Category: Miniature Philosophy
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Do Not Sell Your Models
Build them. Whether you build them SOOTB, or tricked out with a dozen packets of after-market…build them. Build them painted or plain, weathered or fresh, well or otherwise…but build them. That is why they were made. That is why the designers sat at the drafting board or computer screen until their eyes turned red. That…
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Hurry Up.
Hurry Up! Hurry Up! Hurry Up! This is a hobby, you know. No time to sit there enjoying yourself. if you don’t speed up you’ll fall behind the others – the other modellers who are speeding up. Then where will you be? You’ll be sitting there with a half-completed model while they are out buying…
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Squadron Leader Blimp
Ah Haw, Ah Haw, Ah Haw…what? I am not sure if he is a Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, or Air Marshall…but Blimp is alive and well. He has lost the walrus moustache and rarely reeks of gin, but he’s still haunting the clubs. It is cruel to bait him…but fun nevertheless. And so tempting –…
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The Determined Modeller
I admire determined and steadfast people. As I write this there is a Mort Kunstler print of Ulysses S Grant on the wall facing me. He is raising his hat to celebrate his victory at Vicksburg. The accounts of his trials and his character have always been an inspiration, though I would not follow his…
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The Year-Round Scale Model Show – Part Two
So the annual weekend in the hall is to be kaput. Now we think up the new show. You’re soaking in it; the internet. The always-there screen that steals your images and time. The ever-present menace to your credit card. But this time it will be fun. If there is a reasonable pot of money…and…
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The Year-Round Scale Model Show – Part One
Here in Perth, Western Australia, we have been told that the big local scale model exhibition that’s been going for decades will fold up after this year. This is sad. The reasons given for this is the retirement of the organising committee and the lack of any volunteers to replace them. There may also be…
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Catalina Mk IVB – Part One – The Legacy Sale
The thought of buying legacy models is somewhat bittersweet. It always means that someone’s dreams were not fulfilled. It can also be rendered more awkward if those dreams were started, rather than just in anticipation. I mean, of course, the kit that has been started. Fate’s led to its abandonment and if you take it…
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The Scale Model Show – Part Two
What do you show of yourself when you make a tabletop display for the big local scale model exhibition? I don’t mean what model do you show – that’ll either be something you’ve slaved on for the last year or something you made aeons ago. I mean what are you selling when you are not…
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It’s Showtime, Folks! – Part One
I can never free myself from the image of Michael Keaton in ” Beetlejuice ” delivering that line. I use it whenever something is about to start – whether it is a big local scale modelling exhibition or a simple autopsy. Hand me the saw and stand back. This year’s BLSME in Perth was announced…
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“I’m Doing This To Educate The Public”
Horse shit. You’re doing whatever you’re doing for yourself. To have fun, hopefully – but you are trying to justify the expense and the time by making it seem altruistic. Just come out and admit you’re doing it for you, and we’ll be happy – for you. I’ve encountered this porky in any number of…
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