Some useful articles

Articles of interest from past Sapmails, member and non-member submissions.

General | Aircraft | Auto | Armour I Science Fiction

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General

• Home Truths
  By Castor & Pollux
  Castor & Pollux provide a commentary on SAPMA members vs. membership fees.
  
  
• Odd War Facts...you may not have known.
  by Mark Powley
  Some interesting facts about various wars.
  
  
• More Strange War Facts...you may not have known.
  by Mark Powley
  Some more interesting war facts.
  
  
• The Model Builders Guide for the Real World
  by Unknown
  Hilarious guide for modelling AFVs.
  
  
• How to be a Gold Medal Winning Modeller
  by Mark Powley
  Have you ever noticed at Modelling competitions that the same people seem to win all the time? Frustrated that you never even seem close to winning? Can't figure out what you're doing wrong? Well, read on and I'll reveal all the secrets necessary to make your models winners.
  
  
• Model Show Reports
  by Harald Christ and Alex Thomas
  Harald and Alex report on Melbourne's 2000 NNL and Aust Model Championships. A few images are included.
  
  
• How to win a Trophy
  by Tom Heinrich
  A Light hearted advice column from Tom with lots of hints and tips to help you win a trophy.

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Aircraft

• Assault Ekranoplan
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart modifies the Revell Ekranoplan to an Assault Ekranoplan.
  
  
• Blohm & Voss P.193.01
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart takes us through building the 1/72 scale Planet Models resin kit.
  
  
• Building Hasegawa's XF5U-1 Flying Pancake
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart builds the XF5U-1 in a RAAF What If scheme.
  
  
• Building the Huma Ju Ef128
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart builds Huma Models 1/72 Junkers Ju EF128.
  
  
• DeHavilland DH88 Comet
  By Clive Paling
  A short history of the DeHavilland Comet.
  
  
• DeHavilland DH88 Comet Part 2:
  The Great 1934 London - Melbourne Air Race
  By Clive Paling
  A continuation of the above article.

• Flights of Fancy - What if RAAF and RAN.
  By Mark Powley
  A brief look at some of the aircraft not chosen by the RAAF and RAN, and what they may have looked like if they went into service.
  
  
• Harrier GR3 Weathering, some observations.
  By Ken Switzer
  Some personal observations regarding weathering on Harrier GR3s.
  
  
• Painting the Northrop P-61 Black Widow
  This article provides the full range of painting information on the P-61 Black Widow using extracts from the official manual. Everything you need to know.
  
  
• Spitfire Oil Stains and A British Mistel!
  Find out the types of oil used on the Spitfire and what colour they were. Plus just what would a British Mistel look like? Find out here..
  
  
• TSR-2 What If?
  by Stuart Beatson
  A look at why the TSR-2 project was cancelled and what possibly could have happened if it had gone into production.
  
  
• TSR-2 What If? Part 2
  by Stuart Beatson & Mark Powley
  Continuation of the above article.
  
  
• TSR-2 What If? Postscript
  By Stuart Beatson & Mark Powley
  An interesting snippet regarding the above two articles.
  
  
• A What If Fairey Rotodyne
  By Mark Powley
  The trials and tribulations of turning the Airfix Rotodyne into a What-if version.
  
  
  

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Auto

• The "John Zink" KurtisKraft KK500C
  By Alan Thorpe
  An article on an early Indy Car which combines a bit of history with modelling.
  
  
• Modelling Heller's 1/12 Ligier JS11
  By Alan Thorpe
  Alan looks at Heller's Ligier kit, its shortcomings and some ways of fixing them. This page is fairly image intensive so it may take a bit longer to load.
  
  
• Fixing the Tyres of Heller's Ligier JS11 and Renault RE20/23
  By Alan Thorpe
  The worst parts of these kits are the tyres.In this article, Alan shows you how to resin cast replacements.
  
  
• The Lotus 25/29/33 Series Part 1
  By Alan Thorpe
  In this two part series, Alan looks at the Lotus 25/29/33 series racers, the available models of them and how to get them looking right.
  
  
• The Lotus 25/29/33 Series Part 2
  By Alan Thorpe
  In this two part series, Alan looks at the Lotus 25/29/33 series racers, the available models of them and how to get them looking right.
  
  
• The McLaren MP4/12 in 1/20 Scale
  By Alan Thorpe
  Alan looks at the McLaren MP4/12 and combines a bit of history with modelling.

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Armour

• Man vs Machine: A Brief History of the Infantryman's War Against the Tank
  By Clive Paling
  Clive looks at the evolution of the Tank and the weapons used against it.
  
  

• Alan Hobbies/Dragon Su-76M Suka Light Assault Gun
  By Mark Powley
  Mark takes us through how to get the best out of this kit.
  

• Building the Dragon 1/35th scale Maus With Night Fighting Gear
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart builds the Dragon Maus as a What If night fighter
  

• T-80H Hovertank
  By Mark Powley
  An old kit is renovated to give it a new look.
  

• M1 Abrams AGDS
  By Mark Powley
  Building the proposed AGDS variant of the Abrams MBT.
  
  
  

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Science Fiction

• Building Monogram's Kazon Cruiser From Star Trek Voyager
  By Stuart Beatson
  Stuart takes us through the building of Monogram's Kazon Cruiser.
  
  
• AT-ST Walker
  By Mark Powley
  Improving the AMT/Ertl AT-ST Walker from star Wars
  
  

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