Category: Military models
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No …. …. ….. .. Allowed
Well, that’s a bit of a blow to the people who like to have … … ….. .. in their Little World. If they thought that they were going to be able to show the rest of the internet community how carefully they had constructed a diorama with their models and how realistic they could…
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The Back Story
I had a consultation one day with the technical adviser…my friend Warren who was in the Air Force. He ran an eye over the mockup of the model airfield and I explained how it was evolving. At the time there were large sheets of paper down representing major structures I wanted to build, as well…
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The Seven Circles Of Modeller’s Inferno
Dante was not the only person who made a journey to the lowest depths of Hell and wrote about it. I’ve been to the hobby shows myself. Apart from a little more sulphurous smell and uglier demons, they are remarkably like the underworld. And just as Dante found, there are distinct levels of the place,…
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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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Scale Modelling – The Better Choice
I met three chaps at the 2018 Plastic Modelling Show who were the smartest men on the planet – they were willing to look at themselves and their situation honestly and make the best decision they could about it.They might not be philosophers but they’re wise enough. They come from Koorda, a town in…
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Where Is Planning Committee?
Is there a Central Planning Committee for the Little World? Perhaps we should have a conspiratorial organisation that meets in secret bunkers under impregnable mountains? With guard dogs, and henchmen and girls in tight dresses… What would the Central Committee decide? a. What things get modelled in which scale. At present the world divides off…
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BGC – Part 2 – The RCA Are Having None Of it
It turns out I was reading my history wrong – the Royal Canadian Artillery in WWll weren’t the ones with the Bren gun carriers – there were airfield defence regiments and detachments for this purpose. I still get to keep the Brens but I just have to make different unit patches. The really nice thing…
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BGC – Part 1 – And Now Something For The Squaddies
Or to be more particular – for the Royal Canadian Artillery. My research into airfield defence finally paid off when I discovered that there was a standard way on the prairies to provide cover for training bases – or rather there were two standard ways: Either do nothing at all or call in a semi-autonomous…
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The Stash – Part Two – When The Time Comes…
Ah, but when does the time come? Answer me that… If we admit first off that we have a stash of unbuilt models we can proceed. The model stash may be actual kits, homebuilt kits, scratchbuild ideas, or piles of raw materials. It may contain dead models from long ago ready for revision or cheap junk…
The Little World 