Tag: PVA glue

• Shall I Admit It To Myself?

  

  What is my limit of self-deception. Can I convince myself that I am a teen idol? Or will I have to settle for being the sort of idol that lives in a ruined temple with spiders and snakes? More to the point, shall I admit to myself that one of the cornerstone products that I…

  Dick Stein

  May 13, 2020

  1:72 scale, adhesives, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, research, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Micro Krystal Klear, PVA glue

• De Havilland Twin Otter – Part Three – The Airliner Window

  

  Airliner windows are a nervous part of model building for me – at least in 1:72 scale. You see, it is too small to make them easy to handle and too big to get away with decals or painted dots. The first time I tried putting individual plastic panes in was on a Northrop Delta…

  Dick Stein

  October 17, 2019

  1:72 scale, adhesives, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  De Havilland, PVA glue, windows

• Grumman Avenger – Part Four – The Quaker

  

  Well, the obligatory problems have arisen. No kit ever gets finished wthout them and you might as well get them over early. The radio mast on the tail has broken off – but this is neither unexpected nor a big deal. The idea of a plastic manufacturer moulding a scale aerial on one half of…

  Dick Stein

  May 25, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  Grumman Avenger, PVA glue, quaker guns