Tag: Sword models

• Lockheed Rt 33 – Part Three – Lockup Stage

  

  The point of time when we have an airplane. One that encloses a well fitted wheel well complex, a nose weight, and a cockpit tub. Wings on, tail on, tip tanks on. It went surprisingly fast as the day wore on. The Sword kits are basically quite good – they are square and plumb. This…

  Dick Stein

  May 28, 2021

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

  fuselage, Lockheed, Sword models

• Lockheed RT 33 – Part Two – Do they Drink At Lunch In Prague?

  

  I’m willing to bet they do – it would explain a number of the design decisions that are found in Czech short-run kits. Not that I should complain, but I am slightly puzzled as to why basic components cannot be moulded as parts of the main fuselage or wing sections. They obviously have the skill…

  Dick Stein

  May 27, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Resin, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  injection moulding, Resin, Sword models

• Lockheed RT 33 – Part One – An Unexpected Delight

  

  In 2019 I visited a model exhibition in Melbourne and scoured the secondhand tables for bargains. I think I did pretty well in the decal files – the RCAF Lancaster decals were found as well as a $ 5.00 set of commemorative ones for the Lockheed CT-133. This was the Canadian version of the T-33…

  Dick Stein

  May 26, 2021

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, research, Scale Models

  Decals, Lockheed Shooting Star, RCAF, Sword models