Tag: security

• De Havilland Beaver – Part Two – Let Me Clear Something Up…

  

  A recent build of another Airfix Vintage Classic kit – a Westland Whirlwind helicopter – pointed out the perils of remoulding 1950’s models. The clear plastic on that one was appalling. This Vintage Classic is of a newer year – 1971 – and the clear parts have improved immensely. But they are still just the…

  Dick Stein

  December 6, 2023

  1:72 scale, adhesives, Canadian aircraft, design, Light plane, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  cement, glue, security, windows

• Caproni C-311 – Part Two – FINALLY!

  

  Finally I figure out a way to stop being clumsy. I build a great many kits, and find that I like to keep busy in the various stages by doing sub assemblies and finishing them before they are added to the main airframe. It is much the same as was done with wartime factories and…

  Dick Stein

  August 11, 2023

  1:72 scale, frugality, Italian aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Organisation, Scale Models, subassembly, workflow

  parts, security, subassemblies

• Bomber In A Box

  

  No, it’s not a horrible new addition to home delivery of food and parcels. This bomber is in a box for a good reason. When you start a collection of scale models, you really need to start with the biggest darn one you’re ever going to build and work back from that. Then, when you…

  Dick Stein

  May 12, 2022

  1:72 scale, Collecting, frugality, Model Airplane, Organisation, Scale Models, Storage and display, Uncategorized

  1:72, collection, security, storage