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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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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Five – Engine Night
The hot weather returning compelled me to wait until after dark to do spray painting in my workshop, but this was no bad thing. It meant the previous day’s cementation had a good time to set and would not be breaking loose unexpectedly. Engine Night, and a lesson in careful attention to detail. Not that…
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Bristol Beaufort Mk I – Part Four – A Dirty, Dirty Business
But that was life at Doukhobor Bay in the old days. Baths once a month and toothbrushing every second week… The interior of the Bristol Beaufort is pretty well complete and has received a coat of filth. Fortunately it will be hard to see inside the fuselage once it’s closed up. Just as well, it’s…
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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…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 