Tag: joints

• Bristol Type 130 Bombay – Part Three – Is It Mistrust Or Distrust?

  

  The dictionary isn’t clear on the distinction. Either way, when I look at the design of some kits – particularly the butt joint of a thin horizontal stabiliser – I start to get sceptical. My experience of adhesives tells me that there are all too many instances when they don’t. I would not ask long…

  Dick Stein

  March 17, 2024

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Self Reliance, subassembly

  joints, re-enforcement, tails

• IAI Kfir C-1 – Part Two – Grey Plastic Day

  

  The first assembly day for any model can be a school in itself – the Czech and Polish kits in particular are often hard lessons. They challenge both the imagination ( Where the heck is the cockpit actually supposed to be fastened…? ) and the patience ( Is that an ejector pin or a part…

  Dick Stein

  August 7, 2020

  1:72 scale, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  assembly, dry fitting, joints