Tag: Brazil

• Vega PV-2 Harpoon – Part Four – The Carioca Killer

  

  Admire the pictures, Children – they are made with the new focus-stacking technique learned from YouTube. Nearly every part of the 1:72 aircraft in perfect focus . The technique is so simple as to be laughable. I secure the model under constant lighting ( 2 IKEA desk lamps ) and focus upon the closest part.…

  Dick Stein

  September 24, 2020

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

  anti-submarine, Brazil, dental tools, Harpoon, Painting

• Vega PV-2 Harpoon – Part One – The Mistaken Assumption

  

  I am subject to misapprehensions from time to time. They generally don’t result in disasters, but they can mean that I miss out on good things. I can remember several occasions as a young man when I did not read the signals correctly and passed lonely Valentine’s Days. It all worked out perfectly in the…

  Dick Stein

  September 21, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Resin, Scale Models

  Brazil, Decals, Harpoon, Lockheed, Vega

• Lockheed F80C Shooting Star – Part Three – O Amigo Da Onça

  

  ” You are looking very well today, Senora…” And if you are old enough to know the joke to which that is the punch line, you may keep reading. If you know who Amigo Da Onca is, you may sit right down here with me and we’ll share a bottle of cachaca. You may wonder…

  Dick Stein

  December 9, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Secondhand, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Brazil, Lockheed Shooting Star, old kit