Tag: American

• Northrop Gamma – Part One – Inter-war Special

  

  Newcastle Song Day. And I didn’t let the chance go by. This was the first time I had seen a Williams kit – though I had read about them in Scalemetes. The impression I got was that they were rather garage-kit like. This vanished when I opened the box at the club’s stash sale and…

  Dick Stein

  April 1, 2023

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Civil aircraft, frugality, Light plane, Model Airplane, Model building club, Scale Models, Secondhand

  American, Civil aircraft, Inter-war aircraft, Northrop

• 1932 Chrysler – Part Three – Fenders Or Wings?

  Depends which side of the Atlantic or Pacific you are when you’re motoring. I call ’em fenders and British people call them wings – both are just as valid. What gets to be confusing, though, is when the English people start speaking about near-side and off-side wings. Right and left are also good English terms…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2022

  adhesives, Model cars, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  American, British, Chrysler, fenders, PVA

• Beech AT-11 – Part Three – Never Ever

  

  Never ever throw away the extra parts that accumulate as you build your kits. Save them, separate them, and catalogue them if you have time. At least have a good look in the boxes occasionally to remind yourself what you have. Remember modellers have a seventh sense that other people do not have – the…

  Dick Stein

  December 16, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Utility Models

  American, bombing, trainer