Tag: working features

• Matchbox Helldiver – Part Three – The Hubley Kit

  

  If you are from North America you’ll recognise the name Hubley. They were a die-cast toy maker of the 40’s and 50’s who made larger size offerings. I owned a Hubley Bell telephone truck with working winch and pole trailer – surely an odd choice of prototype even for the times. I observed other kids…

  Dick Stein

  August 29, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, design, die cast, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Toys, Uncategorized

  Hubley, Matchbox, wings, working features

• Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part Two – Monogrammar

  

  That’s learning to speak the language of the 1980’s, and it’s sort of crude. Not nasty, but basic… The Monogram company was an object of my admiration in the 1950’s. I sought their kits in preference to others as they always seemed to be moulded with better fit and had operating features that rewarded the…

  Dick Stein

  January 2, 2021

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  early kits, Monogram, working features