Tag: Air World Museum

• Douglas B-18 Bolo – Part Three – The Museum Ship

  

  Is there any reason the US Army referred to their aircraft as ” ships “? I wondered at that – the US Navy referred to them as aircraft, and that’s not surprising as they would also have had to use the word ” ship ” in other ways…dealing with sea-going vessels. Why did they both…

  Dick Stein

  July 9, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Douglas Bolo, GSI Creos, inter-war, museum, RAF, US Army, US Navy

• Avia S-199 – Part Six – A Messer By Any Other Name

  

  As soon as I saw the photographs of the Avia S-199 in Czechoslovakia and then later in Israel I knew someone was fooling with me. The propellor gave it away. It was a cartoon propellor from a Daffy Duck movie. I mean, who would put as big a prop on a plane like that…? Well…

  Dick Stein

  March 9, 2020

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Israeli aircraft, Lacquer, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World

  Air World Museum, Avia, Ess Bend Aviation

• Good Morning, Staff.

  

  Good morning. You may be wondering why I have called you here today. The first thing was to trial the ability of Photoshop to make focus stacking images automatically – a task which it has performed admirably. There are a few errors in the image taken of you but they can be largely overlooked. The…

  Dick Stein

  February 5, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Dioramas, Figure modelling, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Air World Museum, staff members, Wet Dog Regional

• Blackburn Buccaneer – Part Four – Sleeker and Sleeker

  

  The last posting about the Bucc was a little discouraging – you saw the massive seams and holes in the thing for what they were. Like seeing an old actress without her makeup on. Well this time you get the effect of art and science. The holes have been filled and the layers of lacquer…

  Dick Stein

  October 29, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Masking, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Tools, Workshop

  Air World Museum, Blackburn, paint stand

• Stein’s Air World – We’re Hiring Now

  

  I have been called to account by the Commitee of Scale Righteousness for the paint jobs on the aircraft that appear in Stein’s Air World. Several of the senior members have pointed out that there are glaring inconsistencies in the shade, hue, intensity, and reflectance of the various aircraft. I have been told that there…

  Dick Stein

  October 20, 2019

  1:72 scale, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Decals, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Stein’s Air World, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, finances, museum, paint

• McDonnell Banshee – Part Four – Ready For The Canadian Hall, Eh?

  

  The decals have gone on the RCN Banshee and it is ready for the display hall of Canadian service aircraft. The suspect upper grey is still on it and sealed in with varnish. I am actually delighted with the thing – and it is rather a massive fighter compared with some of the Korean War…

  Dick Stein

  October 4, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Mcdonnell Banshee, RCN

• The Museum Approach

  

  Go to your local museum – it doesn’t matter what type you choose; art, science, technology, cars, planes, boats, dolls. If you’ve got an interest, go spark it at the museum. While you are oohing and ahhing at the exhibits, look about you at the facilities. The architecture of a museum can be as interesting…

  Dick Stein

  November 27, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Dioramas, German aircraft, Italian aircraft, Japanese aircraft, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Model Buildings

  Air World Museum, Stein’s Air World

• Planning Permission Not Needed

  

  Did you realise that when you are the creator of your own Little World that you do not need to admit others to your counsel? That you can act as sole dictator and arbiter of all disputes? It is a sobering thought that can make anyone feel drunk. I experienced it recently while laying out…

  Dick Stein

  September 23, 2018

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, buildings, planning

• Bristol Benheim Mk I – Part Four – The Museum Aircraft

  

  So why does a Bristol Blenheim Mk I bomber – a quintessentially early war RAF light bomber – show up in the Bomber Command hall of Stein’s Air World? I mean apart from the fact that there was a kit on the shelf at Stanbridge’s Hobby Shop and I had money in my pocket… If…

  Dick Stein

  August 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Bristol, Canada, RAAF, RAF, RCAF

• Bristol/Fairchild Bolingbroke – Part Four – The Coastal Command Wing

  

  I have been delaying publication of the Bristol/Fairchild Bolingbroke final photos for several reasons; the weather is cold, the paint is slow to dry, and I have been making mistakes. Fortunately, not the sort of errors that are irreversible. The colour scheme of the Bolingbroke is taken directly from the Avia book I mentioned in…

  Dick Stein

  August 2, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Bristol, Canadian, Coastal Command