Tag: Wet Dog Regional

• Good Morning, Staff.

  

  Good morning. You may be wondering why I have called you here today. The first thing was to trial the ability of Photoshop to make focus stacking images automatically – a task which it has performed admirably. There are a few errors in the image taken of you but they can be largely overlooked. The…

  Dick Stein

  February 5, 2020

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Dioramas, Figure modelling, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Air World Museum, staff members, Wet Dog Regional

• De Havilland Twin Otter- Part Six – Alta Oil CF-ALO

  

  The Twin Otter lives again. And with a fresh coat of gloss paint, too. CF-ALO is now ready for delivery to Alta Oil flying out of Wet Dog Regional in Alberta. Her skis are stored in the hangar against winter and the wheels are in use today. WRRegional doesn’t really like pilots fitting them until…

  Dick Stein

  October 20, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Uncategorized, Utility Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Alta Oil, De Havilland, Twin Otter, Wet Dog Regional

• The New Direction Is Direction-finding

  

  Idly surfing the net recently I noted that the RCAF station that I have taken as my inspiration was, for quite some time, a radar early warning facility as well as a training air base. This continued right through the period of time that my model layout depicts. I couldn’t resist the temptation to use…

  Dick Stein

  April 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, Dioramas, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  Pinetree Line, radar, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• Donny’s House

  

  When I went to play at Donny’s house I made sure that I went to the bathroom at home first. Even if I didn’t have to go just then. It wasn’t a problem with dirty toilets – not that at all. That was a school problem, but as long as you didn’t need to do…

  Dick Stein

  February 24, 2019

  1:72 scale, card models, Dioramas, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, Wet Dog Regional

• Andrichuk’s House

  

  Al’s retired and Vera knows it – because he is hanging around the house all day. Not that he does much to make it look better – he’s content that it had a coat of paint on the trim when he built it and doesn’t see where he needs to go mad with a paintbrush…

  Dick Stein

  February 23, 2019

  1:72 scale, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, frugality, retirement, Wet Dog Regional

• Frugal Week Big Finish

  

  The week came to an end on a good note – yet another cereal-box building for a model airfield is complete – making a total of 7 this week – 4 for RCAF Wet Dog and 3 for Wet Dog Regional Airport. This one derives from a Scale Model Scenery download kit – it started as…

  Dick Stein

  February 20, 2019

  1:72 scale, Block Models, Canadian aircraft, card models, Dioramas, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card structures, frugality, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• Hut, Hut, Hut…

  

  All three huts, in fact, destined for either the radar station at Wet Dog Regional or the ablutions block at RCAF Wet Dog – wherever they will do the most good. They are the first fruits of Frugal Days – the week in which I do not build an expensive plastic kit, but rather turn…

  Dick Stein

  February 13, 2019

  1:72 scale, Civil aircraft, Dioramas, Military models, Modelling materials, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  card models, frugality, RCAF Wet Dog, Wet Dog Regional

• A New Superhero For The DC Or Marvel Universe

  

  I don’t know which comic book empire is which, but I can recognise super-talent when I see it. I’m even more delighted to be able to report that it has surfaced in one of my favourite people – me. Captain Frugal. Nicknamed Cheap John. One afternoon I decided to get down to it and build…

  Dick Stein

  December 27, 2018

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  foamcore, frugality, scratchbuilt structures, Wet Dog Regional