Category: Model building club
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Don’t Just Enter A Comp Once A Year
My recent visit to the WASMEX show was a lot of fun and I was impressed with the models that the hopefuls entered into the competition. A lot of them won prizes in the various divisions. ( There were a lot of divisions…). Yet some of the entires might only be seen that once –…
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Northbridge Special – Metrokab
Well, finally. A new taxi cab service to replace the old Swan and Black And White Taxis. It has been far too long in coming. Trying to catch a cab from Northbridge late at night is a nightmare – occasioned as much by the taxi operators as the patrons. The old cab rank gave way…
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The Star-Rangers Ride Again
Or is the Cosmic Commandos? I stopped reading science fiction along about the time I thought about Wernher von Braun bombarding Kent and then working for NASA…and never took it up again. I was content to watch the real space rockets take off on television and just hope that none of his were headed my…
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The Daily Drivers
At the recent WASMEX scale modelling exhibition there were plenty of fighter planes, battleships, and Grand Prix racers. Even some trains, if you count railway guns and Harry Potter locomotives. And they were all well done and attracted considerable attention. But the ones that really bored into the consciousness were not the exotic wartime subjects…
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I Go To The Show
The annual scale model show got cancelled flat last year and very nearly so again this year. Fortunately we lucked it and got to hold the two-day event in the normal venue. The only restrictions were compulsory mask wearing and keeping a safe distance from each other. And no touching the models. I entered a…
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The Newbie – Part Two – All The Choices!
Discovering a new hobby shop makes you feel like Christopher Columbus. Every aisle is a new land to discover. There are wonders to see. And savage natives. Just kidding – when you have money to spend, the proprietors of the hobby shops are far from savage. They may seem grumpy but if you make the…
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Zen Modelling – Part Two
We need to question two more servants about this zen business. Here’s WHEN to fill us in on the schedule: ” When do you seek zen enlightenment? When you don’t have it. When you feel all up and down and jangled and iffy and nothing seems to satisfy you. That’s the time to contemplate what…
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Reading The Other Weblog Columns
Contrary to what you might think, I do read other weblog columns. Not the ones that deal with pre-teen poetry and /or how to make money online from home. I also shy away from the ones that have a conspiracy theory about the numbers on the side of cornflakes packets. I read other modeller’s reports.…
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Open The Lightning Rods, Igor! – Part Three
And they called me mad! MAD, I tell you! Now let them see who’s mad…! More soaking, more decaling. More thoughts on the process. a. Revell. 45 seconds soak and slid off beautifully. A dip did no extra good. b. Walthers. An old US model train firm. Fragile, friable decals, but they could be soaked…
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The Collection
Do you have a collection of scale models? Congratulations. Whether they are your own production or the result of careful shopping and buying, they should be a real source of pleasure to you. If you are fortunate enough to be able to display them you gain another source of pleasure – the interest others may…
The Little World 