Tag: Harvard

• Canadian Car And Foundry Harvard II – Part Two – You Need Not Believe All You See

  

  But you should believe me. Honest. The aviation aficionados may be wondering why a railway carriage company should be credited with building Harvard II aircraft – when we all know North American made the AT-6 Texan and SNJ. Well they also leased out the plans for the things to other makers – a lot like…

  Dick Stein

  January 9, 2022

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Harvard, licensed construction, RCAF, Texan

• North American AT6 – Part Two – Building The Factory Build

  

  I am aware that Hobby Boss airplane kits are viewed as little-kid stuff by many modellers. Easy assembly, few extra parts, defined edges to some mouldings. The up-and-down assembly of a fuselage and wing unit  – sometimes with horizontal stabilizer attached – suggests an activity for the ungifted. Perhaps it is so, but you need…

  Dick Stein

  May 15, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Harvard, Hobby Boss, subassembly

• North American AT6 – Part One – The Kosher Texan

  

  We often buy a set of decals to match a kit we have – but in this case I have reversed the procedure. I had a leftover set of Israeli Air Force markings for an Academy kit and I purchased a Hobby Boss substitute to use them up. The original Texan became an RCAF Harvard…

  Dick Stein

  May 14, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Box Art, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, finances, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Harvard, Hobby Boss, Israeli aircraft