Tag: airliner

• De Havilland Twin Otter – Part One – Old Recalcitrant

  

  No, I am not referring to the Prime Minister of Lamaysia. I’m sure he is a very biddable old buffer – as long as the right approach is taken. What I mean is this Revell kit of the De Havilland Twin Otter aircraft. It’s Revell Germany, so it may have been sourced from another maker*…

  Dick Stein

  October 14, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  airliner, De Havilland, refurbishing, repairs

• The Long-Started Kit

  

  A very long time ago I bought a plastic model kit for my daughter. This sounds like the standard modeller’s joke excuse, but I assure you that it was not that at all. My daughter and I had just flown in an Ansett Airways Boeing 767 – 200 to the eastern states for a holiday…

  Dick Stein

  December 13, 2018

  American aircraft, Australian aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  airliner, Boeing, Doyusha, large scale, old kit

• Convair 440 – Part Three – She’ll Be Right, Mate…

  

  If ever there was a phrase that captured the spirit of Australia, that is it. Forget Hoges and his shrimp on the barbie ( and they’re prawns down here…)and the Crikey bloke. Pure Hollywood scriptwriting. The real Australian uses  ” She’ll be right. ” to cover a multitude of situations and a myriad of sins.…

  Dick Stein

  September 29, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Decals, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  airliner, bargain basement, crude kit