Tag: trainers

• Yakovlev 6 – Part Three – The Beauty Within

  

  The crude nature of some kits is so overwhelming that many people just cannot bring themselves to build them. This is the result of the continuing development of the hobby over the last 70 Years. We in the west have benefited tremendously from the initial efforts of the British, American, and French firms that took…

  Dick Stein

  December 22, 2021

  1:72 scale, Model Airplane, Russian models, Soviet aircraft, subassembly, Uncategorized

  Soviet model, subassembly, trainers

• Miles Magister – Part One – Cute And Clean

  

  Every so often you need to have a change from heavily-armed warplanes or state-of-the-art jets. You need something small and simple and bright. You need a trainer. Of course the real things were all this and more and perfectly able to kill instructors and students who made mistakes…but that is not what I am intending…

  Dick Stein

  October 2, 2020

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Miles Magister, RAAF Bull Creek, trainers

• Northrop Nomad – Part One – Starting To See A Pattern Develop

  

  I’m not the brightest of individuals but I can see a trend emerging – the Czechs are taking over*. At least they seem to be taking over the shelves of the local hobby shops with their 1:72 scale plastic model kits. I’ve encountered them in Melbourne and again here in Perth and it would appear…

  Dick Stein

  April 14, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Czech models, Hobby Shops, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Uncategorized

  Czech models, Northrop, trainers