Tag: Avro

• No Lincoln

  

  But you can get a model of a Leomontichvskyovic Lemon 8 from Moldovistan at your local Hobbyhell. I cannot decide whether this is because Airfix are not game to invest in a new mould that is not a Spitstangschmitt or whether the name ” Lincoln ” is seen to be too American for the British…

  Dick Stein

  November 5, 2023

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, design, Model Airplane, prototypes, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Avro, RAF

• Avro Tutor – Part Four – The Yellow Sheep Of The Fold

  

  Well that was an instructive two weeks. I’ve had as much as I can take and the Avro Tutor has had as much construction as it is going to get. Purists will cavil at the lack of rigging but I know my limitations. I will eventually try to rig something but it’ll be a better…

  Dick Stein

  November 16, 2020

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models

  Avro, biplane, Czech kits, trainer

• When The Only 1:72 Game In Town…

  

  Is: Reputed to be bad. Long sold out. Never seen locally. Not supplied by anyone else… …you are entitled to scuff your feet and make growling noises. I have been reviewing the chances of getting a 1:72 model of the Avro CF 100 Canuck interceptor and it would appear that this aircraft in model kit…

  Dick Stein

  January 1, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Avro, Canada, research, Scale Models

• Who Said Yellow Was For Cowards?

  

  The author of the wonderful illustration of the Canadian Anson Mk1 – Mr Reidel –  will forgive me, I hope, for making a desktop image of his drawing. I’m posting it up on my computer to cheer myself up. I have a suspicion that I will need the inspiration during the next few weeks as…

  Dick Stein

  March 21, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, Enamel, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Painting

  Anson Mk1, Avro, Enamel, Humbrol, RCAF, Special Hobby