Tag: interiors

• Tupolev TB-3 – Part Three – Ministry Of The Interior

  

  I am in several minds about detailing the insides of 1/72 scale aircraft. On one hand it is a pain, but on the other it means an additional glance into the design – even if I am the only person who will ever see it. In the case of this Tupolev bomber, the open cockpit…

  Dick Stein

  December 20, 2025

  1:72 scale, Miniature Philosophy, Soviet aircraft, design, Ukrainian models

  design, detail, interiors

• Dornier Do 27 – Part Three – Why Go To All That Trouble?

  

  Why go to all the trouble of detailing the inside of a 1/72 scale model aircraft? a. When you are going to have the windows closed? And possibly obscured by the sort of crazing and hazing that desert storage conditions bring about? See Davis-Monthan or Hatzerim photos for this reference. b. When the parts are…

  Dick Stein

  June 13, 2024

  1:72 scale, design, German aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  detailing, interiors, philosophy

• Swiss Ju-52 – Part Two – The Inside Story

  

  I have beetled on before about how I like Italeri kits. I particularly like their multi-engine jobs that have interior fittings. Whether they are civilian or military, the inclusion of inside bits always makes for a more satisfying build. Oh, I know the old argument about no-one seeing in there after you are done, but…

  Dick Stein

  December 13, 2023

  1:72 scale, airliner, Civil aircraft, design, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  interiors, Italeri, Junkers

• RAF Wellington – Part Two – The Inside Job

  

  I am starting to model in four dimensions. Outside for length, width, and height. Inside for detail. Of course the general viewers will never know what’s inside, but I will. I will treasure the vision of a jewelled interior telling intriguing stories. And I will have beaten the old Airfix/Revell/Aurora monster of the hollow fuselage.…

  Dick Stein

  June 17, 2023

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, design, display, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  interiors, MPM, Wellington bomber

• Lockheed Lodestar – Part Two – Knifing A Lockheed

  

  Those of you who have never seen me in a tee-shirt may be a little startled at the top image. I am hoping it has that effect on the owners of the construction company that used to own the Lockheed Lodestar CF-TDI…the one I am building at present. I sent them a letter yesterday asking whether…

  Dick Stein

  January 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, subassembly

  interiors, Lockheed Lodestar, Mannix Ltd, Special Hobby

• Bell Iroquois – Part Two – It’s ALL Insides

  

  The new Bell Iroquois helicopter is proving to be a series of revelations – occasioned by the fact that I have not seen inside a helicopter since 1961 – and that was one with a giant perspex bubble on the front and a big piston engine. It would appear that the advent of the gas…

  Dick Stein

  January 6, 2019

  American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Bell Iroquois, helicopter, interiors, Italeri