"Space Laser" 1/72-Scale Paper Model

Rep. Green actually made this outlandish suggestion in a public speech in 2018. The extreme absurdity was too much to ignore, and DissentPins.com came up the "Secret Jewish Space Laser Corp" patch. I thought their effort deserved at least a prototype, so I built one. It's a joke; no offense intended.

DeHavilland Canada DHC2T Turbo Beaver "Raven" -- 1/48 scale paper model

This was a beta build of Design Group Alpha's (DGA) newest livery in their series of Turbo Beaver kits. Wingspan is just about twelve inches. I spent about 20 hours building the kit. I added toothpick spars in the horizontal and vertical tail and stripwood spars in the wings. And I added an extra layer of cardstock to the rudders--probably the most fragile parts of the model. Otherwise, it's "straight out of the box." The kit should be available soon here. Other liveries are available now in both turbo and recip versions.

The floats were much easier to build than I expected. DGA's design provides a sturdy and good-looking float with a minimum of fuss.

I found the instructions generally very good. They were a bit vague in a few areas, but photos of the finished kit made up for it. As with all of the DGA Turbo Beaver kits, those photos will be posted and downloadable with the kits. The artwork is excellent, fit of the parts is good to excellent, and the finished model is eye-catching. The kit includes parts for floats, skis, and conventional landing gear.

I think I'll pick one of the other liveries and scale it up to 1/32.