Tag: Lockheed
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Lockheed RT 33 – Part Five – Snowbird Hack
Well, that was rewarding. The decal set that cost $ 5.00 went down like a cold beer in a country pub. Decals are always a lottery – even from the reputable makers. Specials from shows? Like licking a light socket and betting the current is off. The CT133 that followed the ‘Birds for a few…
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Lockheed RT 33 – Part Four – Don’t Mind If I Do
For all my tootling about over the use of an airbrush, I finally have to confess that there are times when a rattle can is a comfort. Painting the walls of the Police Station, for instance. You try dragging a compressor there in the middle of the night and asking the desk sergeant for the…
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Lockheed Rt 33 – Part Three – Lockup Stage
The point of time when we have an airplane. One that encloses a well fitted wheel well complex, a nose weight, and a cockpit tub. Wings on, tail on, tip tanks on. It went surprisingly fast as the day wore on. The Sword kits are basically quite good – they are square and plumb. This…
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Lockheed Starfire – Part Three – We Win Through In The End
You’ll have seen my post about backtracking with the Beagle Boys a little while ago; September 20, 2020. It detailed my wilful errors in painting that were corrected late at night. Since then I have played the soft pedal for this build and have been rewarded in the end with a delightful result. The clear…
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Lockheed Starfire – Part Two – Dry Fit Respect
I have a great deal of respect for whoever Emhar models really are. In my encounters with their products I have found them to fit together excellently. In the case of the featured image, the cockpit tub is cemented together and the fuselage sealed…but everything else is just a dry fit for confirmation purposes. This…
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Lockheed Starfire – Part One – My First Airplane
If the first plastic model kit I remember building was a Revell 5-ship set in the mid-1950’s, the first plastic airplane kit I remember seeing was a Lockheed F-94 Starfire. It was being built By Mike Baker – a kid across the street. He was also engaged in building a wooden model of a B-50,…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part Four – RCAF 1941
My model building hobby is a focused thing, but it is soft focus…I love to build nearly any kind of 1:72 airplane…but I have a special preference for planes flown by the RCAF. Whenever I’m cruising the aisles of the hobby shops I am measuring up prospective purchases on the basis of whether they ever…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part Three – The Bare Torso
The two colours of plastic in the Lockheed kit were startling on the sprue trees but have become less so when assembled together. As they will shortly disappear under an undercoat and then silver they are of no consequence. Of greater import is the splendid fit of the structure. Making up the twin-rudder tail separately…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part Two – A Surprising Amount Of Fit
Experience with Czech short-run kits can be mixed. Fit issues, over-complex construction, and unclear instructions all loom every time you pop the box top or open the side door. However, the first stages of the Electra Junior have been pleasant. The cockpit is a resin casting. though nowhere near as complex as it might have…
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Lockheed Electra Junior – Part One – Dutch Surprise
The third purchase on a happy visit to a distant hobby shop was a Special Hobby kit. These are always more expensive than the big maker’s offerings but can be had for subjects that would never be kitted otherwise. I am always surprised at the things I see in this class of model. Measuring the…
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