Category: Miniature Philosophy
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Been There?
Done that? Going to do it again? I’ll bet I am. I will take a model to an exhibition and it will break en-route. Or I will bring it home and the same will occur. Or it will just collapse on the show table from a combination of stress and snarkiness. No exhibitor should neglect…
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Take Your Little Light With You
Everywhere. You may not find an honest man, but you could encounter sympathetic modellers. This seemed to be the case for the chap who took his Japanese trains layout and a selection of locomotives to an unlikely venue; the South Perth annual exhibition for the WA Miniatures Association. Doll houses, tiny shops, and hobbit houses…and…
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Dealing With Famous People
Sometimes we go through life without ever meeting anyone famous. Of course we may have waved to Fat Cat or HM the Queen when they swept by in a public procession, but that only counts if they waved back or threw a rock at us. But we can meet many famous people in our scale…
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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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For What We Are About To Receive
And you know the rest of it… No-one can see the big annual scale model exhibition with its associated competition and think that model building is an unrewarding hobby. There is a pile of trophies, medals, and kit and accessory prizes there on the table to testify differently. Every one of the awards has come…
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If I Can See It
You win. If the enemy can see it – you lose. Basic rule of camouflage. And it is also a principle to remember when building a scale model for display – especially for public exhibition. If you want ’em to look, attract their eye. This is a challenge for the modeller who is depicting a…
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Thanks To The Committee
Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, I am honoured to be called to deliver this address. Honoured and humbled. And it puts me in mind of an interesting anecdote from the time of the Siege of Cawnpore. It will only take an hour to tell… Committees need to be thanked. Attendees and customers need…
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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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Who Did It Best?
At today’s scale model exhibition I noted the same model on two different tables – one for pure display and one for competition. They were both renditions of a 1:24th Landrover by Italeri and both finished superbly. I would be proud of either of them – t’were other dear charmer away… I was pleased to…
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Always Help Out At The Exhibition
Anything you can do to assist the smooth running of he scale model exhibition is a good thing. It could be as simple as making sure the cars are parked far away from the venue as possible. Or demanding money with menaces at the door. Even if all you do is stand and glare at…
