Tag: simplicity

• Curtiss SBC-4 – Part Two – In Praise Of Heller

  

  It is unfashionable in the British Commonwealth to speak well of the French. The old prejudices born of war and ambition stretch back as far as William the Conqueror and have been topped up and re-aligned every century since then. It goes the other way, of course – the French despise the English nearly as…

  Dick Stein

  March 13, 2022

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  Airfix, England, France, Heller, simplicity

• Not Every Kit Is For Every Body

  

  And some kits are for no-body at all. The choice you make of a kit to build is affected by many factors; type, era, maker, price, availability, and box art. The last-named may seem like a stranger to the list, but it frequently is the most powerful impetus to buy. Unfortunately it can also be…

  Dick Stein

  January 7, 2022

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, design, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  appeal, complexity, kit choice, reward, simplicity

• Problem Solvered

  

  Advice offered in jest to a person in a modelling club has just lit up a lightbulb in my mind. I’ve a perfect solution to the problem of painting. Well, not to ALL the problems – but at least to the business of getting the right colour onto the models. We all spend hours…days…years…acquiring pots…

  Dick Stein

  January 5, 2022

  1:72 scale, Block Models, Colour Schemes, Decals, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Painting, Uncategorized

  collections, colours, Painting, simplicity

• Morane-Saulnier N – Part Two – Simplicity In Silver

  

  The Revell ( NZ ) model of the Morane-Saulnier N monoplane is the aviation equivalent of the spoiled vehicle kit it replaced – so simple in construction as to admit of assembly before painting. The pilot – Dimitri – has been painted separately and can rest in the shade while the rest of the build…

  Dick Stein

  September 2, 2021

  1:72 scale, design, French aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Morane Saulnier, Russian aircraft, simplicity

• Cheap Refreshment – F2A One

  

  After the recent spate of complexity – the Special Hobby Avro Anson Mk1 – I found myself with a thirst for simplicity and strong drink. My desire prompted me to look over the kit shelves at Hobbytech in Myaree. I have more Special Hobby and some Airfix on the stash shelf, but quite frankly I…

  Dick Stein

  April 3, 2018

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  1:72, Brewster, Buffalo, RAAF, simplicity