Tag: Burma

• Douglas Dakota – Part Four – X

  

  I think this was the best introduction I could have had to the Italeri brand of model kits – It had everything; good moulding, sensible build complexity, good material, and an economical price. The fact that it fits into my time period, nationality, and historical significance is a bonus. Plus there are numerous internet images…

  Dick Stein

  August 18, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models

  Burma, DAkota, Italeri, RCAF

• Douglas Dakota – Part Two – The Wonderful/Horrible Net

  

  My determination to build a Douglas Dakota in Canadian markings was aided wonderfully/horribly by the internet. It was able to tell me exactly what I did and didn’t need to know, but unfortunately did not put a divider between the two types of information. It’s sort of like trying to read a modellers Talmud…except you…

  Dick Stein

  August 16, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, research, Uncategorized

  airshow, Burma, Canada, DAkota

• Decal Day

  

  Well, I knew it was coming…I knew it when I saw the sheet of transfers in the kit – when I bought the extra packet at the plastic model fair – when I googled up all the various marques of plane that had the same name as the one a’ building. I knew that I would…

  Dick Stein

  July 29, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Burma, Decals, Epson, Humbrol, Testors