Tag: Airspeed

• Tasman Airspeed Oxford Mk I – Part Seven – G-AMFJ

  

  Or 2813 of 141 Sqn. This aircraft is counted as an Airspeed Consul – the civilian version of an armed Oxford. It was acquired in 1951 and flown by the 141 Sqn. The type was used as a VIP aircraft, multi-engine training, navigation and radio training, and as a light transport. It lasted only until…

  Dick Stein

  April 8, 2025

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, History, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Uncategorized

  Airspeed, IDF, Schmattarim, transport

• Airspeed Oxford – Part Four – The Central Flying School

  

  The third partner in the Training Trio. My BCATP airfield: RCAF WET DOG – has struggled on for years with an Anson, a Harvard, and a Crane – all good trainers. Of course there is a Tiger Moth and a Grumman Gosling as well, but up until now the Airspeed Oxford has eluded me. Now…

  Dick Stein

  June 2, 2024

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, finances, frugality, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Secondhand, Uncategorized

  Airspeed, BCATP, FROG, stash sale

• Airspeed Oxford – Part One – The Leaky Frog

  

  A recent estate sale brought this creature into my life; Lermontov the leaky frog. He is so named because he is from Russia, is made up of old parts, and is leaking sand all over the photo table. He is an apt analogy for the Novo Airspeed Oxford model. Lermontov cost nothing – the Airspeed…

  Dick Stein

  May 29, 2024

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models, Secondhand

  Airspeed, BCATP, FROG

• Airspeed Envoy – Part Three – The Governor’s Plane

  

  And not a British governor, either. The Airspeed Envoys that went to China were for the use of Chinese provincial governors. Presumably not of the poor provinces, either. Careful observers will see that a rocker-cover fairing on the starboard engine has been dented. This was in the days before bird strikes could get past the…

  Dick Stein

  September 26, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Airspeed, China, getaway plane

• Airspeed Envoy – Part Two – Squeezy

  

  Say what you will about the British being a stuffy and stand-offish nation, when they make a small airliner they make sure that everyone is chummy on the flight. Either that or the moulds for these seats are a little wide. You can get in the door and possibly into the back three seats, but…

  Dick Stein

  September 25, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, British aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Airspeed, catering, interior, seating

• Airspeed Envoy – Part One – The IKEA Airplane

  

  And it’s not Swedish at all. The reason I refer to this RS Models kit of the Airspeed Envoy by the shop name is that – like most of the goods that IKEA sell – it is very nearly what I want, but not quite…I could make do with it, and change it around, and…

  Dick Stein

  September 24, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, British aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airspeed, Czech kits, RS Models