Tag: production

• Tupolev Tu-2 -Part Two – The Modern Mould

  

  Whoever makes the plans, designs, and moulds for Hobby Boss is brilliant. The kits they have put on the shelf can be simple or complex, but even in the case of the less expensive ones there is a sense of purpose and level of finish that many other makers could well copy. The fact that…

  Dick Stein

  March 28, 2026

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Chinese models, design, moulding, production

• A Different Rhythm At The Workbench

  

  What strange creatures we are. When working for a living there were times when I could not get away from my work station fast enough at the end of the day. Now that I’m retired, I can’t wait to get to it. And there are weeks when I seem to work at it as if…

  Dick Stein

  April 1, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Model building club, Scale Models, Tabletop Photography, Uncategorized, Workshop

  frugality, hobby time, production, rhythm, variety

• Messerschmitt 109 – Part Four – The Production Line

  

  I cannot think of a worse way to approach the business of being a scale modeller than that of a production line worker with a contract to produce a product in a set time. This also applies to the full-size workers who made the full-size airplanes – Some were employed and some were drafted and…

  Dick Stein

  September 8, 2018

  1:72 scale, German aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Tools, Uncategorized, Workshop

  bow pen, jigs, Painting, production