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OD’ing On Olive Drab
Is it just me or is it hard to find The True Meaning Of Olive Drab? I need to paint a number of USAAF planes and I am going to avoid the flashy multicolour of nose art and loud decals. I just want cooking quality Army ships for a diorama. You’d think that Olive Drab…
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Walk In Or Walk Out?
And we’re not talking about wing walks either. I want a kit. And a specific kit – having done my research in regard to it. Its the best for my purpose – and good news – it was a new Airfix release late last year and has been seen in the local hobby shop in…
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Fulfil Its Destiny – Build That Kit
On a recent trip to the eastern states I went charged with the task of finding a 1:48 scale model of a Macchi jet trainer for my friend Warren. He had worked on them in the Air Force and a few years ago Italeri had kitted one up with RAAF markings. Indeed, they had also…
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Ongoing Maintenance
I did not realise that there would be a schedule of maintenance on a plastic model – I thought once it was done, that was it. Silly me. There is maintenance on anything that you need to continue working – car, marriage, camera, etc. The models are no different. a. There will be cleaning issues.…
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Boeing Fortress Mk. III – Part Ten – All Right For Ops
It all came good – as much due to the precision of the Airfix company as to my own skill. The Birthday Boeing is complete and ready to go into the museum. I’ve indulged myself a little with the Nik Collection software in this final report- they do a plug-in for Photoshop that converts regular…
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Good Morning, Walter – Part Three – Steel vs Wood vs Plastic
Walter, you and your Mum may have been wondering why I went off on a tangent about Meccano, Erector, and Dux sets last time we spoke. Let me explain. We live in a world of plastic. It’s a wonderful material and can be made to simulate nearly anything – from bricks to steel girders, to…
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Boeing Fortress Mk.III – Part Nine – Not A Good Idea, Max
Well that was a bust, albeit ultimately a successful one. The plan to carefully spray between the lines – with a Tamiya rattle can – was reasonably stupid thinking on my part. You saw in the last column where I just did the overall brown and went on as per normal. The camo lines were…
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Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part Seven – Heddo?
Er, Hello. You seem a little stuffed up. ” Dell Be About it. By builder has arrived at primer stage and has spent all day stuffing things into be. ” Is that plastic foam? ” Yes. He got four big pieces of it whed a printer was delivered and is using them for everything. ”…
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Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part Six – My Conscience Is Clear
Now all I need to do is keep the blasted windows on this airplane in the same condition – and Airfix have been either brilliantly helpful or blithering idiots – I will find out later. I’m used to the canopies and cockpit covers of model aircraft being of varying quality – from the horrible Mach…
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Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part Five – Wings And Tail
The plan of doing work on the Boeing Fortress at our club meeting rooms is working well, if I remember that I need to paint some things at home with the airbrush first. The club spray room is in the process of reconstruction and in any case may not have the sort of items I…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 