Tag: mouldings

• Dornier Do-17Z – Part Three – So Near…

  

  And yet so far… I was really hoping to get the Dornier 17Z buttoned up with no need for filler as a tribute to the old Monogram moulders. Such was not to be the case, but in the meantime I am puzzling over the inside of the wing. The Monogram engravings are there alright, as…

  Dick Stein

  November 26, 2022

  1:72 scale, design, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly

  Monogram, mouldings, Revell

• Dewoitine D- 510 – Part Two – I Underestimated Them

  

  I should not have been so cynical about the KP moulders. The wings of the Dewoitine D-510 looked a little unsure at the start – the tabs seemed vestigial. The fitting surfaces minimal. I foresaw structural re-enforcement needed. I was wrong. The kit fits. The cockpit goes into the fuselage without trimming – the fuselage…

  Dick Stein

  November 4, 2022

  1:72 scale, Czech models, design, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly

  Czech kits, Dewoitine, mouldings

• RCAF Avro Lancaster – Part Three – It All Starts With Bits

  

  I try to be thrilled with all parts of the kit building I do – from the shopping and acquisition through to the plans, cutting and fitting, painting , and final assembly. But it must be said that there are times when the stages are very small and you don’t seem to progress. The initial…

  Dick Stein

  May 17, 2020

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Figure modelling, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Lancaster, mouldings, pilots