Tag: Northrop

• Northrop Nomad – Part Two – A Sea Of Plastic

  

  I have never been so happy to see a plastic bag full of parts before. Particularly as they are all injection-moulded with nary a resin part in sight. The new Northrop Nomad kit ( also known as the DB8A3N ) is a return to traditional construction. There is evidence of thought throughout the box. In…

  Dick Stein

  April 15, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  injection moulding, Northrop, RCAF

• Northrop Nomad – Part One – Starting To See A Pattern Develop

  

  I’m not the brightest of individuals but I can see a trend emerging – the Czechs are taking over*. At least they seem to be taking over the shelves of the local hobby shops with their 1:72 scale plastic model kits. I’ve encountered them in Melbourne and again here in Perth and it would appear…

  Dick Stein

  April 14, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Hobby Shops, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Uncategorized

  Czech models, Northrop, trainers

• The New Build From A New Maker

  

  This begins a series of posts that deal with building a model from a maker who is new to me – Special Hobby from the Czech Republic. It’s not the first Czech model I’ve tried – I did build two different AZ models recently – but I am desperately curious to see if this is going…

  Dick Stein

  March 11, 2018

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

  Northrop, passenger plane, Special Hobby, WW2