Category: Czech models
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The Integrated Multi-Level Spatial Constructional Workflow Paradigm

Oops, sorry. I had the Dilbert switch turned on there when I typed that. Lemme turn it off. Here we go again. ” When To Glue Things On. ” That’s better. As a topic it may seem a lot more complex than it really is…because the whole thing basically is not to stick something on…
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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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Move Over Acme Manufacturing Co…

Because the Little Workshop is here and we’ve got the ideas that’ll make your life easier. They’re not giant projects – they’re not vast concepts – but by golly when we think things up, they’re half-vast. Like our new model building supports. We’ve all had times whilst building an airplane kit when we needed to…
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Impatience Is Better than No Patience At All

Hurry up and read this essay – I want to get on and write more. Come on, come on…move your eyes faster…Sheesh… And get on with that model. You’ve had it for over a week and it’s still not done. The box says it’s quick to build…and who are you to make the manufacturer look…
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Northrop Nomad – Part Three – Bumblebee

If you are going to let teach inexperienced airmen the arts of flying, you send them up in training aircraft. And it’s not just the pilots that need to be up in the air – the observers, gunners, navigators, radio operators, flight engineers, and flight attendants also have to get their feet off the ground.…
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Northrop Nomad – Part Two – A Sea Of Plastic

I have never been so happy to see a plastic bag full of parts before. Particularly as they are all injection-moulded with nary a resin part in sight. The new Northrop Nomad kit ( also known as the DB8A3N ) is a return to traditional construction. There is evidence of thought throughout the box. In…
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Northrop Nomad – Part One – Starting To See A Pattern Develop

I’m not the brightest of individuals but I can see a trend emerging – the Czechs are taking over*. At least they seem to be taking over the shelves of the local hobby shops with their 1:72 scale plastic model kits. I’ve encountered them in Melbourne and again here in Perth and it would appear…
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Enamel Is The First Bottle Off The Shelf

Well, in for a penny, in for a Pound…I decided that the Special Hobby Avro Anson MkI was the test bed for the Humbrol system. Other people may know it as the Angst-on but I make my own discoveries… After painting up the interior and locking it into the fuselage, I covered over the windows…
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The Complete Story Of…Sin Five

” Well? Where is it? Where’s the last part of the title? We paid for the whole damn title…” I’ll get round to it eventually…but first a word about sloth for modellers. The word is – slow down. No sense rushing a modelling job. Slow and steady wins the race. A good job well begun…
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What’cha Got Cookin’ ?

Ansons…I couldn’t get the plain variety so this is the one with resins…I mean raisins… Currently it is raisin’ my blood pressure. I was nearly right by the time I got to spraying the grey undercoat on the ship. I’d filled and sanded as much as I thought I could decently do, and resisted the…
