Tag: Eastern Express

• Martin Maryland – Part Three – SAAFies Again

  

  Remember the SAAF captured Junkers 52 that I made a couple of years ago? Well now it has a companion in the Desert Air Force. K for Kaffir – the Martin 167 Maryland of the South African Air Force. A lot of the SAAAF Marylands were camouflaged with middle stone and darker brown, but I…

  Dick Stein

  February 2, 2021

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Russian models, Scale Models

  Eastern Express, Martin bomber, SAAF

• Martin Maryland – Part Two – FROG Spawn

  

  Well, I wasn’t wrong about the origin of the model – but I noted some interesting features on the sprue trees. Some were perfect and some were not. A Forrest Gump box of chocolates, indeed. The fuselage and wings are wonderful. The tail plane likewise. The design features a set of long tabs that lock…

  Dick Stein

  January 31, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models, subassembly

  design, Eastern Express, Martin bomber, moulding

• Martin Maryland – Part One – Circling The Shelf

  

  You know that thing – when you visit a hobby shop on a number of occasions and pass the same model on the shelf each time. And you look at it and heft it and put it back for some reason. Then one day you run out of reasons… This kit of a Maryland is…

  Dick Stein

  January 30, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Decals, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models

  Eastern Express, Martin bomber, Russian model kit