Tag: silver finish

• Beech AT-11 – Part Two – Silver Wings

  

  I was always impressed with the US Army Air Force when they decided to strip the olive drab and neutral grey off their ships and just polish the aluminum* skins and send them over Germany and Japan like that. The period reports cite a 5 knot increase in speed occasioned by a smoother outer surface…

  Dick Stein

  December 14, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Organisation, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Beechcraft, Mr. Color, silver finish, USAAF

• Sandown Park 2019 – Part One – Silver

  

  Well, there we were, folks – Sandown Park in Melbourne for the 2019 model exhibition. Plenty of parking, real live motor cars circling the track, and a large canteen area set aside for the punters. What more could one want? One of the first tables that caught the eye after I rounded the Wall O’…

  Dick Stein

  June 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Australian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Model building club, Painting, Scale Models

  model exhibition, Sandown Park, silver finish