Tag: seaplane

• Supermarine Stranraer – Part Two – The Green Lizard

  

  Well, that’s what it looked like… The fit of the Matchbox Stranraer fuselage was exemplary. I needed no filler on the centre seams at all. The dorsal gun area, however, needed some careful fairing in to look realistic. That’s a heavy covering of Mr. Hobby white putty you see in the heading image and it…

  Dick Stein

  September 13, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  fuselage, seaplane, Stranraer

• Supermarine Stranraer – Part One – Matchbox March

  

  The Flory modelling group are going to embark upon a fun build every year – Matchbox March. They intend to build the classic old Matchbox kits – some with enamel paints – much as they might have been done in the 70’s and 80’s. I intended to follow along myself with one of Paul’s stash…

  Dick Stein

  September 12, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, RCAF GLEET BAY

  MAtchbox March, RCAF, seaplane

• Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Three – MX-B

  

  That book is a gem. It’s got MX-B both as a profile drawing and in actual photographs. It’s also got photos of their base in British Columbia – perhaps I’ll build a seaplane base one day. For now, MX-B will feature in the Coastal Command hall in the Air World museum. Its colour is a…

  Dick Stein

  August 24, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Museums, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Coastal Command, RCAF, seaplane, Vickers