Tag: Beechnut

• Swedish NA 16 – Part Six – Uncle Dick’s Kit O’ Doom

  

  Inside every silver lining is a cloud. My week building the Beechnut Models CAC Wirraway into a Swedish NA 16 trainer was a humbling experience. No, that is not quite right – that should be ” bumbling “. With a kit this bad you are feeling your way from the start – over a carpet…

  Dick Stein

  July 9, 2025

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, damage control, frugality, Model Airplane, Painting, Secondhand, Swedish aircraft, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  Beechnut, Kit O’ Doom, Sweden

• Swedish NA-16 – Part One – The Beechnut Models Company

  

  You’ll want to remember that name – in case you are ever faced with one of their kits. If so, you have choices: a. Buy it, spend days of your life coping with its awful nature, and eventually turn out a masterpiece. Then die. b. Save time. Fall to the floor grasping your chest. c.…

  Dick Stein

  July 4, 2025

  1:72 scale, damage control, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Self Reliance, Swedish aircraft, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  Beechnut, garage moulding, short run kit