Tag: Spokane

• Convair Atlas D – Part Two – Cement Day

  

  This is no finger-tangler of a model. A day or two of cementing and sanding and the air compressor can be turned on. The assembly is no mean feat, however, as the tolerances with which this kit are moulded are anything but generous. Each of the location pins has had to be shaved to get…

  Dick Stein

  March 3, 2023

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, research, Scale Models, subassembly

  Atlas ICBM, Spokane, warheads

• Good Morning, Walter – Part 15 – Aluminium Overcast

  

  Walter, the term ” Aluminium Overcast ” has been laughingly applied to a number of large aircraft in the past. But I think the only true claimant is the Convair B-36 ” Peacemaker ” bomber of the 1950’s. The heading image is of a Revell model of the 1955-57 period. The scale is anyone’s guess…

  Dick Stein

  December 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Box Art, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  B36, FAIRCHILD AFB, Revell, Spokane, Washington