Tag: civilian

• Queen Mary – Part One – ” Can You Use This? “

  

  Whenever someone says this to you, reply ” Yes, please…thank you. ” . It doesn’t matter whether they are offering you a gold Rolex or a tin of condemned beef – take it. You can decide what to do with it later – the offer and acceptance is the fulcrum of friendship. This Queen Mary…

  Dick Stein

  July 7, 2026

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, frugality, Military models, Model building club, model trucks

  Airfix, civilian, gift model

• German General Service Truck – Part Three – Ruritanian Trucking Service

  

  Yes, this ex-Wehrmacht vehicle is heading for Strelsau and a private owner. The final fit of the cab was a little fraught, but if you can accept the overhang above the clear windscreen – and I can – it is a perfectly good medium truck. There is likely to be an alternative cab version in…

  Dick Stein

  August 19, 2023

  1:72 scale, model trucks, Modelling Supplies, Polish models

  civilian, German, Polish model

• Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part One – The Shelf Sitter

  

  This Italeri Fokker F-27 Friendship kit sat on the Hobbytech 1:72 shelf for the better part of a year, along with a number of other modern jet models. The fact of the long wait for a buyer might argue that the kit is bad or the price is too high – yet neither of these…

  Dick Stein

  October 18, 2020

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  airliner, Alberta Central Airways, civilian, Italeri