Tag: radar

• Short Stirling Mk IV – Part Three – V3 To Canada

  

  A very specific aircraft on a very specific mission. And no bombs carried. This Short Stirling was flown from the UK to Canada in the 40’s as a training aircraft to familiarise the trainees of the BCATP with the then-new H2S ground-view radar. You’ll see the characteristic H2S streamlined dome under the rear portion of…

  Dick Stein

  November 10, 2024

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, History, Lacquer, Model Airplane, prototypes, Scale Models

  BCATP, radar, RCAF, Stirling

• F-82 Twin Mustang – Part Seven – Long Dong

  

  All right. We might as well get this over with… Those of you inclined to ribaldry may dissolve into laughter at the thought of the Long Dong radar pod joke. Elbow each other in the ribs and snort. The rest of the readers just be patient. The Monogram F-82 is proceeding wonderfully well, with no…

  Dick Stein

  August 12, 2022

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

  design, Monogram, radar

• F-82 Twin Mustang – Part Four – Alaska Red

  

  Sigh. So near and yet so far. The F-82 has been completed, will be displayed, and will feel like gravel in my sandal all the days of its existence. The canopies arrived, were fitted, and the job was done. But the canopies only fitted to a certain extent. They have converted a fine front-line model…

  Dick Stein

  August 8, 2022

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  air defence, Mustang, night fighter, radar

• The New Direction Is Direction-finding

  

  Idly surfing the net recently I noted that the RCAF station that I have taken as my inspiration was, for quite some time, a radar early warning facility as well as a training air base. This continued right through the period of time that my model layout depicts. I couldn’t resist the temptation to use…

  Dick Stein

  April 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, Dioramas, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Pinetree Line, radar, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional