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Dassault Ouragan – Part One – Right To The Door
This is one of the kits that was brought to our model club by a chap selling a stash – though another member has suggested that they were the result of a trip to the orient and a suitcase full of plastic brought back home. Some people think this an imposition on the builder –…
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Proper ‘Ard
Say that in a Matt Ball accent. The question of drying times has arisen in the past and I’ve made decisions that have bit me in the Arsenal F.C. Progressing from Tamiya acrylics to Mr. Color lacquers and modelling in an outside workshop/shed for much of the year has meant that there were a whole…
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Dornier Do.17Z – Part Four – Interniert
” What! ” you say…” The Swiss Air Force never bought Dornier Do.17Z bombers in WW2! ” you say… You say right. They never bought any – they were given one by chance. One landed by mistake at Basle – Birsfelden in April 1940 and the four crew members were interned. The plane was repaired,…
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Dornier Do.17Z – Part Three – Perfect Plastic Putty
Since being introduced to this material two years ago I have found my respect for it increasing. It’s English and fairly specific to the plastic kit hobby but really does fufil its purpose. The purpose is best circumscribed – the filling of broad, shallow depressions. It does not form a structural component so you cannot…
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Dornier Do.17Z – Part Two – A FROG Of A Different Colour
The experience of the FROG Dornier is interesting. The kit is an older mould and has raised panel lines but no rivets. I don’t mind as it will have a dark finish anyway. But it is an older kit. Thus the fit in some places is approximate. The fuselage is excellent, the wing box assembly commendably…
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Dornier D0.17Z – Part One – First FROG
Well, well, well. after all these years. My first FROG model. This should be an experience. This is a model donated by my friend Paul – part of a stash he kept since the 70’s and 80’s. I feel honoured to build it. The box shows age – you cannot expect it not to. The…
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Don’t Mind If I Do…
I am never satisfied these days – even annoyance isn’t as good as it used to be…you got that nice crispy angst before the war… But occasionally in the gambling hell the wheel stops at my number and the goodies are pushed to my side of the table. This week it has been decal paper.…
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Caudron C-635 – The Blue French Gem
To be specific; Bleu Baltique Metallique. This is the only post for this build – because I forgot to picture the early stages of it. They were fast ones – this Heller kit has only 34 pieces. But how lovely they are. The plane itself is a light aircraft of the 1930’s – purchased in…
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What It Says On The Tin
The English modeller, Matt Ball, has an expression he uses when he’s on the Flory Models vlogs: ” It does what it says on the tin ” – spoken in his local accent, it’s a great endorsement for whatever product he’s tried. Because he actually has used the product and it has performed well. I…
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Mitsubishi A6M – Part Three – Langley Bird
The Revell Mitsubishi Zero has been completed. It is one of those models that can be built to the standard of the kit but no further. If you look at inconvenient portions of it you can see right through it. But if you look at it from a distance, all is well. The Langley reference…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 