Tag: Grumman Widgeon

• Grumman Widgeon – Part Two – Port and Cheese

  

  I cannot decide now that the Grumman Widgeon is done and sitting on the photo floor, whether I enjoyed myself building it or not. If you go by the mis-fitting engines, nacelles, windscreen, and landing gear, it was a misery. If you looked at the wing, fuselage, and tail assemblies as they mated, it wasn’t…

  Dick Stein

  January 18, 2020

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

  Airfix, Grumman Widgeon, Portuguese Navy

• Grumman Widgeon – Part One – The Small Goose

  

  The Sherriff’s Mini Cars shelves had some of the best and oddest kit shopping I have been able to do for some time. Stashes had disgorged treasures and/or trash and they were sensibly priced for all that. I have no idea how new the Widgeon is, not how long it may have mouldered on the…

  Dick Stein

  January 17, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Utility Models

  Airfix, flaws and faults, Grumman Widgeon, old kit