Category: Model ships

• The Newbie – Part Three – There Is No Such Thing

  

  There is no such thing as: a. A completely accurate model. Do it never so well, there will always be a detractor who will pull up an MAP plan from 1959 to prove that you’ve made a mistake. Don’t try to argue the case as their criticism is not intended to make the model look…

  Dick Stein

  May 3, 2021

  design, finances, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  kits, newcomers, paints, Weathering

• The Newbie – Part One – What Do You Want?

  

  The question of what you want is one that bedevils us all at some stage of the modelling game. It can be as simple as thinking what sort of model – boat, train, car, figure, etc you are attracted to. It can become as complex as a major research project into some specific mark of…

  Dick Stein

  April 30, 2021

  1:72 scale, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Uncategorized

  anayisis, beginning, desires, plans

• ” Back In The Day”

  

  Just back it right in to my brain and unload. l’ll put the memories away as you bring them out. Do I have to sign a receipt? ” Back in the day ” is a favourite expression of Phil Flory – the English modeller who runs the famous video site. He’s referring to his childhood,…

  Dick Stein

  March 3, 2021

  Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  classic kits, old kits, old modellers

• How To Swim The Shopping Channel

  

  If you have been awake during the last 20 years you will have noticed a new channel on television; the Shopping Channel. It is a modern day version of the old pentagram and candles that invites demons into your home. You don’t give them your soul – you give them your money. In the case…

  Dick Stein

  December 17, 2020

  Collecting, design, die cast, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  facebook, gimcracks, SHopping Chanel, TV

• Ooh! We’ll Build THAT One…

  

  Aaaaaand We’re there! We’ve succeeded in the most difficult part of scale modelling – deciding which model to make. The question and decision may have been asked and made in several ways: There is a picture of a ship, plane, or tank that we’ve seen on the net…or in a book…that just calls to us.…

  Dick Stein

  August 17, 2020

  Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling Supplies, research, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized, Utility Models, workflow

  choices, Collecting, Hobby Shops, kit selection

• Good Build – Bad Build

  

  Or no build at all… We see a number of memes pop through our social media feed that have descriptions of ” lawful  evil ” or ” neutral chaotic ”  or some such applied to life. It can be on subjects as minor as how you store your bread. Well, why not apply it to…

  Dick Stein

  May 4, 2020

  Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  chance, concentration, emotions, workmanship

• What Is A Senior Model? Part One.

  

  And don’t get funny with the Mick Jagger or Keith Richards jokes…I mean scale models. What do people over 60 want in a scale model kit, and how can they get it? I can speak for myself as I passed that mark twelve years ago, but I am hesitant to decide for others. However, I…

  Dick Stein

  April 16, 2020

  1:72 scale, Civil aircraft, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  kits, reason to build, reason to buy, senior modellers

• The Plastic Casino

  

  Are you an inveterate gambler? Are they always hauling you out of casinos and racetracks and putting you on 12-step anti-addiction plans? Well cheer up – you can put the cards down, throw the dice away, and say farewell to the horses. I’ve got a new outlet for your mania and it’s all legit. Betcha…

  Dick Stein

  February 21, 2020

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling materials, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  kits, major makers, quality, short run

• Good Morning, Walter – Part 14 – None Of These Toys Work…

  

  Walter, here’s a selection of pictures from a recent Toy and Doll Collector’s fair here in Perth. I went to my regular exhibition hall on the day to see if there were going to be any scale model airplane kits that I wanted to buy. Short answer – no. That’s not the sort of thing…

  Dick Stein

  September 29, 2019

  Collecting, die cast, Doll Houses, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Painting, Secondhand, Toys, Uncategorized

  collectors, exhibitions, Toys, Walter

• ” Modeller’s Other Interests “

  

  The Model Car Spectacular could have been exclusive. They might have barred the door to anyone who did not know the secret password or who could not provide proof that they have been accepted by a standards committee. They could have…and I have read of other modelling societies that behave very much like this. But…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2019

  Civil aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, model trucks, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  model aircraft, model car spectacular, Scale Models