Tag: panel lines

• Heinkel He 177 – Part Two – Riveting Detail

  

  There are those in the world who would have me sand down the rivet detail of the 1967 Airfix Heinkel Greif, scribe lines between the panels, and re-mark sunken rivets. There are also people who would have me eat rutabagas and ground cockroaches…and I am here to tell you that I am as likely to…

  Dick Stein

  November 28, 2021

  1:72 scale, design, German aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Airfix, panel lines, rivets

• Consolidated Catalina – Part Three – A Gem In Full Sight

  

  In full sight, but strangely hidden. The detail that has emerged with the undercoating of the Catalina is astounding. I normally do not effuse about rivet details or sunken and raised panel lines. I am a modeller of the Olde Schoole and as catholic as anyone of hebraic faith might be as far as admitting…

  Dick Stein

  June 19, 2020

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

  Academy kit, detail, panel lines, rivets, undercoat

• Handley Page Hampden – Part Five – The Dots Of Doom

  

  My current build – the Airfix Handley Page Hampden – is an older kit. Not quite as old as the series 1 baggies, but it does date back to the 60’s. I daresay it has been re-boxed several times and the decals have probably been upgraded, but the basic plastic airplane is an earlier style…

  Dick Stein

  June 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  fine detail, old moulds, panel lines, raised rivets