Tag: Royal Canadian Navy

• Fairey Firefly Mk V – Part Four – Preserved Fly

  

  According to Skaarup, these Firefly aircraft flew with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1952 – roughly about the same time they served with the Royal Australian Navy. The carriers they flew from were Royal Navy donations to the Commonwealth countries – the MAJESTIC, BONAVENTURE, SYDNEY, AND MELBOURNE. The decks were perfectly suited to…

  Dick Stein

  December 13, 2025

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, History, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, prototypes, Royal Canadian Navy, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  postwar fighter, preserved aircraft, Royal Canadian Navy

• RCN Swordfish – Part One – The Opportunity

  

  All you need is one – an opportunity, I mean. Then you can do the model you really want. This Novo re-pop of a FROG mould comes along a complex pathway from 1971 through to 1980. I suspect the kit has lain dormant since then – a true survivor of Ye Olden Dayes. As I…

  Dick Stein

  September 24, 2025

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Collecting, Decals, frugality, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  FROG, Royal Canadian Navy, Swordfish

• RCN Avenger – Part Three – Grey and Grey

  

  Or should that be gray and gray? I’m sure there will be a fight amongst the readers about this, and I wish them all the bruises they deserve. I am just grateful that this time I have selected the proper RCN colours…and have not been misled by colour call-outs from some instruction sheet. In this…

  Dick Stein

  July 28, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Uncategorized

  colour, GSI Creos, museum, Royal Canadian Navy

• RCN Avenger – Part One – The Eh Model

  

  Another Sword model in the post – this one was a certain purchase as soon as I saw it had Royal Canadian Navy markings. The ASW and replenishment role that the Avenger took after service in the US Navy and Royal Navy in WWII eventually brought them to the RCN. It got rid of the…

  Dick Stein

  July 25, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Czech kits, Royal Canadian Navy

• Piasecki HUP Retreiver – Part Five – The Droop

  

  I am alternately delighted and saddened by my  first Piasecki. Delighted that it could be made as a Canadian aircraft and in a service that I have not yet explored – the Royal Canadian navy. Delighted that the lacquer paints turned out so well. Delighted that the tiny details of the landing gear actually worked…

  Dick Stein

  March 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, helicopter, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Polish models, Stein’s Air World

  helicopter, Piasecki, Royal Canadian Navy

• Piasecki Army Mule – Part Two – Army Mule = Navy Retriever.

  

  The Piasecki H25 Army Mule helicopter was not a very big lifter – even for a twin-rotor aircraft. None of the helicopters of the 50’s period were – they were limited by what their aero engines could do. The H 25 has a twin-row radial engine buried in the fuselage, but it is a small…

  Dick Stein

  March 1, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, helicopter, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Piasecki, rescue, Royal Canadian Navy