Tag: Martin bomber

• Martin B 10 Bomber – Part Seven – The Japanese Raider

  

  The original of this Martin B 10 bomber was not a hangar queen. Part of a 10-plane shipment to China, it and one other were the last of their lot as war took its toll. I get the feeling that there were issues with aircraft maintenance, airfield protection, and crew performance that gradually took out…

  Dick Stein

  July 2, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Czech models, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models

  Azur model kit, Martin bomber, RoCAF

• Martin B 10 Bomber – Part Six – Far Side Of The Hill

  

  And we know what colour that is because it featured in a folk song… The shade of green that the Martin B 10 wears as a Chinese Nationalist Air Force plane is speculative – there are a number of sources that insist upon olive drab and an equal number that place the hue closer to…

  Dick Stein

  July 1, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Workshop

  camouflage, Chinese Air Force, Martin bomber

• Martin B 10 Bomber – Part Five – Naked Whale

  

  Well, you can see the corrugated strakes on the top of the Martin, and I assure you they are there on the bottom as well. I’m going to be grateful when it comes to the decals that – unlike the JU 52 – these ripples do not interfere with the decorations. The seams of the…

  Dick Stein

  June 30, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Czech models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  filler, Martin bomber, sanding

• Martin B10 Bomber – Part Four – If I Want A Pretzel…

  

  …I’ll go to the bakery. The production of a complex fuselage is…well…complex. And sometimes the strange shape must cause the final product to come out of the mould a little distorted. I suspect this was the case with the Martin B 10. There was enough of a warp to render it impossible to set all…

  Dick Stein

  June 28, 2021

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  clamps, fuselage, Martin bomber, warp

• Martin B10 Bomber – Part One – The Flying Whale

  

  When I set about looking for the nickname of the Martin B10 bomber I was sent to the Lockheed Martin site. They laughingly admitted that it got this from the press of the time because of the size. However, when you look at some of the corrugated surfaces on the fuselage, they do have some…

  Dick Stein

  June 24, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Chinese Air Force, Czech models, Martin bomber

• Martin Maryland – Part Three – SAAFies Again

  

  Remember the SAAF captured Junkers 52 that I made a couple of years ago? Well now it has a companion in the Desert Air Force. K for Kaffir – the Martin 167 Maryland of the South African Air Force. A lot of the SAAAF Marylands were camouflaged with middle stone and darker brown, but I…

  Dick Stein

  February 2, 2021

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Russian models, Scale Models

  Eastern Express, Martin bomber, SAAF

• Martin Maryland – Part Two – FROG Spawn

  

  Well, I wasn’t wrong about the origin of the model – but I noted some interesting features on the sprue trees. Some were perfect and some were not. A Forrest Gump box of chocolates, indeed. The fuselage and wings are wonderful. The tail plane likewise. The design features a set of long tabs that lock…

  Dick Stein

  January 31, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models, subassembly

  design, Eastern Express, Martin bomber, moulding

• Martin Maryland – Part One – Circling The Shelf

  

  You know that thing – when you visit a hobby shop on a number of occasions and pass the same model on the shelf each time. And you look at it and heft it and put it back for some reason. Then one day you run out of reasons… This kit of a Maryland is…

  Dick Stein

  January 30, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Decals, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Russian models, Scale Models

  Eastern Express, Martin bomber, Russian model kit