Tag: French

• Caudron Renault 714 CI – Part One – Yet Another Hill To Climb

  

  I was extremely fortunate to wander into a hobby shop that had just relocated to new premises. They decided to have a sale on plastic kits to gain shelf space and the little Mister Craft Caudron Renault CR 714 CI was on the bargain table. Disregarding the free donations, this is my second cheapest model…

  Dick Stein

  February 17, 2020

  1:72 scale, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Polish models, Ruritanian Aircraft, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Caudron Renault, French, light fighter, Mister Craft

• Morane Saulnier 406 – Part Four – Contact – Ignition – Chocks Away

  

  Actually, in the period between Christmas and New Years and I don’t think I could’ve faced any more chocs or contact. I retreated to the Little Workshop and put the finishing touches on the Morane Saulnier. How different an aircraft can look when the final paint is on – as opposed to the bare parts…

  Dick Stein

  January 27, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  fighter, French, Morane Saulnier

• Morane Saulnier 406 – Part Three – Curse The French

  

  Not for their politics or their agricultural policies. Not for Gen. De Gaulle or the ludicrous Bardot. Not even for their car designers… For their camouflage artists. The maniacs who wanted to paint three-colour camo schemes on a series of miserably inadequate aircraft. The only thing good about these decisions is that it made the…

  Dick Stein

  January 26, 2019

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Chinese models, French aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Uncategorized

  camouflage, French, Morane Saulnier