Category: Dioramas
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The Danger To Navigation
I shall call him Bill. Bill The Weatherman. The danger to navigation that they are always speaking about on the News At Ten. I shouldn’t wonder if there wasn’t a file on him down at the Admiralty. You see, Bill wrecks things. Cheerfully, and with great abandon. He does it on a professional basis if…
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Donny’s House
When I went to play at Donny’s house I made sure that I went to the bathroom at home first. Even if I didn’t have to go just then. It wasn’t a problem with dirty toilets – not that at all. That was a school problem, but as long as you didn’t need to do…
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Frugal Week Not Finished
Just when you thought the opera was over… I was idly browsing for OO scale building kits on the internet with the specific of Canadian outline. This sounds like a hiding to nothing, as OO is a British size and most of their card kits and other model supplies are resolutely centred on the their…
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Frugal Week Big Finish
The week came to an end on a good note – yet another cereal-box building for a model airfield is complete – making a total of 7 this week – 4 for RCAF Wet Dog and 3 for Wet Dog Regional Airport. This one derives from a Scale Model Scenery download kit – it started as…
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Hut, Hut, Hut…
All three huts, in fact, destined for either the radar station at Wet Dog Regional or the ablutions block at RCAF Wet Dog – wherever they will do the most good. They are the first fruits of Frugal Days – the week in which I do not build an expensive plastic kit, but rather turn…
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How Much Movement Do You Need To Be Alive?
If you are lichen…not a lot. Then again, you’ll never get to see much of the world on your holidays. You’ll end up being jealous of the toadstools and mushrooms…because they are such fungis…* The question is how much action do you need to have in your Little World to make it come alive –…
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A New Superhero For The DC Or Marvel Universe
I don’t know which comic book empire is which, but I can recognise super-talent when I see it. I’m even more delighted to be able to report that it has surfaced in one of my favourite people – me. Captain Frugal. Nicknamed Cheap John. One afternoon I decided to get down to it and build…
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The Museum Approach
Go to your local museum – it doesn’t matter what type you choose; art, science, technology, cars, planes, boats, dolls. If you’ve got an interest, go spark it at the museum. While you are oohing and ahhing at the exhibits, look about you at the facilities. The architecture of a museum can be as interesting…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Seven – Aw Shit…
Well there we was just driving along heading back to Missoula, and all of a sudden there was this damn noise. We knew it couldn’t be anything good, so we stopped. We were right. The Minicraft 1931 Ford Model A has come to a halt by the side of the road. It has been a…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Five – Did I Come Here To Dio?
No, you came here yesterdio…* Well, I am going to have a model, instead of a pile of parts in a box. It has been staring me out of countenance for three years and I am finally getting to grips with it. And as these things go, the grip gets just that little bit more…
The Little World 