Tag: moulding

• Do Kit Designers Hang Upside-Down In Caves?

  

  I ask this because I have noted some of the priorities they assign to their kit designs. In the case of the beer, pretzel, and borscht bureaux, the decisions they make about the level of photo-etch to include in a cockpit area vs the basic fit of the thing into the fuselage hints at it.…

  Dick Stein

  December 17, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  cockpits, design, designers, moulding

• Douglas DC-3 – Part Two – It Fits Where it Touches

  

  I am trying not to be discouraged by the Airfix DC3/C47 kit. I have chosen wisely to make it into a closed kit – the door fitting on the port side is truly appalling. Or perhaps I am looking at it from the wrong perspective – in the original form it has three mini-guns and…

  Dick Stein

  February 15, 2021

  1:72 scale, airliner, American aircraft, design, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Airfix, Douglas C-47, moulding

• 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

• Vickers Wellington Mk 1C – Part Two – More Poles

  

  Our heading image is very close to the version of the Wellington Mk 1C that I am building, though in the case of this plane it has the later grey and grey/green upper works rather than the green/brown. But it provides painting hints that Italeri have left out of their instructions, so I am grateful.…

  Dick Stein

  March 28, 2020

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

  engines, moulding, turrets, Wellington bomber

• Resin – Do I Love It Or Hate It?

  

  My return to scale aircraft modelling these last few years has brought me into contact with one of the most interesting materials on the market – polyurethane resin. It is not the first time that I’ve dealt with building plastic – I worked with acrylic polymers and monomers as a dentist for 40 years and…

  Dick Stein

  November 29, 2019

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Miniature Philosophy, Model cars, Modelling materials, research, Resin, Scale Models, Uncategorized, workflow

  Czechs, injection moulds, moulding, Polyurethane resin

• Messerschmitt 109 – Part Two – Modelers Sushi

  

  If that seems like a funny way to think of a kit, consider that the Hobby Boss products are sometimes served on plastic trays within the external box – rather like the tasty Japanese food that we get from shopping centres. The kit is just as well presented – all that is missing is the…

  Dick Stein

  September 5, 2018

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Czech models, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Hobby Boss, Messerschmitt, moulding, sushi