Tag: cockpit
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Seibel Si 204A – Part Three – Airframe Day
Ah, that lovely plateau in the model kit build – when the wings and tail are on and magically you do not have a plastic kit in a box – you have an aircraft. The short run Czech nature of the mouldings having been adjusted with knife, chisel*, and sandpaper and a good set of…
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Grumman Martlet Mk. IV – Part Two – Well Done Airfix
There is a fine line in scale aircraft modelling…and if you’re not careful you scrape it right off with an Xacto knife… No, there’s a fine line between not enough detail and too much. ie. the French Mach 2 for the former and the Czech Special Hobby for the latter. With the Chinese Hobby Boss…
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Vultee Vengeance – Part Three – How Green Was My Vultee
If the fumes from the paint don’t kill me, the bad puns will. Probably through the agency of enraged listeners seeking me out to stop them. Actually, I am very proud of this one, as it involves real thinking and research. As I am building a Vultee Vengeance in RAF or RAAF service ( not…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Three – Subassembly
I was right about the quality of the Tamiya kit – the first encounters at the dry-fit stage were excellent. No flash whatsoever, and small casting gates. In most cases the precision shears were all that were needed to separate the parts with no additional mangling. The cockpit has a great deal of detail without…
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