Tag: Douglas Boston

• Landing Hard – Part One – Spindly Is As Spindly Does

  

  And if you occasionally collapse onto the airfield in a welter of tin tubes and screaming passengers…well, that’s British engineering. Also French and Russian aero design. For people too cheap to build proper airports with runways, they seem to have had a propensity for iffy landing gear. Thin legs splayed at impossible angles guyed up…

  Dick Stein

  December 22, 2023

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Douglas Boston, landing gear, scale strength

• Douglas Boston MkIII – Part Five – On Ops

  

  Just the one picture of Boston MkIII AL468 in the sunshine – because that was not the place for it. It was after dark when this RCAF intruder did its business under the guidance of Squadron Leader Burton-Giles. He shot down a Ju-88 and earned the swastika mark under the Canadian maple leaf on the…

  Dick Stein

  April 30, 2021

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, History, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Douglas Boston, intruder, Night ops

• Douglas Boston MkIII – Part One – A Plum

  

  Every so often a piece of ripe fruit –  a plum of a model kit in this case – falls right into my lap. Upon reflection, it might have fallen to me 8 months ago when I was in Melbourne, but no matter – it has plopped down now, and I am delighted. I build…

  Dick Stein

  April 26, 2021

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, RCAF Wet Dog, research, Scale Models

  Douglas Boston, intruder, Out Of The Box, RCAF