Tag: China

• Vultee Vanguard – Part Five – Hint of Wings To Come.

  

  Look closely at some lines on this Vultee fighter and mentally add a bent wing and bigger engine. Yep. It would have been interesting to see what might have been if the later Corsair was available for China in the early 40’s. lad-based aviation would have been less critical in landing than naval service and…

  Dick Stein

  May 3, 2023

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

  China, fighter design, Vultee

• Airspeed Envoy – Part Three – The Governor’s Plane

  

  And not a British governor, either. The Airspeed Envoys that went to China were for the use of Chinese provincial governors. Presumably not of the poor provinces, either. Careful observers will see that a rocker-cover fairing on the starboard engine has been dented. This was in the days before bird strikes could get past the…

  Dick Stein

  September 26, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Airspeed, China, getaway plane

• Curtiss Hawk II – Part One – The Evolution Of A Goshawk

  

  With the recent announcement of new land division within the Republic Of China – the Generalissimo commanding Swuping province has mandated the formation of an air force. Generalissimo Stein Kai Shek is up to date with all the latest methods of defence, as seen by his formation of an Armoured Women’s Dance Corps, a Terrestrial…

  Dick Stein

  July 15, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Czech models, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  China, Curtiss, Swuping Province

• Westland Wallace – Part One – An Unconsidered Trifle

  

  This model kit was an overlooked box in the estate stash that came to our modelling club. But not overlooked for long. I looked it over, and decided building it was the best way of remembering the old club mate who had relinquished it. I suspect he had plans for it as an RAAF aircraft…

  Dick Stein

  May 19, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Civil aircraft, History, Light plane, Model Airplane, Organisation, Swuping Air Army

  China, Generalissimo, Swuping Province, Westland

• My New Air Friend

  

  I have had a number of air friends in the past; The RCAF, the IDF, and the Ruritanian Royal Army Air Force amongst others. They feature largely in my collection, and more examples of aircraft will be added as the years go by. But I have a new friend, and it looks like I’ll be…

  Dick Stein

  November 1, 2021

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Decals, History, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Swuping Air Army, Uncategorized

  China, KMT, Nationalists

• Politically Incorrect Modelling

  

  Model kit building can be a harmless hobby or a fiendish socio-political plot. It all depends on who is telling the story. In Australia we are currently out of favour with Communist China, and seem set to be castigated further as a pact between the UK, US, and Australia is established. As a side-show, the…

  Dick Stein

  September 19, 2021

  Chinese models, finances, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling Supplies, Russian models, Uncategorized

  China, embargo, Hobby Shops, politics