Category: Collecting
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The Clarion Call To Inaction
I attended a model car collector’s display yesterday at our favourite exhibition hall. it’s a once-a-year event that allows the people who make dioramas and displays to show off to the people of Perth. There are also trade tables that cater to those who make a hobby income out of selling toy cars. I had…
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Ye Olde Kitte
I went to the swap-meet section of the plastic modelling exhibition a little while ago and looked around. I do that – surreptitious spying is one of those hobbies that you can do with little initial outlay – Just a black cloak and broad – brimmed hat. The dark sunglasses and anarchist’s bomb are just…
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The Little World In The Big World
I recently visited York in Western Australia ( I believe they also have one in England…and a newer version in the USA…) and wandered through the York Motor Museum. It’s a commercial building in the main street of this country town that houses a number of the cars that a local mining magnate – Peter…
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How To Avoid Trouble
The heading image was taken at a meeting of our model collector’s club and represents an entry into the monthly contest – in this case on the topic of the letter ” O “. Orange motor cars, as you can see – these are various models of the Dodge used in ” The Dukes Of…
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How Dare You Attempt To Entertain Me!
One of my friends has commented that the world now seems to be full of people who are determined to be offended by something. I think he may be right, though it might always have been this way – we just never had the access to social media that brought it to our attention. What…
The Little World 