Tag: 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