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F-82 Twin Mustang – Part One – SOOTB Interception
I had no idea I needed it… Until I stated googling the business of North American air interception in the late 40’s. I identified an interceptor base near to where I once lived and looked over its roster. I was amazed to find the F-82 and to read that it was an effective unit. Then…
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Patience is A Virtue
Or so we are told – by people who want to get in front of us in line at the petrol station. It is also preached for the scale modeller – by makers who give you tank tracks made up of 6 plastic parts per link or sheets of infinitesimally small brass etched parts. Their…
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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Six – OTU Queen
The receipt of Mk I Beauforts by the RCAF in the early 40’s must have been a sort of a mixed blessing. They had been used on North Sea and Norwegian strikes, and then later in the Mediterranean by specially-trained squadrons of the RAF…often with Canadian crew members aboard. They had their share of successes…
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The Big Election
Well, I’ve always wanted to have one… This last weekend our hobby club held its annual general meeting. Most of the officials and a considerable number of the members were present – the treasurer had not decamped with the funds, and there was a barbecue lunch. What was not to like? Our constitution has a…
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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Three – Beaufitter
I used to think women were unnecessarily fussy about their shoes and clothes – everything had to be wrinkle-free or seamless. Men were not worried about that sort of thing. Then I took up scale model kit building and realised how much I had been fooling myself. I am hella fussy about the fit of…
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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Two – A Colourless Evening
It wasn’t that bad – it was an evening spent at the workbench doing the first sub-assemblies for the the Beaufort. These were things that could be brigaded up for a spray coat of colour – fortunately the Bristol company turned out most of the interior of the plane in the British Cockpit Green. There…
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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part One – Douk Bay Beau
This Airfix kit was thin on the shelves when first released – it was scheduled to hit the world during the first of the Covid 19 shut-downs. A friend found the first four or so to arrive in Perth and secured one for me – and it sat quietly while I sorted out what treatment…
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Anorak – Part Four – One I Prepared Earlier
Here he comes – the club anorak. Down the line of modellers at the bench, with his characteristic cry: ” I think you’ll find…” Don’t reach for a revolver, unless you like making those 1:1 plastic replicas. Reach for the print-out from the net that shows the tank you are working on. When the anorak…
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Anorak – Part Three – See?
They say that you can believe the evidence of your own eyes. Yeah, right – tell that to a successful stage magician. No-one asks you to believe the evidence of someone else’s eyes ( except in a jury ) when it comes to scale modelling. Much less need you believe the evidence of their ”…
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Anorak – Part Two – The Antidote
I am surprised that Aurora Models did not make a Famous Monsters kit of a scale modelling anorak. It could have been quite a colourful figure, leaning over a workbench pointing out some flaw. I think the sticking point with the kit designers was when they could not agree which precise colour grey to mould…
The Little World 