Category: Model Airplane
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Republic P-47 – Part Three – A Week Later
A week would appear to be a long time in the Little Workshop. Long enough to build and paint the Hobby Boss Republic P-47 and push it off the assembly line. I think I need to remind myself that I’m not under government contract here… The assembly was just as easy as I thought –…
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Republic P-47 – Part Two – Is This A Thing?
Well, the insides of the Hobby Boss P-47 kit were just as good as I expected – with the top-and-bottom fuselage construction and the crisp mouldings. The sprue trees were well-planned, and even if I do not use the wing tanks, I will have them for a future build. Basic fuselage has a very peculiar radio…
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Republic P-47 – Part One – The Gangster Connection
I try to find a connection for my models – and this one is going to tie back to my father and a childhood friend of his – Hubert Zemke. They were kids in Missoula, Montana at a time when a German name and a German family brought insular righteousness down on you. So I…
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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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Move Over Acme Manufacturing Co…
Because the Little Workshop is here and we’ve got the ideas that’ll make your life easier. They’re not giant projects – they’re not vast concepts – but by golly when we think things up, they’re half-vast. Like our new model building supports. We’ve all had times whilst building an airplane kit when we needed to…
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If it Was Blue…Who Could?
Fans of Rowan and Martin may recognise that line, and bless Dan and Dick for the joy they brought us. But colour theory is not as simple as that – particularly if you are going to venture into the Little World. I did just that tone afternoon when I tried to organise my Tamiya and…
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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…
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The Exact Thing Or Just The Thing…
If you are going to make a model of something – whether it is an aircraft, a car, a train, or a house – you are going to have to answer some unasked questions. Exactly who asks these and what your answer should be is up to you… a. Why am I building this? Dive…
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The Cup Runneth Over
It’s often the little things in the Little World that loom largest. Now I’m not going to suggest that I’m a cheapskate. A penny-pincher. A scrooge. But I encounter things in daily and modelling life that press my Frugality Alarm button something chronic. And paint wastage is one of them. Paint from model shops is…
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Impatience Is Better than No Patience At All
Hurry up and read this essay – I want to get on and write more. Come on, come on…move your eyes faster…Sheesh… And get on with that model. You’ve had it for over a week and it’s still not done. The box says it’s quick to build…and who are you to make the manufacturer look…
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