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Sukhoi Su-2 – Part Three – Oh, Those Wacky Soviets…
Just when you start to think that they have no imagination, they come out with a new one and all you can do is scratch your head. Consider the heading image. I have assembled the engine for the Sukhoi following the diagrams as faithfully as can be. There’s the two rows of cylinders, like a…
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Sukhoi Su-2 – Part Two – The Barbie Bomber
That’s as in Barbie and Ken…not ” put another shrimp on the barbie “. The pink undercoat is still doing what it says on the tin. The coverage is superb and the final surface extremely smooth – no polishing sticks needed to get it ready for the colour coat. I did pick up a jar…
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Sukhoi Su-2 – Part One – This Model Building Suk’s
And how better to start than with a Sukhoi? In this case an Su-2. It was on the shelf in the shop for months before I suddenly realised that I needed it. For library display, I hasten to add. The modeller’s mind had filed the information about it being there and all that was needed…
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I’m A Dinosaur…
Because I was raised in the Plasticine Era. Boom, boom. No, really I was. All the way from kindergarten to way past puberty I was using Plasticine for modelling and construction, and never thought it an outdated material. The smell of it, due to the linseed oil, defined the school art classes. A whiff brings…
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Alphabet Modelling
Or, how to classify your hobby. Nathan Robinson, the schoolteacher on the Flory forum, mentioned an idea several episodes ago that is interesting and valid. He was counselling Flory forum members not to become discouraged in their modelling when they encounter problems that are going to affect the outcome of the build. He said that…
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The Rattle-Snake
The aerosol spray can…the rattler…has been with us for decades. I remember Pactra and Testors hobby cans in the 1960’s that finally brought the ability for a kid to paint a model car to a realistic finish. The realism was that of car lacquer colours and as garish as any hot rodder could have desired.…
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Short Sunderland – Part Five – A Great Save!
And it isn’t even Hockey Night In Canada, Brought To You By B/A ( Canadian joke… ). This is, however an RCAF Sunderland that operated out of Northern Ireland in WW2. It was kept on Lough Erne along with other flying boats like Catalinas and sortied through the Donegal Corridor out to the North Atlantic…
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Short Sunderland – Part Four – More Masks Than The Italian Banditti
I am not a mask person. They make me nervous – whether they are the Venetian Carnival sort or the plain ones worn by train robbers. I spent 30 years wearing them in surgery and I was generally up to no good there either… So when I need to mask for spray painting, you can…
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Short Sunderland – Part Three – The Problem Of Dimension
The choice of 1:72 scale to model for my collection is politic – I can only fit so much in a small space. Most of the aircraft can be built on a bench and shown on shelf. My new jigs make this a real pleasure. But occasionally the sheer scale of the subject defeats this…
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Short Sunderland – Part Two – Like Painting A Fish
Well, that’s what it reminded me of…as well it might – being a flying boat. If it was to go on water, a fish shape would be most a appropriate. The insides are bare, but at least they are decorated. And the windows will not fall inward. I’ve seen that trick too often not be…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 