Tag: Bell

• Israeli Bell 47 – Part Two – Production Lines For The Win

  

  The idea of serial building is working out, but there is still a place for sub-assembly lines in the scale model factory Even with modern super-glues there is still time required for re-enforcement to set, and of course the drying and setting times of the various paint coats. So there is a real advantage to…

  Dick Stein

  December 18, 2023

  1:72 scale, helicopter, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Organisation, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly, workflow

  Bell, sub-assembly, Workshop

• Bell AH-1 Z -Part Three – The Viper Vinished

  

  I really should have taken more pictures whilst building the Viper, but it was a Club Day build and went ahead by leaps and bounds. The final product has proved yet another lesson for me; one may be pleasantly surprised as readily as be dismayed. I’ve experienced the latter enough times with eastern European kits…

  Dick Stein

  June 21, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, finances, helicopter, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell, helicopter, USMC, Viper

• Bell AH-1 Z – Part Two – A Pleasant Surprise

  

  I was prepared for the little Marine attack helicopter kit to be two things; crude and unshapely. It may be the latter but it certainly is not the former. The plastic from which it is moulded is a little more brittle than Airfix but not by much. It sands and cuts well, and the feed…

  Dick Stein

  June 20, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, helicopter, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  armour, Bell, design, helicopter, weaponry