Category: Modelling exhibitions
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There Is No Humour In Scale Model Building
I do not mean to suggest that the activity cannot lighten the heart – that people cannot devote their spare time to it and come away happier. Many of us do, and want the good feelings to continue…in spite of the unwise purchase of kits that have gotten very bad reviews. No, what I mean…
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Lanterns
It would appear that one of the WA miniatures clubs set themselves a task this year to make miniature scenes in some of the decorative tin lanterns that are appearing on the craft and decor scene. As an old re-enactor who has used candle lanterns for years at camps I sort of applaud this on…
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The Little Old Ladies And Me
No, this is not the confessions of a mature gigolo. I do have it as one of the ambitions on my CV, but so far it has not eventuated – older ladies have standards I rarely meet. The Kama Sutra book is still a theoretical text… But I do manage to hold my own in the…
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The Only One Like It
If you are contemplating a big win in next year’s plastic modelling contest, I should get started now. Pop down to the hobby shop and pick up a totally exclusive, one-of-a-kind kit like a Mustang or Spitfire. And a packet of photoetched scale rivets for the detailing… There’s a fine point for the competitive modeller…
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” Paging Mr. Styne. Paging Mr. Styne “
I won two trophies today for a very minor achievement – a model diorama at a toy collector’s fair – but it will involve me in a major change to my life. I am going to have to become an entirely new man. My past life must be discarded. I started life as Richard William…
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The Big Layout Vs The Small Layout – Part Two – On Scale Planning
We’ve discussed scale before and the way that different hobbies and different manufacturers fiddle and footle when it comes to deciding measurements for model building. Everyone goes their own way and demands that you follow. Well, the thing you’re going to have to do when contemplating your Little World is to decide which scale you…
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Peeping Dick
Well, I can’t be Peeping Tom or Peeping Harry. But I got my share of looking into other people’s lives at the Model Railway Exhibition. It was courtesy of the Haltwhistle boys – a group of modellers who set up a British-outline OO-guage layout. It was a looping layout with a front and two sides…
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Oddly Enough – It’s Not The Trains…
My annual visit to the model rail exhibition was a resounding success – here in Western Australia it amounts to a trade show and swapmeet as much as it is a pure exhibition…and everyone benefits. And it was somewhat of an eye-opener for a student of Little Worlds: a. It was very well attended –…
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The Clarion Call To Inaction
I attended a model car collector’s display yesterday at our favourite exhibition hall. it’s a once-a-year event that allows the people who make dioramas and displays to show off to the people of Perth. There are also trade tables that cater to those who make a hobby income out of selling toy cars. I had…
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When Your Time Has Come…
I was thinking of this question while visiting the local hobby shop – Hobbytech. A Sunday afternoon and just the time one runs out of khaki-coloured paint. No good sitting there and wishing that it would appear in the paint rack – you just have to go out and get it. The hobby shop was…
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