Category: Modelling exhibitions
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What Do You Fear?
I mean in the scale modelling world. The rest of the planet is largely out of our control, but we should have some power to manage our minds in the Little World. The idea of fear in scale modelling might seem strange – after all, we pursue the hobby for pleasure and relaxation, don’t we?…
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When Little Worlds Collide
A casual discussion overheard at my modelling club about an upcoming Big Local Modelling Exhibition revolved around which club exhibit would win the coveted “ Best In Show “ award. It’s decided by a public vote amongst the paying attendees. Everyone gets a twiddly wink as a counter and places it in a box at…
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When Someone Builds A Better Mouse Trap
The world is supposed to beat a path to their door. Which may not be a good thing…if they have just put in expensive turf and roped it off while the sprinklers are on. Plus the place may be knee-deep in dead mice and stink to high heaven. We had one that died in an…
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Are Scale Modellers Just Overgrown Children?
We may be, depending upon who you ask. The secret to happiness is not to ask. Adult scale modellers of any ilk…car people, boat people, plane people, people people…can often find that other adults treat them with a snide disdain. Words and attitudes are discovered that suggest childishness in the modeller, and reduce them socially…
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The Model Competition
I just read a meme-text put up on Facebook by an artist that has really resounded with me. Most social media philosophy is so much eyewash, but this one actually made sense. The gist of his post was that art is not a competitive event. There are no contests that should be won or lost.…
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” You Could Do A Mediocre Job…”
So could you, mate. Which one of us would be raising our standards and which one would be lowering them? Self-criticism is often the tool of the tyrant – they get you to do it under threat because they don’t have the time to continually nag you themselves. Sort of a case of putting your…
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Modellers Need A Holiday
Or a festival. Not sure which would be better, but it needs to be a day that can have good things to eat and drink. I’m talking a regular, yearly holiday that can be gazetted in the Western Australian calendar the same as ANZAC Day or Easter. A day that you get off work, if…
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Scale Judging – A Modest Proposal
The task of judging models at a scale model contest is far more difficult than similar events for model trains or R/C aircraft. With these, the criteria for success are so much more evident. In the case of the former exhibition all an exhibitor has to do for a medal is keep the layout going…
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Grumman Guardian – Part …Well… The Only Part
I confess. I got greedy. I started building and just couldn’t stop. I didn’t even take build photos. But in the end, I fell back exhausted and satisfied. I had scored a definite win in the game of scale modelling. I had contemplated this model kit for a year at a local shop. The emotion…
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The Big Local Scale Model Exhibition – Part Six – Mark Your Calendar
But make sure you have an eraser, because you can’t tell when you might have to start rubbing things out. The Big Local Scale Model exhibition has run very well for quite a number of years. It seems to have been the 21st one this year and that would have been a higher number except…
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