Tag: wings
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Matchbox Helldiver – Part Two – Wing It Or Sling It?
Here’s a dilemma. I’ve pictures of the prototype SB2C with folded wings. And the Matchbox kit has folding wings. But they are folded on the toy principle and look bloody awful. I have low standards but every now and then something shows up that undercuts them. I have built folded wings on an Airfix Devastator…
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Curtiss Helldiver – Part Four – Euclid Was Never A Scale Modeller
Because he could never get the geometry right… I look fondly on equilateral triangles and acute angles – many of my friends can best be described as angular and obtuse – and I like to see the geometry of the model airplane come out well. I wish this was the case with every short-run kit.…
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Ilyushin 4 – Part Two – Why You Do This Sergey?
Every model kit is an adventure in a cardboard box – some are the Walt Disney types and some are the Jumanji sort… In the case of the Ilyushin 4, I arrived at the wing stage and took some time out to be flabberghasted. The construction of the thing is a unique departure. The engine…
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Mitsubishi Ann – Part Five – Fillet Of Mitsubishi
With soy sauce and a few fish eggs… Actually the Ann took more filler than I expected to get a smooth fuselage/wing interface. I didn’t mind – I’d done the hard yards with those pins so the filler was worth it, Note that the Ann’s undercart is one of the chief charms of the design…
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Mitsubishi Ann – Part Four – I Know Trouble…
I know trouble when I see it. I know it even better when I wallow in it. That’s fun, but not as much fun as steering around it. As I have done with the Mitsubishi Ann. The sterling quality of the fuselage, wing, and tailplane castings were evident when I dry fitted them. But they…
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Curtiss Hawk Model 75 – Part Three – Trench Warfare
The fit of the parts on the Revell Curtiss Hawk was very good – square, plumb, and true, but the top surfaces of the wings stood clear of the fuselage fairing by a good millimeter on both sides. If this part was subject to no stress nor expected to flex in any way, it could…
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Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Five – Airframe Day
Well, the Peggy is closed up and winged. Airframe day passed successfully. I do not decry the Czech makers of short-run kits for their economies of production – at least I do not condemn them too much. I appreciate the fact that they bring me things I could otherwise never have. But I do miss…
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Avro Tutor – Part Two – So Far, So Good
The assembly of the AZ Avro Tutor so far is encouraging. the fuselage is straight and the interior built up nicely – I even managed the photo-etch seat belts as the cockpit is open. The landing gear is solid once the three struts are braced against each other. The tail wheel will never last…
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Heinkel HE 111 – Part Four – The Elegant Wing
Some aeroplane wings are ugly things. Go look at the Junkers Ju52 in broad daylight. Some are incredible – get out a picture of a B-36. And some, like this Heinkel HE 111 wing, are pieces of real sculpture. Don’t look too long at the engine nacelles – they were covered in an earlier post.…
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‘Tis A Gift To Be Simple…
And ’tis even a greater gift when the simplicity comes free…and at the proper time. I have no idea where the instrument seen in the heading image came from. It has been setting in the odd-tool drawer of my modelling cabinet for years. I suspect it came from an art supply store or was remaindered…
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