Tag: AZ

• Fairchild Argus – Part One – Model 24

  

  The box says Provider and the decals say Czechoslovakia, but I say Argus and RCAF. This AZ model started life on the Hobbytech shelf at $ 44.99 and stayed put. Then it went to WASMex 2024 at $ 20.00 and stayed put. When it came back to Hobbytech it still wore the show price sticker,…

  Dick Stein

  May 30, 2025

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Czech models, frugality, Hobby Shops, Light plane, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  AZ, Fairchild, RCAF

• Too Much Of A Good Thing

  

  Waterslide decals were the wonder of my childhood. I only encountered them in the model kits I built, and since these were kits in the 1950’s, they weren’t all that good. They were yellowed, cracked, thick, lumpy, and inaccurate. They had margins that looked like stranded jellyfish. They took about a half hour to soak…

  Dick Stein

  March 10, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Academy, Airfix, Aurora, AZ, Decals