Tag: Farman

• Farman NC 223.3 – Part Eight – Air France Libre

  My first aircraft model with the Free French cross of Lorraine and it has been quite an experience. The Farman in warpaint would have been simple enough to do, and the camouflage would have disguised many of the difficulties encountered, but the appeal of the ivory paint and those FF insignia won out in the…

  Dick Stein

  December 10, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, Czech models, Decals, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  airliner conversion, Farman, Free France

• Farman NC 223.3 – Part Seven – L’Éminence Grise

  

  By the time a large scale model gets to the Mr Surfacer 1000 stage I no longer have any authority over it – the command structure is reversed. In a way, it is comforting to surrender the initiative in this way. Oh, there will be patching and sanding and other attendances but the die has…

  Dick Stein

  December 9, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, Colour Schemes, Czech models, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, workflow

  Czech kits, Farman, undercoating

• Farman NC 223.3 – Part Two – Short Run Need Not Be Vile

  

  I think Forrest Gump would have enjoyed short-run Czech kits – he had a philosophy that would have coped. I may send my next Prague bomb to Tom Hanks. The fuselage halves of this angular bird could have been a disaster – no locating pins and a very long run for twists and warpage. But…

  Dick Stein

  December 4, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, Civil aircraft, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Czech kits, Farman, fit issues