Tag: fire tanker

• Seahawk HH-60H – Part Two – Crows Nest Pass

  

  It’s about as close to the sea as Kalgoorlie… But when the military sell off their old aircraft, the local fire authorities get a chance to pick up some useful heavy lifters for the fire fighting role. Queensland has them – so to other states. Why not sell a few to Alberta and strip off…

  Dick Stein

  January 11, 2026

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, History, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  Alberta, ex-service aircraft, fire tanker

• Northrop Black Widow – Part Two – Hot Weather Modelling

  

  I’ve grumbled before about the limitations of scale plastic modelling in very hot weather – and a fat lot of good it has done me. So, rather than sit and moan, I have decided to sit and cut plastic. Inside – in the A/C at my Saturday afternoon group. I can’t paint but I can…

  Dick Stein

  February 6, 2023

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Civil aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, workflow

  Airfix, fire tanker, Northrop, subassembly

• A Modest Proposal

  

  Kit makers are always trying for another use of a previous model. The tricks of new decal sheet and box art plus a hike in price mean that even if you have not invested any money in a new cash cow, you can milk the old one again. The problem is there are only so…

  Dick Stein

  October 24, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Box Art, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models

  Decals, fire tanker, forest fires, kits, re-issues

• Boeing B17 – Part Five- The Fat Lady From Wenatchee

  

  Well, it has been a week. The Fat Lady From Wenatchee is finished and I am delighted – so much so that I will now deliberately seek out other aircraft that can be made into civilian service aircraft. There were severe forest fires in Washington State and British Columbia in the 1970’s and a number…

  Dick Stein

  March 2, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  B17, Boeing, civil registration, fire tanker