Tag: Bell Airacobra

• Bell P 39 Airacobra – Part Four – The Northwest Staging Route

  

  You might wonder a bit at the presence of a Bell P-39 Airacobra with red stars in a white circle appearing at an Alberta RCAF station in the 1940’s. The explanation is simple – the Northwest Staging Route flowed right through RCAF WET DOG as soon as Lend-lease was established and there were enough aircraft…

  Dick Stein

  August 12, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell Airacobra, Lend-Lease, Northwest Staging Route, Soviet Union

• Bell P-39 – Part Three – Weight A Minute

  

  Or forever sit on your tail. I applaud the tricycle landing gear for aircraft – in the case of civilian airliners it allows a steady takeoff and landing – I would not want to spill my champagne. On military planes it probably allows the pilot a lot better view of the field or carrier deck…

  Dick Stein

  August 11, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  Bell Airacobra, tricycle landing gear, weights

• Bell P-39 Airacobra – Part Two – The Sprues Goose

  

  There was never going to be a great deal of desperate basic modelling in the construction of two P-39’s from Hobby Boss kits from the outset. And this was just what made the idea so appealing. I know the kit to be a good one and the ease of construction is just a bonus. Doing…

  Dick Stein

  August 10, 2019

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Soviet aircraft, subassembly

  airbrushing, Bell Airacobra, Hobby Boss

• Bell P-39 Airacobra – Part One – The Soviet Twins

  

  For the first time ever I am doing a group build. Not an exercise where I’m going to be a member of a group of modellers, but one where I make a group of models. Related items, if you will, and all made at the same time. They are being made for a purpose –…

  Dick Stein

  August 9, 2019

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, RCAF Wet Dog, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  Bell Airacobra, RCAF Wet Dog, Soviet