Category: finances
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The Shelf Life
I have a miniature air museum of model airplanes. And a motor museum of model cars. And an air field. And an airport. And very little space to actually live in – I need to move a Tupolev sideways to sit on the toilet. Reform is needed. I thought that this was possible with IKEA.…
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Scale Model Philosophy 101
I once completed a very nice build of a very bad kit. It was not the worst one I had attempted, nor the best job I’d ever done, but it did bring into focus what has become my guiding principles. I hasten to add that these are not virtues or glories…just realisations about the hobby.…
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” The Rarest And Most Valuable…”
Toy cars in the world. That’s what the sideline headline said. Well, there we have it, Folks. The Facebook flash that tells you all you needed to know about monomaniacal greed. It may not have the eye-stopping power of the one about the fossilised Viking turd or the emotional appeal of the dewy-eyed kitten marching…
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Absolutely 100% Authentic And Certified
This model has been 100% certified by the Board Of Authenticity to be a completely accurate copy of the real thing. No expense has been spared to bring you the authentic feel, sight, sound, and smell of the original. The paints included in this kit have been stripped off the only remaining example of the…
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What Is A Senior Model? Part One.
And don’t get funny with the Mick Jagger or Keith Richards jokes…I mean scale models. What do people over 60 want in a scale model kit, and how can they get it? I can speak for myself as I passed that mark twelve years ago, but I am hesitant to decide for others. However, I…
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Old Moulders Never Die…
They just flash away… I have been engaged in dealing with plastic model kits that made from old moulds. In one case I suspected the thing was new on the market when I was in Grade 10 and had been offered in various guises ever since. The kit was fun to build, but I am…
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Every Puppy Poopy Has A Home?
I visit shops with an air of wonder. Sometimes it is wonder at what they have for sale and sometimes it is wonder at why I am there. And occasionally it is wonder at who could possibly want the stock. This was the case when I was in the retail photographic trade as a shop…
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Specialise, Generalise, Or Traumatise…
This was my choice when I was entering dental practice – I’d completed undergraduate training and was certified enough to be let out into the community to exercise the results of my training for profit. Or I could re-enter the university circus tent, sweep up after a different set of elephants for another three years,…
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Please Note, Facebook Accounting Department
Guys and gals…I do not do this for money. I do not build model aircraft for money. Nor do I write about them for it, nor take photos of them for it. I do not deny that I find money useful, and would like more of it to play around with, but I realise that…
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Play It As It Lays
That is either a very good rule for golf or a really weird idea involving musical chickens. But for our purposes we’ll apply it to scale plastic model building. Many people in my scale modelling club – The Tuesday Soviet – pursue the purchase of kits through the internet. They patronise larger shops in the…
The Little World 