Tag: paint jobs

• Lockheed Lodestar Part Six – Finished For The Time Being…

  

  The Mannix Ltd Lodestar – CF-TDI – will land at Wet Dog Regional Airport tomorrow and be hangared for a space. It waits on the appearance of clear Testor’s decal film in the local hobby shops – there is really no other practical way to get the speed lines and the company logo on the…

  Dick Stein

  January 21, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Lockheed Lodestar, paint jobs, registration numbers, stencils

• The Wrong Shade Of Black

  

  Resign yourself – you may have made a fabulous model of a P-61 or a Lancaster or a Mosquito and a great deal – or all – of the thing will be a very definite black colour. But as soon as you show it at any exhibition, someone will tell you you’ve used the wrong…

  Dick Stein

  December 8, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Lacquer, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling materials, Painting, research

  AM, critics, FS, paint jobs, RLM

• When You Had No Idea Before…

  

  Scale modelling has many surprises – not the least of which are the prices of the after-market accessory packs. But even if you do not go that far, there are still discoveries to be made:   a. The size of things. Here one must have some sort of yardstick to measure what is seen in…

  Dick Stein

  August 14, 2018

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Decals, paint jobs, scale, size, weight