Category: frugality
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Polish Tankette – Part Two – Better Than Nostalgia
Remember that great nostalgia we got before the war – it always fried up crispy and you could go from here to Sydney on it for 17 shillings… Well, I never went to Sydney for 17 shillings, but I did go to Don’s Hobby Shop in Calgary on Saturday mornings and spent my pennies on…
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Polish Tankette – Part One – A Gem Off The Shelf
This kit is the second venture I’m making in 1/35 scale – and this is a deliberate choice, rather than a chance purchase. The little Polish armoured car kit that I bought for a dollar proved to be so much fun to build that I determined to add more to the Stein’s Military World museum.…
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Is A Miniature Builder Bound To Drive A Small Car?
Or live in a small house? Or wear tight shoes? Well, no, but there is probably some connection here somewhere, if only we could avoid it. What correlation is there for the model builder with the real size of the world? Now we all know about scales – from universal ones, to maverick ones, to…
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Mitsubishi A6M – Part Two – Tending To Madness
Just when you think you have become sane again, someone shows up with a gift model and away you go, over the hill… I needed a Zero some time ago and bought a Tamiya kit. Had I waited a while, my friend John would have arrived with this A6M5 and I would not have needed…
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” Slice Me Off About $ 5.00 Worth, Love…”
” And is the polony fresh…? “ A reader of this column who lives in my same town has raised an interesting question re. the dearly-remembered Antonov AN 225 cargo jet. Apparently there is a 1:72 kit of it from the Ukrainian maker ” Modelsvit “. A massive thing, of course, and one of those…
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Revell Sopwith Camel – Part One – Not My First Rodeo
Nor my first Camel, either. This example is from Friend Paul. The previous one was from Friend Warren. You can become my friend by presenting me with a model airplane, too. The first camel was an Academy model, and I think I should have built this one first, as an old Revell vs a new…
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PZL 23b Karas – Part Two – L’Airfixe
At least that is what it seems. And I am not complaining at all. The mould quality of the Heller kits seems to be of a piece with the better Airfix of the times. Of course there was a period when the two companies were aligned for business reasons but then went their separate ways.…
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PZL 37a Los – Part One – Heart In Hand…
Or mouth, as the case might be. I plucked this Mister Craft bomber off the hobby shop shelf as part of a Christmas present…wondering if I was going to get another dud. Mister Craft can mould some real curate’s eggs… In thus case I was not too dismayed by the sprue trees, but I did…
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PZL P.11c – Part One – 3.23 Złoty Bet…
When I decide to gamble, I do not hold myself back. Whether it is the race horses, the roulette table, or plastic model kits, I just open my wallet and let myself go. I spent 3.23 złoty on this Polish fighter plane and I am not ashamed to admit it. The gamble, of course, is…
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Fokker Eindecker – Part One – $ 2.00 special
Those of you who have accused me of being a cheapskate are wrong – dead wrong. I’ll have you know I spent $ 2.00 for this kit and I did not even cry out in pain as I paid. I winced, but it was silent. The box was in a parcel left for sale at…
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