Category: Model cars

• A Spectacular Sunday’s Discovery

  

  For several years I have tried to get to the model Car Sunday, but failed – yesterday I succeeded and found a very interesting product made by a local craftsman. The product is a range of portable modelling boxes  and the maker Garrett McIntyre from Collie in Western Australia. His basic aim was to make…

  Dick Stein

  July 15, 2019

  adhesives, Box Art, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Tools, Workshop

  Little Workshop, model car spectacular, paint bottles, Tools

• Ongoing Maintenance

  

  I did not realise that there would be a schedule of maintenance on a plastic model – I thought once it was done, that was it. Silly me. There is maintenance on anything that you need to continue working – car, marriage, camera, etc. The models are no different. a. There will be cleaning issues.…

  Dick Stein

  July 10, 2019

  1:72 scale, Collecting, Czech models, Decals, die cast, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Decals, dust, maintenance, paint, repairs

• So Why Does One Model Tank?

  

  And another become a classic? I’m not talking about 1/35 scale armour here. I mean why is one model kit a success and just keeps on selling, and another ends up in the auction house for unsold kits within the first six months? a. Is it a bad model? Badly conceived, badly moulded, poorly packaged.…

  Dick Stein

  June 14, 2019

  Hobby Shops, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  design, marketing, model makers, price

• The Different Modellers

  

  I don’t mean the ones that come to the modelling club wearing fishnet stockings and the basque. That’s only to be expected from some English migrants…Just don’t make eye contact. No, I mean the modellers who elect to do something different with their hobby. Here’s some: a. The person who researches completely obscure equipment that…

  Dick Stein

  April 30, 2019

  Dioramas, Figure modelling, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, Modelling Club, Museums, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  battles, collections, planes, ships, trains

• Fairchild Flying Boxcar – Part Four – A Little Dodgy

  

  Actually a little Dodge truck. The box says it is a ” WC-51 Light Truck “. The Italeri moulding is fine – with too much detail for convenient building and a high-boy aspect to it that cannot be right. But as it is cargo for the C-119, it will do nicely. Halfway up the ramp…

  Dick Stein

  April 28, 2019

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  cargo truck, Dodge truck, scale load

• The Play Set

  

  I just figured out why I like my model airfields so much. They are the best play set I’ve ever had. The Louis Marx company play sets that appeared in so many North American Christmas catalogues in the 50’s were wonderful things. You could get Fort Apache, The Alamo, The Army Camp, Cape Canaveral, Cops and…

  Dick Stein

  April 8, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Canadian aircraft, card models, Civil aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Model cars, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Wet Dog Regional Airport

  model air fields, photography, play sets, scale

• The Airport Under The Tree

  

  Now that we are approaching Christmas – warily – it is time to put up the tree with the traditional toy train set circling underneath it. But for those of us who build different little worlds we have some alternative suggestions: a. Santa’s Little Airport. CIrcular runway and an airliner with a severe right bank…

  Dick Stein

  December 14, 2018

  Doll Houses, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  bar and bawdy house, Christmas, trees

• No Stash

  

  Gasp! Shock! Horror! What kind of monster would say that? No stash? No collection of model kits carefully stored for the future? No hours spent gloating over future happiness or profit? What sort of world…? Well, a world of immediacy – of freshness – of learning and instant gratification. A chance to be a kid…

  Dick Stein

  November 30, 2018

  Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  gratification, hoarding, immediacy, kits, stash

• 1931 Ford Model A – Part Seven – Aw Shit…

  

  Well there we was just driving along heading back to Missoula, and all of a sudden there was this damn noise. We knew it couldn’t be anything good, so we stopped. We were right. The Minicraft 1931 Ford Model A has come to a halt by the side of the road. It has been a…

  Dick Stein

  November 26, 2018

  Dioramas, Model cars, Modelling exhibitions, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Weathering

  breakdown diorama, Ford Model A, Weathering

• 1931 Ford Model A – Part Six – The Ick Begins

  

  I wish I had a vial of dirt from every continent. Then I could mix up weathering paint colours accurately. As it is, I use red paints for Australia and neutral browns for Europe. Not sure what Montana looks like under the grass. But nothing daunted, I decided to get the Ford dirty. An acrylic…

  Dick Stein

  November 25, 2018

  Acrylic, Model cars, Painting, subassembly, Uncategorized, Weathering

  Ford Model A, Weathering