Tag: RAAF

• Tail Feathers

  

  I have always been curious about anything connected to the decoration of aircraft. Look out your picture book of WWII aircraft and turn to the RAF section. Note the insignia applied to the average fighter or bomber: a. Two upper wing roundels in red and blue – in some cases quite dark but quite large.…

  Dick Stein

  March 2, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, British aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, German aircraft, Italian aircraft, Japanese aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  painted insignia, RAAF, RAF, RCAF, USAAF, USN

• Vultee Vengeance – Part Three – How Green Was My Vultee

  

  If the fumes from the paint don’t kill me, the bad puns will. Probably through the agency of enraged listeners seeking me out to stop them. Actually, I am very proud of this one, as it involves real thinking and research. As I am building a Vultee Vengeance in RAF or RAAF service ( not…

  Dick Stein

  October 10, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, research, Scale Models

  cockpit, lacquer paint, Mr. Color, RAAF, Vultee, zinc chromate

• Vultee Vengeance – Part One – The Show Special

  

  When I went to this year’s WASMEX plastic model show I promised myself that I would only get one thing. Of course, I was a liar and a fraud; I purchased three things. The last of which came off the stash today and out in front of the camera – the Special Hobby 1:72 Vultee Vengeance.…

  Dick Stein

  October 8, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Box Art, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting

  RAAF, resin parts, target tug, vac-form parts, Vultee

• Bristol Benheim Mk I – Part Four – The Museum Aircraft

  

  So why does a Bristol Blenheim Mk I bomber – a quintessentially early war RAF light bomber – show up in the Bomber Command hall of Stein’s Air World? I mean apart from the fact that there was a kit on the shelf at Stanbridge’s Hobby Shop and I had money in my pocket… If…

  Dick Stein

  August 24, 2018

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, British aircraft, camouflage, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Museums, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Air World Museum, Bristol, Canada, RAAF, RAF, RCAF

• Lockheed P-38 – Part Three – Every Plane You Build…

  

  Every plane, train, car, and structure you build in scale makes your brain better. The act of turning over the parts, relating them to the instructions, fitting them together, and observing the relationships between the surfaces teaches you far more about the particular full-size object than any photograph or screen representation ever can. And if…

  Dick Stein

  May 23, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Lockheed P-38, PRU, RAAF

• Cheap Refreshment – F2A One

  

  After the recent spate of complexity – the Special Hobby Avro Anson Mk1 – I found myself with a thirst for simplicity and strong drink. My desire prompted me to look over the kit shelves at Hobbytech in Myaree. I have more Special Hobby and some Airfix on the stash shelf, but quite frankly I…

  Dick Stein

  April 3, 2018

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  1:72, Brewster, Buffalo, RAAF, simplicity

• A Happy Landing At RAAF Cunoath Downs

  

  The ship is down safely – sitting in its own box all complete – ready for transfer to the WWII forward base at RAAF Cunoath Downs. It’s a secret airfield in the middle of the Western Australian bush. Secret only in the sense that no-one goes past it on the road because it’s too far…

  Dick Stein

  March 19, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Painting, RAAF Cunoath Downs, Scale Models

  Northrop Delta 1D, RAAF, transport

• Patchy Is As Patchy Does

  

  And no-one is patchier than me… I watched a YouTube post some time ago from a modeller who was making extremely precise masks for spray painting by using his inkjet printer. I believe he was printing on a self-adhesive paper and planned to stick this onto plastic models. He was very concerned about scaling the…

  Dick Stein

  March 17, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, YouTube videos

  camouflage, inkjet printing, Masking, RAAF

• The Bluebird Of Happiness-So-Far

  

  The undersides of aircraft are pretty interesting places. If you are going to be flying in one, you are intensely interested in whether or not oil, petrol, or hydraulic fluid is leaking out down there – you’ll be even more concerned if this is also the case when it is at 4000 ft. For the…

  Dick Stein

  March 15, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  Northrop Delta, RAAF, underside painting