WW2 Model Airplane Kits

Re-scribing panel lines, the very term can make even experienced modelers cringe. Now the molds used for the Italeri kit are the old AMT/ERTL ones and show some deterioration from age. The fuselage is not to well formed and requires some remedial work sanding filling and re-scribing of panel lines.
Now this is very easily said [...]

July 13th, 2009 | Tags: Array, Case Line, Circles, Cock Pit, Drawings, Dry Brushing, Eduard, Electrical Tape, Fuselage, Fuses, Glue, Instrument Panel, Italeri, Line Drawings, Lion Roar, Modeller, Moulds, Oil Washes, Panel Lines, Pundits, Putty, Rectangles, Reference Material, Remedial Work, Rudder Pedals, Scriber, Scribes, Shapes, Squares, Tri Tool, Triangles | Category: 1-48 P40M-N, 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airplane Model Building, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, RNZAF 15 Squadron, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

While searching for information on the P40M for my current project I came across several websites that I had forgotten, or simply had forgot to book mark. So it seems prudent to write a timely reminder on researching your subject and the importance of bookmarking your Internet references.
While caught up in the research for your [...]

July 11th, 2009 | Tags: Back Button, Book Mark, Browser, Current Project, Different Ways, Free Source, Hurry, Internet References, Line Drawings, Reason, Search Engine, Search Engines, Source Of Information, Timely Reminder, Wealth Of Knowledge, Web Page, Web Pages, Websites Content, Wonderful Things | Category: 1-48 P40M-N, 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Cheap Model Airplanes to Buy, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, RNZAF 15 Squadron, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

Federal standard colours and their equivalents in hobby paints.
While taking a break from figuring out how to document my build on the 1/48 scale Italeri P40M-N I’ll be building next, I realized I had two 1/72 scale kits of the North American Harvard to build. One by Airfix and the other by Academy. I liked [...]

July 5th, 2009 | Tags: Academy, Acrylic Paints, Airfix, Camouflage, Colour Scheme, Colour Schemes, Colours, Enamel, Equivalents, Federal Standard, Google, Half The Battle, Ipmsstockholm, North American Harvard, Paint Brush, Paint Scheme, Paints, Stocks, Wonderful Things, World War Two | Category: 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment