Category: Model ships

• 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

• 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

• Sandown Park 2019 – Part Four – Hearts of Card

  

  I am always pleased to see our local card builder at the WASMEX exhibitions – card and paper seem so ill-suited to modelling. When I thought that, I had no idea what the kit and printing industry in Europe could produce. I’ve since learned by some practical experinece what can be done with pre-made card…

  Dick Stein

  June 22, 2019

  card models, Miniature Philosophy, Model ships, Modelling exhibitions, Modelling materials

  card models, Sandown Park, ships

• 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