Category: Modelling exhibitions
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The Little World Hall
Perth needs a Little World Hall…or perhaps a Little World Centre. Some place that people interested in all forms of modelling can come to for sharing, display, and learning. The SMCWA and some other clubs use the Noranda clubrooms for this, and benefit greatly. Some disciplines use other suburban halls for meetings or have premises…
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Scale Modelling Is All About A Sense Of Proportion
Some buy it in kits – the scale is stated on the box, unless it was moulded in the 1950’s… Some scratch-build and measure it out with rulers and calipers. Their computers will lay it out and editing programs let them change it. And they can lose it entirely at a scale model exhibition. If…
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The Display Of Apples At The Fruiterer
Lovely, red, gleaming – piled in geometric order out the front of the fruiterer’s shop. A temptation to buy apples. Or to steal one. How many children and youths have succumbed to the temptation of the display? How many destitute adults…hunger driving them. The fruit seller has legal rights and morality and more fruit than…
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It’s All So Simple, Even A Child Could Understand It
Quick, go out and find me a child… The new rules for the competition are up. Now there should be no confusion as to categories, criteria, or critiques. Simply follow the 126 steps outlined in the ” Scientific Guide To Artistic Paradigms Of The Existential Scale Model Collective “. Copies are available upon submission fo…
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No Security Is No Security
Put another way: do not display anything to the public you cannot afford to have broken or stolen. Also do not expect care and worship of your art, craft, object, or performance. You may hope for it but don’t hype yourself up to demand it. You have very little legal redress for criminal damage and…
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The Courage To Play
Do you remember playing? If you can recall your childhood and still picture the games and toys that amused you…you are a very lucky person. Even if they were modest things, they helped you to understand the world and prepare to be an active part of it. You grew older – hopefully wiser. You l…
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What Price Sociable Modelling?
What indeed? You have to assess the cost in several ways: a. The club fees. One club I belong to has a $50 yearly subscription. Another has nothing, but costs me at least treble that amount in food and drink, electricity and insurance for the premises. In both cases the fees are paid gladly. b.…
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The Famous Aircraft Number
Quick – what was the registration number of Louis Bleriot’s plane that flew to England from France? And no prize for saying FROG-1. How about the Spirit Of St Louis? Or the Southern Cross? Bet you can look those up… But what about the 13th bomber in the 394th in 1943? You’ve got a kit…
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Legal Redress For Scale Modellers
Are you a scale modeller? Have you entered a modelling contest? Have you been denied a major award? Now is the time to join the class action instituted to bring justice to your cause. Thousands of your fellow hobbyists have called for redress and fair compensation for their injuries. You can have a piece of…
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When You Are The Only Person In A Shop
You start to wonder about the viability of the place. This may certainly be the case when you go at an odd time of the day – say they open 24/7 and it is 3:00 AM. But if it’s noon on Tuesday, you have to wonder at empty aisles. Prices can do it. Inflation and…
The Little World 