Tag: historic models

• The Fifty Cent Fighter Plane

  

  Sixty years on. My allowance in the eighth grade was 50 Canadian cents per week. It was more than adequate for my needs as I was stuck in an Alberta bush construction camp with no shops anywhere. Our one shopping trip a month went to Drayton Valley and by then I’d built up $2.00 pressure…

  Dick Stein

  April 7, 2026

  Uncategorized, Hobby Shops, Model building club, finances, History, 1:144 scale

  cheap models, historic models, tiny models

• The Speed Build – Good Or Bad?

  

  As a kid I was always trying for more models to build. But as a kid I was money-limited – so what I could afford had to fill in the long dry stretches between Christmas, birthday, or other gift-giving occasions. If a relative tuned nasty and presented me with socks…or a card with their best…

  Dick Stein

  October 30, 2018

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

  Airfix, frugality, historic models