Hawkeye's Squawkbox

Inspiration For Paint Schemes

Gerald Voigt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:57:45 +0000

For those of us who build scale model aircraft, one area which many of us feel the need of subject expansion is the general aviation category. Recently I’ve read more than one forum poll asking modelers for their list of suggestions and general aviation subjects rank high among them. Aircraft such as Beechcrafts, Cessnas, Pipers both [...]

Enemy In The Sky - A Book Review

Gerald Voigt — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:01:07 +0000

At a recent model club meeting I found amongst the kits a fellow member was selling a book titled “Enemy In The Sky” which is written by Air Vice-Marshall Sandy Johnstone. Heck for a couple of bucks it was a perfect nightstand companion to read before retiring. This book is a diary accounting by Johnstone of [...]

Highlighting Panel Details On Talon NMF Acrylics

Gerald Voigt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:43:11 +0000

I’m puttering around with a Tamiya F-84G, probably the third I’ve built…love the kit! This is the second one I’ve finished using my Talon acrylic paints. This one I am using to test various washes to highlight the panel details. On my first pass I used the beta test samples of the new Raptor Sheen [...]