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Short Sunderland – Part One – Hello 1961
Another snap back to the past – in this case provided by a good friend. The Airfix Sunderland III. This is a later issue box than my original, but the parts are quite the same. This one is an 80’s version. I am hoping the decals have survived the decades, though to be sure they…
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Nicer To Build ‘Em Than Stash ‘Em.
I like having cake, but I’ve long since realised that particular pleasure is surpassed by eating it. Thus my attitude to my stash. I like to see it building up, but I love to see it building down. Construction is a fulfilment of the actual purpose of the kit, and of all the design, manufacture,…
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Fairey Swordfish Mk I – Part Four – Splish Splash
If I was a kid in a bathtub I would be sorely tempted to play battleships with this Fairey float plane – probably to its detriment. As it is, I will have to think up some way of simulating water to display it – and that is a tough thing to do. The final result…
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Fairey Swordfish Mk I – Part Three – They’re All CAD’s These Days
That’s when they are not being narcissists – the new buzz word that you use to complain about your ex on Facebook. It suggests that the guilty party only looks at themselves. In reality, the fact that they are now your ex, lady, suggests that they took a long, hard, look at you… But I…
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Fairey Swordfish Mk I – Part Two – Quo Vadis?
Redirect your mind from the old religious movie – this is serious. What version of this plane do I make? There are always a number of questions about any new build. What are my criteria for choosing a kit and then choosing a scheme? a. It is a kit. I have enough money to buy…
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Fairey Swordfish Mk I – Part One – Tradesies
I know the most interesting people. A friend contacted me on Facebook and asked where she could get a 1:12 scale lamp post. It so happened that I had a new one – long spare from an old project that had passed by. She offered to trade for it and I named a 1:72 model…
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The Rhythm Of The Stash
If you are a model builder with one kit, you have no trouble deciding what your next build will be. Most of us who built models as children were in just this position all the time. The only occasion when you might have had a multiplicity of kits was on a birthday or holiday. But…
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Silver Is Not Chrome Is Not Stainless Steel
None of them are super iron or super silver, either, and if you are looking for dull aluminium, you are risking your life trying to get it. The metallisers are loose in the land and terror reigns. I remember fondly the days when there was just one silver – whether it was a Pactra product…
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SPAD XIII – Part Four – Rickenbacker’s Ride
The historic enthusiasts of WW1 can make of Eddy Rickenbacker what they will. His 22 aerial victories and 4 balloons downed are not the numbers that rival other aces, but he survived till the 1970’s and that was a definite win for him. The SPAD appears from other accounts not to have had quite the…
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Revell SPAD XIII – Part Three – Tri-Tone Again
My old nemesis – three-coloured camouflage – rears its attractive head again. This is a love-hate relationship. I do love the way the planes look once they are successfully painted and I do hate the extra work to get to that stage. The ones that have either a fracture pattern or a swooping one are…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 