Tag: wings

• Grumman Martlet Mk. IV – Part Five – The Problematical Star

  

  The Martlet is done and I am very pleased with it. The folding wing feature is perfect for my Air World museum theme and this time the paint job looks good. And I am expecting a world of weird questions when people see the insignia on the plane. The official story is this: The invasion…

  Dick Stein

  September 1, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  camouflage, Grumman Martlet, insignia, wings

• Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Three – Good Idea – Bad Idea

  

  I’m not the person in the factory who designs the planes, okay? I’m just the one at the end of the line who glues ’em together. So it’s not my fault. The Liberator is a heavy bomber – in all senses of the word. It needs to be well-built to survive. So does the model.…

  Dick Stein

  July 27, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Consolidated Liberator, stabilisers, wings

• Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part Five – Wings And Tail

  

  The plan of doing work on the Boeing Fortress at our club meeting rooms is working well, if I remember that I need to paint some things at home with the airbrush first. The club spray room is in the process of reconstruction and in any case may not have the sort of items I…

  Dick Stein

  July 5, 2019

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  engines, fuselage, wings