The Little World

This is not as dire as it sounds.

Of course the upright, uptight, upper class Victorian would never do it…but then they never did. They reserved their showing off for a funeral cortege and a statue in the local gardens.

I plan on two show-off shows this year; one at the annual scale model festival and one at a public library during a school vacation. The former is the more comfortable one – one has a hundred like-minded adults in the hall showing off their work, and as long as yours is not better than theirs, they will tolerate you.

The library gig is over three days – a small club will show three or four trestles of their work to the library patrons while sitting there absorbing commentary. I do not imagine that it will be flattering – youth is rarely that and never when in a body. I look forward to this, as I am the sort of kindly old gentleman who will sneer right back.

I do not expect the models displayed will escape from damage or theft in the library. I do not intend to put out anything that is irreplaceable.

Do we expect to recruit hordes of keen youngsters? I hope not – my studio doesn’t open to anyone under 18. However, you never can tell whether a retired person will take an interest in the hobby, as I did, and start visiting. One is enough to repay any pains taken.