Category: Model ships

• The Logistical Nightmares

  

  I have to take my hat off to several sets of modellers seen at the recent plastic model show – and none of them are plastic modellers. a. the 1:72 ship society. Radio controlled ships these, and the discipline of the club is such that they are all kept to common scale and a pretty…

  Dick Stein

  May 20, 2019

  Colour Schemes, Dioramas, finances, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model ships, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  big airplanes, big ships, science fiction

• 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

• ” It’s Only A 1:72 Model…”

  

  The word to look at in the title is ” only ”  – and I would look at it askance, if I were you… I’ve noticed that there can be quite some little hierarchy in the scale model building fraternity – based upon a number of factors: a. Years spent doing the hobby. This is…

  Dick Stein

  April 19, 2019

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, finances, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model building club, Model ships, Scale Models, South African aircraft, subassembly, Uncategorized

  complexity, pissing contest, scale, size

• The Danger To Navigation

  

  I shall call him Bill. Bill The Weatherman. The danger to navigation that they are always speaking about on the News At Ten. I shouldn’t wonder if there wasn’t a file on him down at the Admiralty. You see, Bill wrecks things. Cheerfully, and with great abandon. He does it on a professional basis if…

  Dick Stein

  March 30, 2019

  Dioramas, Miniature photography, Model ships, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Secondhand, Weathering

  diorama, Model ships, Weathering