Tag: Fifty Cent Series

• MiG-29 Fulcrum – Part One – Not 1959

  

  I can’t understand why Airfix did not make a 50¢ model of a MiG-29 in 1959 when I was a kid. But, better late than never. The second kit in the Fifty Cent Fighter series is as neatly moulded as the Su-22 – and contains just as many traps for the unwary. I am delighted…

  Dick Stein

  October 2, 2025

  1:144 scale, Collecting, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  Academy, Fifty Cent Series, MiG

• Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter – Part Three – Up and Flying

  

  The 1/144 scale model is a wonderful thing – but you have to remember that it is an abstract of a thumbnail sketch of a miniature painted on ivory. The average person will not be able to rig the hydraulic hoses in the wheel wells. The person who can do this is watched carefully by…

  Dick Stein

  January 12, 2024

  1:144 scale, camouflage, Decals, display, frugality, Model Airplane, Painting, Soviet aircraft

  brush paint, Fifty Cent Series, Sukhoi

• Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter – Part One – First Of The Fifty Cent Series.

  

  First cab off the rank is the Academy Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter. The tiny box contains three tiny sprue trees – two in hard grey plastic and one clear. There is no flash whatsoever and no sinkholes are evident. Surprisingly, there is room in the cockpit for a separate seat and instrument panel. The canopy is…

  Dick Stein

  January 9, 2024

  1:144 scale, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling Club, Soviet aircraft

  1/144, Academy, Fifty Cent Series