Tag: RS Models

• Kawanishi Shiun – Part One – A Norm By Any Other Name

  

  If you are scandalised by the use of Allied code-names for Japanese aircraft of WW2, make sure you check back later when I use NATO reporting names for Soviet planes. This is officially the E15K1 but not again in this column. It is a Norm. A very special plane and welcome in the collection. I…

  Dick Stein

  March 19, 2023

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, frugality, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models

  float plane, Japanese, Kawanishi, RS Models

• Airspeed Envoy – Part One – The IKEA Airplane

  

  And it’s not Swedish at all. The reason I refer to this RS Models kit of the Airspeed Envoy by the shop name is that – like most of the goods that IKEA sell – it is very nearly what I want, but not quite…I could make do with it, and change it around, and…

  Dick Stein

  September 24, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, British aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airspeed, Czech kits, RS Models

• Caudron C-445 – Part One – The Metro Trawl

  

  I don’t know whether Metro Hobbies in Melbourne lie in wait for me or if it’s the other way round. As the flow of money goes east and the flow of plastic comes west, it doesn’t really matter. I tend to shop in three modes: Cheap, Curious, and Canadian. Some say that this is tautology,…

  Dick Stein

  August 21, 2022

  1:72 scale, airliner, Czech models, design, French aircraft, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Caudron, design, French Air Force, RS Models