Tag: Heinkel
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Heinkel He-70 F2 – Part Five – The Paint Shop
Ruritanians are, on the whole, a conservative people. They rarely throw over old forms or designs just to revel in novelty. The motto ” Neuheit Ist Scheit ” is ingrained in them. Thus they hold to traditional colour schemes for most of the aircraft in the RRAAF. In some cases this tradition has been the…
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Heinkel He-70 F2 – Part Four – Respec’
I have gained a massive amount of respect for the ICM model making firm – the one who originated the mould for this Revell kit. The fit of the first components is quite superb. Not as definite as Tamiya, but precise enough to allow some serious structure to be built. The actual cockpit of the…
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Heinkel He 70 F-2 – Part Three – Dryfit
Dryfit is not just the brand name of a battery. It is the essential part of nearly all model kit making. It was one of the chief pleasures I had as a kid with the kits. When you dry fit a model you get to play with it far longer than just gluing it together.…
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Heinkel He70 F-2 – Part Two – Methinks I Doth Smell A Ratte
And it may be a Ukrainian ratte at that. The kit has just been started – the cockpit tray completed and some preliminary wing work to box in the wheel wells – and already I am suspicious that this kit has Eastern European origins. Or at least Middle Europe. Middler than Germany, at any rate.…
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Heinkel He70 F-2 – Part One – Herr Verkäufer
I mentioned in the history of the Royal Ruritanian Army Air Force that a number of the planes acquired for the service – and for later use in the Royal Ruritanian Airline – were of German origin. Of course this is simple to explain – Germany is next door to Ruritania and they share a…
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