Recent content by Tail-dragon

Painting was accomplished with Tamiya acrylics, Sky lowers (XF-21), Slate grey (XF-73) and Dark sea grey (XF-77) uppers. Weathering was with oils and pastels. The tail flash was masked and sprayed with the colors mixed to match decals. After decalling, the last step was adding the wing float...

On the wing floats, I pre-drilled #80 (.013") holes to accept .010" phosphor-bronze wires for the rigging, and .030" holes in the strut tops for brass pins to mount them to the wing. I found, to install the gear leg, the mount pin had to be removed, and a flat, horizontal pad replaced it. The...

Sorry it took so long to continue - short family trip followed by a case of Covid. ... to continue, after finishing the interior, I installed the side windows with gap filling zap-a-gap applied with a toothpick in dabs from the outside, sanded flush and then polished. This gives a seamless...

Don't be scared! It actually builds quite nicely, but as any short run kit, you have to check and adjust the fit of all parts, and consider the instructions as mere suggestions.

When I moved on to the fuselage (hull?) a few things became apparent. The wheel wells took a lot of cutting, scraping and fitting to go in, the opening for the lower gear doors had to be cut out (at a 45 degree angle), the lower gear links need this to go in, and for the lower door to fit, not...

I thought I would share a recent build, the 1/48 Czech Models Grumman Goose. I have read that this kit was under development for Classic Airframes, but with the demise of CA, was released by Czech Models. It certainly has the look and feel of a CA short run kit. As a short run kit it, is a nice...

I've always been happy with Tamiya Titanium silver base, a couple of coats of Treseme hair spray (applied with an airbrush) and then the camo. Chipped with dampening small areas, and chipped with a sharpened toothpick, on the point of a #11 blade. Overcoated with Future, flat spray.

I've been asked to introduce myself, so, here goes. I've been an IPMS (Winnipeg, and Canada) member for almost 50 years, stash hoarder and builder for the same! (I seem to acquire at about a 15:1 ratio to building!) 5 years as a bush pilot in northern Canada, and an aircraft mechanic, lead, and...

I've ordered from Super Hobby (Poland) many times, and found they have first class service in every respect! They also have some of the best prices, and the expedited shipping is MUCH less expensive (Poland to Canada) than the from the U.S to Canada, and much quicker than you would expect from...