Tag: subassembly

• Douglas Dauntless – Part Two – The Hissy Fit

  

  Well, that’s not accurate – this is not a hissy fit – this kit has excellent fit. Whoever really moulded it, they have done a good job. The basic idea of the wing is Douglas all the way – see the general shape of the RCAF Nomad target tug I built earlier. Look at the…

  Dick Stein

  August 1, 2020

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Polish models, Scale Models, subassembly

  Douglas Dauntless, dry fit, subassembly

• Douglas C-47 – Part Three – One Day

  

  Well, it was a temperate and pleasant summer day and no-one needed me, so I just popped the top on the Italeri kit, washed the sprue trees, and got on with it. The component parts you see here laid out ready for temporary or permanent assembly were the result of about 5 hours of cutting,…

  Dick Stein

  July 27, 2020

  1:72 scale, airliner, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Workshop

  Douglas C-47, fillers, Liquitape, subassembly

• RCAF Lancaster – Part Five – Subassembly

  

  I think one of the nicest things about the new Airfix kits is the way that they have decided upon the subassembly moulding. In the case of the Lancaster they’ve done something that I have not seen before…but would like to see again. The point of assembly for many aircraft builds that makes me nervous…

  Dick Stein

  May 18, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, workflow

  aero engines, Airfix, Lancaster, subassembly

• RCAF Lancaster – Part Four – Button Up

  

  The interior detailing on the fuselage was finally done – here’s what it looks like with no additional parts or work: The map is a decal. Pretty neat for no photo-etch. The other thing I commend Airfix for is the strut and former construction that mean the wings are going to go on right. Of…

  Dick Stein

  May 18, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  Airfix, Lancaster, subassembly

• North American AT6 – Part Two – Building The Factory Build

  

  I am aware that Hobby Boss airplane kits are viewed as little-kid stuff by many modellers. Easy assembly, few extra parts, defined edges to some mouldings. The up-and-down assembly of a fuselage and wing unit  – sometimes with horizontal stabilizer attached – suggests an activity for the ungifted. Perhaps it is so, but you need…

  Dick Stein

  May 15, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Harvard, Hobby Boss, subassembly

• Junkers 52 – Part Four – The Interior Gem

  

  Remember I once wrote that you should make a model of anything that you model? Well here is a prime example provided by Italeri in their moulding of the Junkers 52 – the interior fitments. As you can see a fair amount of the interior through the large rectangular passenger windows, I figured it would be…

  Dick Stein

  October 21, 2018

  1:72 scale, German aircraft, Model Airplane, subassembly, Uncategorized

  cabin seating, Junkers, subassembly