Category: Wet Dog Regional Airport

• The Play Set

  

  I just figured out why I like my model airfields so much. They are the best play set I’ve ever had. The Louis Marx company play sets that appeared in so many North American Christmas catalogues in the 50’s were wonderful things. You could get Fort Apache, The Alamo, The Army Camp, Cape Canaveral, Cops and…

  Dick Stein

  April 8, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, card models, Civil aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Model cars, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  model air fields, photography, play sets, scale

• 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