Category: Uszhitmi Aerodrome
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Austin Armoured Car – Part One – Tovarich…
No, I am not going to go looking for a 1:72 model of Lenin. The Austin A/C is destined for Uszhitmi Aerodrome as perimeter protection. Not that anyone would want to go there to attack it. Uszhitmi is where they send people who are exiled from Siberia. It was a last minute pickup from Hobbytech…
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Ilyushin IL-2 – Part Six – Skiing Holiday
The predictions about the Smêr model of the Ilyushin Il -2 proved 100% accurate. The kit has fallen together perfectly and the landing gear variation has proved to be the star of the piece. The gear is based upon the wheeled version, but you need to trim away some of the wheel hub support and…
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Summer And Winter
An opportunity has arisen to make a summer/winter layout – a diorama of a little Soviet airfield in both seasons. It’s to be spread over two bases and is coming together rather nicely. The bases are identical, but the portions of the field featured are different – and in both cases they are general enough…
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Your Cabin Is Ready, Mr. Lincolnski
I am a sucker for good ideas, and I occasionally have them. Not for long, because when I recognise one I immediately change it for a mistake. Not in this case, However… I am building two more diorama trays for the library exhibit – the first two of RCAF WET DOG seem to have worked…
The Little World 