Tag: airfields

• Ural Starter Truck – Part Four – Arctic

  

  My decision to paint the Ural starter truck in yellow-orange was initially based on a picture from Taganrog in Russia. As it is, this truck will be on the hardstand at Wet Dog Regional so the winter yellow is perfectly appropriate. The aircraft at Wet Dog are exposed to cold just as intense and Russia…

  Dick Stein

  June 19, 2026

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Collecting, design, Dioramas

  airfields, airports, modern practise

• The Itch Builder

  

  And I write because I am just that when the need arises. These days I build mostly model aircraft in one scale. I like to photograph them in my studio and need structures and accessories to go with the kit-built planes. The trade is pretty lax about making things for model aircraft…very much so in…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2024

  1:72 scale, Collecting, design, display, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, scratch-building, Uncategorized

  1/72, airfields, structures

• The Big Local Scale Model Exhibition – Part Five – The Quest For Novelty

  

  One of the charms for me when I attend the doll-house ladies’ exhibition, or that of the model railway enthusiasts – is the novelty of the models and exhibits. I preserve this freshness by attending only one of these per year – one year it will be the doll-houses and next the trains. Every time…

  Dick Stein

  May 6, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Collecting, Czech models, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Japanese aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Polish models, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  airfields, dollhouses, model exhibition, model railways, novelty