Category: finances
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The AGM
I missed one AGM this year while recovering from surgery. Feeling much better, I got complacent, and decided that I could go to a different one with impunity. As it was to be held in a pub, what could possibly go wrong…? Well, the start time was an hour before the bar opened and the…
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Who In Their Right Mind
Would line up to buy old model kits? I don’t know. Because just after I shot this panorama ( not a complete one, mind…) I joined the end of the queue. It was like the Oklahoma Land Rush, but in styrene. Some stash sales are sedate affairs. Discretely attended by studious enthusiasts who quietly murmur…
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When The Shopkeeper Gets Coy
When they run the product in the shelf so that you cannot see the price tag… When they put a “ Special “ sticker on something that has been there longer than you have been shaving… When they use that same “ Special “ sticker on something that has only just been shelved… You know…
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Why’d You Build A Model Of THAT?
There are many paths, Grasshopper… a. It was the plane my father flew in the Battle of Britain. He was on the Finnish side. They shot at EVERYBODY. Little Helsinki on the Avon was a hotbed of aerial warfare. b. I had the money and the shop owner seduced me…by putting the kit on the…
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A Kit Too Far
If you are observant at stash sales you can tell which models will be coming onto the table at a good price. Not initially, perhaps – we have all seen the ambitious price tag on a scale box. Sometimes it is high enough to over-run new kits currently available in the shops. This can be…
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Well Sir, I See’d It
It were right there – right in front of everbody. Ya couldn’t hardly miss it. Little ol’ box – ’bout the size of a 1/72 Mustspitschmitt. Sez it is an 1/72 RAAF trainer with decals. Sorta thing an Australian model plane person might like to build. Might like to build if they have a spare…
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There Is No Such Thing As A Free Launch
Just ask down at the boatyard… Whenever you are enjoying what you think is a freebie, look carefully about you and see what it has cost. There are money trails leading everywhere and down them cash flows ceaselessly. In most cases it is away from you. If you are allowed to use a public room…
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The Makers Of The Kits Do Not Make Them For Your Pleasure
They make them for your money. Anything downstream of this is just an extra. Remember this when you look at the Verell kit that costs $ 35.00; the 1:53.5 scale one that has “ 1951 ” moulded inside the wing. It has been returning cash to the pockets of Verell for 75 years and pretty…
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The Clean-Up
New year seemed to demand new experiences. Also new work. So I rather hurried to complete a model before midnight. It was not hard…just a small one. That meant that January could start afresh at the club with a new kit. The stash owner always has the problem of which to select. In my case…
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Do You Trust Your Dealer?
No, I’m not referring to the one with the ziplock bags of powder… I mean the one with the cardboard boxes of styrene kits. You should get some help… Your hobby dealer is your friend, if you will be his. You both have a vested interest in seeing the other happy and successful. All it…
The Little World 