Tag: structures

• The Itch Builder

  

  And I write because I am just that when the need arises. These days I build mostly model aircraft in one scale. I like to photograph them in my studio and need structures and accessories to go with the kit-built planes. The trade is pretty lax about making things for model aircraft…very much so in…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2024

  1:72 scale, Collecting, design, display, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, scratch-building, Uncategorized

  1/72, airfields, structures

• The Scale Of My Problem

  

  I have a problem*. The scale of my model airplanes is 1:72 – and that is the general scale to which I wish to build my model airfields. I have been lucky so far – the British card kits from Superquick and Metcalf are mostly in 1:72 or 1:76 ( an acceptable compromise ) and…

  Dick Stein

  August 26, 2019

  1:72 scale, die cast, Dioramas, Model cars, Modelling Supplies, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  scale, structures, vehicles

• When The World Gives You Lemons

  

  Make a lemon meringue pie. SImple. This meme business is getting tame… When the world gives you MDF board, Foamcore sheets, and old pieces of matt board you have more of a challenge. The thing to realise about it is that the ingredients essentially cost pennies and anything you do with them raises the value…

  Dick Stein

  November 18, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Dioramas, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  RCAF Wet Dog, scratchbuilt structures, structures