Category: Miniature Philosophy
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Bristol Blenheim Mk I – Part Two – Extra Parts
I have always been surprised when I’ve read people complaining about getting extra parts in a model kit. It seems a sort of sacrilege – like objecting to an extra scoop of ice cream. Makes you want to edge away from them in case they do something disgusting. So every time I have a kit…
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Lanterns
It would appear that one of the WA miniatures clubs set themselves a task this year to make miniature scenes in some of the decorative tin lanterns that are appearing on the craft and decor scene. As an old re-enactor who has used candle lanterns for years at camps I sort of applaud this on…
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The Little Old Ladies And Me
No, this is not the confessions of a mature gigolo. I do have it as one of the ambitions on my CV, but so far it has not eventuated – older ladies have standards I rarely meet. The Kama Sutra book is still a theoretical text… But I do manage to hold my own in the…
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When You Had No Idea Before…
Scale modelling has many surprises – not the least of which are the prices of the after-market accessory packs. But even if you do not go that far, there are still discoveries to be made: a. The size of things. Here one must have some sort of yardstick to measure what is seen in…
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The Only Thing We Have To Fear…
Is fear itself. And the spiders that live under the bench. I am writing this from Perth in Western Australia. If you are reading it in Canada, the USA, the UK, or anywhere else in Europe or Asia, you will know that the whole continent is populated with venomous animals. Whether it is ladybugs, sheep,…
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Mustard On The Side Of The Plate
The English firm Colman’s made their fortune in mustard. There’s probably a biblical analogy in there somewhere, but the idea that always stuck in my mind was that they really made their fortune on the amount of the product that people left on the side of their plate. It’s strong mustard; we all take too…
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The Longest Day
No, it’s not another D-Day memorial blog. You can wash the black and white stripes off your computer monitor… It’s a post about which day in the build of a model is the easiest – which is the hardest – which the least enjoyable – and which is the one you like the best. As…
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How Many?
I live in Perth, Western Australia – the furthest west that you can get before the world resets and it becomes east again. We’re where the wagon train either stops or gets extremely wet.. Our town has sheds, workshops, hobby rooms, garages, and minor factories all over the place – nearly every back yard has…
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Only Shop At the Hobby Stores That Support Your Politics
Are you a hobbyist? Are you passionate about politics? Do you want to harm anyone who disagrees with you? Well, take our simple questionnaire to your regular hobby shop and find out if they are innocent or guilty: Question One. What do you think about Trump? Question Two. What do you think about BREXIT? Question…
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Decal Day
Well, I knew it was coming…I knew it when I saw the sheet of transfers in the kit – when I bought the extra packet at the plastic model fair – when I googled up all the various marques of plane that had the same name as the one a’ building. I knew that I would…
The Little World 