Category: Miniature Philosophy
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When The Rest Of The World Gets it…
And you don’t… You’re either a Puritan or from Perth. Puritans didn’t see the point of the jokes and Perth people don’t see the new kits on the shelves. You may be as overjoyed as you wish about the release of a new scale model kit – I was about the the July promise of…
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The Odd Modeller
This will be a delicate subject. Give me a moment to put on my hob-nail boots. Firstly, let me say that I realise there are scale modellers with mental and emotional challenges. I sympathise with them and hope that they get adequate professional care to help them cope with life. Secondly, I am not the…
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You Can’t Do That
Because, because… a. It isn’t done that way. b. It isn’t done. c. I can’t do it. And there we have it, children. The gatekeeper, scale model authority, icon, legend, club ‘rak who would bar you from carving your own Spitfire from a bar of laundry soap has spoken. You must obey. Or… You salute…
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If Someone Gives You A Free Lemon
Squeezing it is optional. The free scale model kit may be a present or a practical joke. If it is your birthday or Christmas it’s most likely to be the former. If someone hands you a forty-year-old kit box that looks as if it’s been run over in the driveway, the circumstance may be different.…
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If It Was On The Box Top…
It must have been real. If it was in a book, it must have happened. If it was an illustration, it must be accurate. Right? Well, that is how I used to predicate my modelling. I bought the kits, read the library books, and thumbed through the magazines at the drug store to get my…
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Peace On You
That may be a typo… Good luck to you and your modelling. Blessings on your skill and ability. Here’s hoping you find the part that has just fallen on the floor… Contentment need not be left at the door, nor on the sprue tree. You can clip it off and put it in your pocket…
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Sprue Trees – The Movie
May the Swarf be with you… Modellers get a bad rap in movies. We are seen as small-scale weirdos – harmless at best but psychotic at worst. It all started with Marilyn Monroe’s ” Niagara ” of 1953 when the husband of Marilyn is seen as a shell-shocked loser addicted to building plastic car kits.…
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Is Your Modelling A Spiritual Experience?
Do you get out enough? Is your diet adequate? It seems these days that every thing is a spiritual experience – and that can be a damned blessing…You may just fancy a walk through the park – some people would have you commune with nature and a deity until you need to sit down. It…
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The Freedom To Explore
Includes the opportunity to achieve great things. And to fall down holes. If you can do this cheaply you are all the better. I use the opportunity provided by donated model kits to try out fresh ideas. Being honest, some of them are thrust upon me by the nature of the kits – and they…
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Straight Out of The Aftermarket Box
Or not, as the case may be… The decision of whether to use aftermarket parts or just what is in the kit box is often a hard one to make. It’s one of the marvels of the age we live in that we have this choice. At one time there was nothing between the Airfix…
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