Category: Model cars
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What Did You Make?
Or – if you are still cutting and gluing – what are you making? Is it a little airplane from a kit? A ship? A doll house? A working railway? Good – all you different makers, would you be surprised to realise that you are all making the same thing? What? You are making yourself…
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You Are Not Your Collection
Which is a good thing. If you were, we’d have to dust you. I once visited a club that concerned itself with collecting die cast models and toys. The people in it were keen in their pursuits and many had amassed quite large collections. They had many models and had spent a good deal of…
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Watching For The Delivery
Or, not every on-line transaction is seamless. The order for the little die-cast motor cars was made after careful consideration – I was going to need specific years and types to enhance my 2025 exhibition layout. Good sense would gather the elements needed now while they are still available. The net. A shop in South…
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The Scale Of the Problem
Is related to the person judging it. Those who have a problem, have a problem. Those who do not, have the people who do, and that is a problem… Some years ago I noted an very attractive model of a modern jetliner at an exhibition of scale models. There were ground crew figures and vehicles…
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Model Car Sunday – Part Eight
The Jewels. They may not be crown jewels. They may not be in a Cartier window. They may be made of plastic and not worth over $ 20 apiece – but they are jewels nevertheless. They represent the efforts of a major manufacturer and a dedicated enthusiast to remember real trophy winners of the past.…
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Model Car Sunday – Part Seven
The Daily Driver Does no-one have ordinary days any more? Have model car kits stopped being three-in-one? Can we not build the car our Dad drove in 1959? How about the one we drove yesterday? I do admire a good hot rod. I am in awe of the custom car that took a decade and…
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Model Car Sunday – Part Six
Out past where the buses run… Or modelling to your own script. The art of doing what you darn well please and then having the courage to show it to others. It is not the path all would take, but then why keep to the footpath all your life, eh? The display at the MCS…
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Model Car Sunday – Part Five
Blocking out the negativity… If I had 1/10,000 of the money that the Lego corporation has, I would be able to buy their products. As it is, I can only press my nose to the window outside the Lego shop and watch the happy people inside. I am actually grateful for that pane of glass,…
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Model Car Sunday – Part Four
Overblown is my favourite colour. You cannot look at a modern motor car and not experience a heart-stopping moment. The colour – whether black, white, or grey – will be so depressing that your ticker will slow dangerously. You may lose consciousness or go into deep depression. Memories of the actual spectrum may fade from…
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Model Car Sunday – Part One
Actually it is called the Model Car Spectacular now but I remember it from a decade ago with the older name. Whichever you choose, it is a good value local model show on a wet Sunday. It’s an annual, and some of the exhibitors use the year fully to make new models. Themed, of course,…
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