Tag: frugal kit

• Douglas Skyraider – Part One – Abandoned On The Shelf

  

  Started, but incomplete. Very low price – my kind of kit. And a definite prototype in mind for the finished build. The previous owner had cemented the wing and fuselage halves together and done a pretty careful and precise job of it. The kit is designed so that the cockpit tub slips inside before the…

  Dick Stein

  December 30, 2024

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, damage control, frugality, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  abandoned model, frugal kit, Fujimi

• JS-2 Tank – Part One – A Step Up From The TKS

  

  I endured such a razzing from my scale model club mates when I built the tiny Polish TKS tankette that I have decided to get my revenge. And who better to provide it than the Russians. They provide excess misery for everyone else, why not harness it to my purposes. So here is a Josef…

  Dick Stein

  March 6, 2023

  1:35 scale, Box Art, design, frugality, Military models, Modelling Supplies, Russian models

  frugal kit, Stalin tank, Zvezda

• F-82 Twin Mustang – Part Five – The Black Twin

  

  Lo and Behold. A dear old Monogram F-82 kit at a swap meet. The price of Hobby Boss click-together. What’s not to like! The kit is complete – the decals are reasonable, the canopies are all there. It is out of fashion as an older mould, but the raising of the panel lines has lowered…

  Dick Stein

  August 9, 2022

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models

  frugal kit, Monogram, nightfighter