Tag: British camouflage

• North American Sabre – Part Three – The Putty Worms Win Again

  

  The debate about how to put on soft-edge British camouflage seems to have finally been decided – the J. Burrows Tuff Tac is the answer for most effects. The Sabre needs a simple day fighter scheme and in this case the contours are very smooth – no better time to trial the new technique. There…

  Dick Stein

  November 25, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Masking, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Workshop

  British camouflage, Masking, North American Sabre

• Junkers 52 – Part Five – The Research Pays Off

  

  Having done some research into masking and finishing this year – some of it reminiscent of Wile E. Coyote and the Acme Manufacturing Co. – I have come to practical solutions for impractical problems. Impractical problems are those that no-one else has, that need not exist, and that leap out from behind the door and…

  Dick Stein

  October 23, 2018

  1:72 scale, camouflage, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  British camouflage, digital colours, Junkers, Masking

• De Havilland Mosquito – Part Five – Can I Make A Mess?

  

  Or can I what? Here are the in-progress shots of the Great Masking Adventure as it unfolded. Since it was entirely new ground, I cannot be sure whether I was doing it right. But the fact that nothing caught fire has to count as something good… Here’s the overnight result – surprisingly successful, with only…

  Dick Stein

  September 16, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  British camouflage, Masking, spray painting