Tag: BCATP

• Short Stirling Mk IV – Part Three – V3 To Canada

  

  A very specific aircraft on a very specific mission. And no bombs carried. This Short Stirling was flown from the UK to Canada in the 40’s as a training aircraft to familiarise the trainees of the BCATP with the then-new H2S ground-view radar. You’ll see the characteristic H2S streamlined dome under the rear portion of…

  Dick Stein

  November 10, 2024

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, History, Lacquer, Model Airplane, prototypes, Scale Models

  BCATP, radar, RCAF, Stirling

• Fairey Battle Mk I – Part Six – Jarvis, Ontario

  

  No 1 Bombing And Gunnery School RCAF. The Battle was used extensively in Canada as a training aircraft and target tug. Kept well away from the Luftwaffe, its only enemies on the prairies were the cold, the students, and gravity. Slow, heavy, but a good flier for limited purposes. The RCAF even fielded a variant…

  Dick Stein

  July 29, 2024

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  BCATP, Canada, trainer

• Fairey Battle Mk I – Part One – At Long Last

  

  Knowing that the Fairey Battle was used by the BCATP in the 1940’s meant that I was always burning to find one. Well, the coal fire went out at the Airfix works a long time ago, and nothing was seen here until an advertisement for a new Czech mould appeared earlier in the year. This…

  Dick Stein

  July 24, 2024

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  BCATP, Canada, Fairey

• 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

• Northrop Nomad – Part Three – Bumblebee

  

  If you are going to let teach inexperienced airmen the arts of flying, you send them up in training aircraft. And it’s not just the pilots that need to be up in the air – the observers, gunners, navigators, radio operators, flight engineers, and flight attendants also have to get their feet off the ground.…

  Dick Stein

  April 16, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  BCATP, Nomad, Northrop, target tug