Tag: model aircraft

• Wait For It…Wait For It…

  

  The state government in Victoria has just announced that it will introduce legislation in 2022 to ban the public display of Nazi symbols in public. This sort of legislation exists in Germany, Austria, Poland, Ukraina, and France and has existed for quite some time. Exceptions seem to occur for museums or other institutions but the…

  Dick Stein

  September 4, 2021

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Colour Schemes, Decals, design, German aircraft, History, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Decals, legislation, model aircraft, swastika

• Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star – Part One – The Brand I Trust

  

  Let me start out by disclaiming any business connection with the Italeri company – or with any of their distributors or retailers. I am just a customer – but I am a satisfied customer. I have never had a product from Italeri with which I was unhappy. You may deplore my skills and expertise as…

  Dick Stein

  August 20, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Uncategorized

  Decals, Italeri, model aircraft, standards

• It Works, Igor! The Creature Lives!

  

  This week’s photo session at the scale model club was the first actual use of the new focus-stacking technique I’ve just learned. It is undoubtedly old hat for many, but I have a new head and it just fits me fine. The technique is based in Photoshop 2019 and required several steps – but as…

  Dick Stein

  February 6, 2020

  Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Model building club, Modelling Club, Scale Models, Tabletop Photography, Uncategorized

  focus stacking, model aircraft, model photography

• ” Modeller’s Other Interests “

  

  The Model Car Spectacular could have been exclusive. They might have barred the door to anyone who did not know the secret password or who could not provide proof that they have been accepted by a standards committee. They could have…and I have read of other modelling societies that behave very much like this. But…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2019

  Civil aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, model trucks, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  model aircraft, model car spectacular, Scale Models

• Stand Up! Sit Down! Rah Rah Rah!

  

  What was the most common thing about plastic model kits in the 1950’s? The size? The subjects? The colour of the plastic? No. The most common thing was that every model had a stand of some sort. From the grey plastic trapezoids that went under the Revell USS MISSOURI to the two-peg block that underpinned…

  Dick Stein

  June 19, 2018

  1:72 scale, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, display stands, model aircraft, retro

• $ 20 A Donk

  

  I’m just back from the hobby shop with three pots of paint and a new kit for the stash. It wasn’t an impulse buy – I have had it on the acquisition roster for some time, and just wanted to see what was available around town before I opened the wallet. I’d also asked around…

  Dick Stein

  May 29, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  model aircraft, plastic kits, prices