Tag: Bell Iroquois

• Bell Iroquois – Part Three – The Local

  

  When my friend Terry paid his bill in model helicopters I was initially going to make a yellow and red RCAF rescue – sauvetage machine of the modern era – the bright colours were the attraction. The Italeri kit is an excellent structure to do this on – it fit together with minimal trimming of…

  Dick Stein

  January 7, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Bell Iroquois, CFB Cold Lake, helicopter, rescue

• Bell Iroquois – Part Two – It’s ALL Insides

  

  The new Bell Iroquois helicopter is proving to be a series of revelations – occasioned by the fact that I have not seen inside a helicopter since 1961 – and that was one with a giant perspex bubble on the front and a big piston engine. It would appear that the advent of the gas…

  Dick Stein

  January 6, 2019

  American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell Iroquois, helicopter, interiors, Italeri

• Bell Iroquois – Part One – The New Currency

  

  Move over, Dollar. Step aside, Euro. Bitcoin, I laugh at you. I have my own medium of exchange now. I am no longer tied to your paltry numbers. I am accepting payment in model kits. Recently I took a series of portrait photographs for a friend at his request. Rather than charge studio rates to a…

  Dick Stein

  January 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, German aircraft, Military models, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell Iroquois, helicopter, Italeri