Tag: resin parts

• Northrop BT 1 – Part Three – It’s A Böhm

  

  With apologies to Peter Sellers… The 500 lb bomb that the BT 1 is carrying is the first resin-cast weapon I’ve encountered. It is very encouraging, though I generally refuse to pay aftermarket prices for accessories. But the fit of the fins and their cross-pieces is superb. It is almost a pity to bury it…

  Dick Stein

  October 20, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Czech models, Model Airplane, Resin, subassembly

  parts, resin parts

• Northrop BT 1 – Part Two – Teeth Gritting Time

  

  The start of a build is either going to be heaven or hell. The choice of which is largely up to the builder, but it can be more attitude than anything that determines which destination you’re heading for. In the case of a lot of short-run kits the removal of parts from the sprue tree…

  Dick Stein

  October 20, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Czech models, Model Airplane, Resin, Scale Models, subassembly

  clean-up, parts, resin parts

• 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