Tag: Texan

• Canadian Car And Foundry Harvard II – Part Two – You Need Not Believe All You See

  

  But you should believe me. Honest. The aviation aficionados may be wondering why a railway carriage company should be credited with building Harvard II aircraft – when we all know North American made the AT-6 Texan and SNJ. Well they also leased out the plans for the things to other makers – a lot like…

  Dick Stein

  January 9, 2022

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Harvard, licensed construction, RCAF, Texan

• North American AT6 – Part Six – All Bombed Up

  

  And ready for the party.   I am not going to make invidious comparisons between the Academy Texan and that of Hobby Boss – I have enjoyed building each maker’s version. The faster build on the latter model is in part due to the simple construction, though this in turn is due to what must…

  Dick Stein

  May 19, 2019

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, American aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Israeli aircraft, Texan, Weathering

• North American AT6 – Part Three – The Universal Airplane

  

  What do you want from a model kit? A unique subject that was only ever built once, by one maker, for one flyer? A model that can never be made in an alternative form? Buy yourself a ” Spirit of St. Louis ” and a pot of silver paint, Charlie, and away you go. After…

  Dick Stein

  May 16, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  air forces, production aircraft, prototypes, Texan