage

• Dornier Do.17Z – Part Two – A FROG Of A Different Colour

  

  The experience of the FROG Dornier is interesting. The kit is an older mould and has raised panel lines but no rivets. I don’t mind as it will have a dark finish anyway. But it is an older kit. Thus the fit in some places is approximate. The fuselage is excellent, the wing box assembly commendably…

  Dick Stein

  January 18, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, Workshop

  Dornier, fillers, FROG, sanding

• Mitsubishi A6M – Part Two – I’m In Trouble With IPMS

  

  Apparently if you paint parts on the sprue trees you are a bad boy. This was the experience of Phil Flory a while ago when he was seen to be doing this – he was taken to task by some enthusiasts in IPMS for not taking the hobby seriously. Seriously. The instruction leaflets, modelling books,…

  Dick Stein

  January 13, 2021

  1:72 scale, Japanese aircraft, Masking, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly

  IPMS, Mitsubishi Zero, Painting, sprue trees

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Five – Fillet Of Mitsubishi

  

  With soy sauce and a few fish eggs… Actually the Ann took more filler than I expected to get a smooth fuselage/wing interface. I didn’t mind – I’d done the hard yards with those pins so the filler was worth it, Note that the Ann’s undercart is one of the chief charms of the design…

  Dick Stein

  January 9, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  filler, Mitsubishi, undercarriage, wings

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Four – I Know Trouble…

  

  I know trouble when I see it. I know it even better when I wallow in it. That’s fun, but not as much fun as steering around it. As I have done with the Mitsubishi Ann. The sterling quality of the fuselage, wing, and tailplane castings were evident when I dry fitted them. But they…

  Dick Stein

  January 8, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Workshop

  Mitsubishi, pins, re-enforcement, wings

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Three – Together With A Creak

  

  That’s creak as in a small sound – not creek as in a small brook, or Creek as in a large Native American tribesman. The small sound started occurring when I dry-fitted the fuselage halves. This is one of the least favourite parts of a kit – at least when the kit comes from middle…

  Dick Stein

  January 7, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  cockpit, fuselage, Mitsubishi

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Two – A Simple Story

  

  If you have a good story to tell, tell it simply. No need for magic tricks, special effects, or complex plot lines. If your story has any merit to it, the simple approach is fine. People will be interested. They will also be grateful. Likewise a model airplane kit. If you have a simple plane…

  Dick Stein

  January 5, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Mitsubishi, Pavla, simple kit