Tag: Ouragan

• Dassault Ouragan – Part Five – Smile

  

  I suppose if you are going to paint a shark mouth on the front of an aircraft – a la Flying Tigers – there is no need to be discreet about it. You’re not trying to hide anything. You might as well make it as big as possible. This seems to have been the philosophy…

  Dick Stein

  January 27, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, French aircraft, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Czech kits, Dassault, Decals, Ouragan, Valom

• Dassault Ouragan – Part Four – The Colour of The Underwear

  

  The colour of the underwear is always important. And not just in the gusset, either. Trying to find authoritative material about the insides and undersides of aircraft can be a problem. There are air museums, of course, and you get to peer from a distance at what the wheel wells and control surface recesses look…

  Dick Stein

  January 25, 2021

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  colour, Dassault, Ouragan

• Dassault Ouragan – Part Three – The Grey Ghost

  

  I like grey primer on aircraft. It makes them look like the old hard rubber recognition models you used to encounter in yard sales. I wish now that I had taken advantage of those buying opportunities. And it raises an interesting question – could a person build up a valid aircraft collection with the planes…

  Dick Stein

  January 25, 2021

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  Dassault, grey primer, Ouragan