Tag: 1/144 scale

• Academy C118 Liftmaster – Part Two – It’s All Outside

  

  One of the distinct advantages/failings of the 1/144th scale kit is the fact that the insides are rarely seen. Indeed, for many of the airliners there are no side windows to cope with – it is all to be done at the decal stage. I welcome this if the decals are decently printed. However, you…

  Dick Stein

  February 23, 2026

  1:144 scale, airliner, Civil aircraft, Decals, display, Model Airplane, Painting, subassembly

  1/144 scale, interiors, Masking

• General Dynamics F111 – Part One – A New Maker

  

  I am never happier than when building a kit from a maker that I have not encountered before. It is a new land to explore. This Arii kit from Japan came with very rudimentary instructions - really nothing to help with decal placement or colouring save the box art. Yet the individual components and the decals…

  Dick Stein

  March 24, 2024

  1:144 scale, adhesives, American aircraft, Decals, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  1/144 scale, Japanese kit, new model

• Aero-pondering – Part Four – Little Big Planes

  

  I have come at last to the 1/144 scale model. I received several as presents and bought one from a legacy sale – and now I have to start thinking… The 1/72 aircraft that form the bulk of my collection are a delight to build until you come to the landing gear – and then…

  Dick Stein

  December 30, 2023

  1:144 scale, airliner, Collecting, design, display, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  1/144 scale, landing gear