Tag: grey primer

• Dassault Ouragan – Part Three – The Grey Ghost

  

  I like grey primer on aircraft. It makes them look like the old hard rubber recognition models you used to encounter in yard sales. I wish now that I had taken advantage of those buying opportunities. And it raises an interesting question – could a person build up a valid aircraft collection with the planes…

  Dick Stein

  January 25, 2021

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  Dassault, grey primer, Ouragan

• Lockheed F80C Shooting Star – Part Two – The Smooth Bullfrog

  

  No, it’s not a Frog model – it’s still the bargain Airfix kit. But the more I look at the basic shape of the Lockheed F80C in the grey primer, the more I’m reminded of an amphibian. You have to admire Clarence Kelly and his designers for making such a sleek thing using an engine…

  Dick Stein

  December 8, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models

  Airfix, grey primer, Lockheed Shooting Star, micromotor