Category: Wet Dog Regional Airport

• The New Direction Is Direction-finding

  

  Idly surfing the net recently I noted that the RCAF station that I have taken as my inspiration was, for quite some time, a radar early warning facility as well as a training air base. This continued right through the period of time that my model layout depicts. I couldn’t resist the temptation to use…

  Dick Stein

  April 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, Dioramas, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Pinetree Line, radar, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• Piasecki Flying Banana – Part One – You Had Me At…

  

  They had me at the name – ” Flying Banana ” is not something that you can pass by in a neutral fashion. You either love it or hate it. I have fond memories of these helicopters as Revell kits in the 1950’s. This one is Italeri – itself a recommendation – and when I turned…

  Dick Stein

  April 1, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, helicopter, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  1960’s, helicopter, Piasecki, RCAF, rescue

• Donny’s House

  

  When I went to play at Donny’s house I made sure that I went to the bathroom at home first. Even if I didn’t have to go just then. It wasn’t a problem with dirty toilets – not that at all. That was a school problem, but as long as you didn’t need to do…

  Dick Stein

  February 24, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, Dioramas, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, Wet Dog Regional

• Andrichuk’s House

  

  Al’s retired and Vera knows it – because he is hanging around the house all day. Not that he does much to make it look better – he’s content that it had a coat of paint on the trim when he built it and doesn’t see where he needs to go mad with a paintbrush…

  Dick Stein

  February 23, 2019

  1:72 scale, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, frugality, retirement, Wet Dog Regional

• Frugal Week Big Finish

  

  The week came to an end on a good note – yet another cereal-box building for a model airfield is complete – making a total of 7 this week – 4 for RCAF Wet Dog and 3 for Wet Dog Regional Airport. This one derives from a Scale Model Scenery download kit – it started as…

  Dick Stein

  February 20, 2019

  1:72 scale, Block Models, Canadian aircraft, card models, Dioramas, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card structures, frugality, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• The House Of Cards

  

  Or ” How I Learned To Glue My Fingers Together Blindfolded “. I have been engaged in building a card model from a Superquick kit. This is a bus depot that can moonlight as an airplane hangar. The makers even provide spare signage with an aviation theme. The kit is largely die-cut. Most of the…

  Dick Stein

  February 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, Doll Houses, Miniature photography, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Air Station, card models, Superquick

• Hut, Hut, Hut…

  

  All three huts, in fact, destined for either the radar station at Wet Dog Regional or the ablutions block at RCAF Wet Dog – wherever they will do the most good. They are the first fruits of Frugal Days – the week in which I do not build an expensive plastic kit, but rather turn…

  Dick Stein

  February 13, 2019

  1:72 scale, Civil aircraft, Dioramas, Military models, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, frugality, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• Lockheed Lodestar Part Six – Finished For The Time Being…

  

  The Mannix Ltd Lodestar – CF-TDI – will land at Wet Dog Regional Airport tomorrow and be hangared for a space. It waits on the appearance of clear Testor’s decal film in the local hobby shops – there is really no other practical way to get the speed lines and the company logo on the…

  Dick Stein

  January 21, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Lockheed Lodestar, paint jobs, registration numbers, stencils

• Bell Iroquois – Part Three – The Local

  

  When my friend Terry paid his bill in model helicopters I was initially going to make a yellow and red RCAF rescue – sauvetage machine of the modern era – the bright colours were the attraction. The Italeri kit is an excellent structure to do this on – it fit together with minimal trimming of…

  Dick Stein

  January 7, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Bell Iroquois, CFB Cold Lake, helicopter, rescue

• A New Superhero For The DC Or Marvel Universe

  

  I don’t know which comic book empire is which, but I can recognise super-talent when I see it. I’m even more delighted to be able to report that it has surfaced in one of my favourite people – me. Captain Frugal. Nicknamed Cheap John. One afternoon I decided to get down to it and build…

  Dick Stein

  December 27, 2018

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  foamcore, frugality, scratchbuilt structures, Wet Dog Regional