Category: Modelling Supplies
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Okay, Ben….Now What?
Poor Richard Saunders, aka Ben Franklin, kept telling us that time is money and we should do today rather than putting off until tomorrow. Sound advice, and then we go and take it and rack up another $ 50 debt with Bunnings for overpriced wood. This goes directly against Ben’s other constant song of frugality…
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Fujimi Aichi Val – Part One – Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy
I finally got to build a model of an airplane my uncle Jack shot at on Dec. 7, 1941. Fujimi kits are thin on the ground here in Western Australia at the best of times and these aren’t the best of times. But a shelf of them turned up at the local shop and I…
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Airfix Vintage Val – Part One – Comparisons
It is said that comparisons are odious – or in the case of British cinema chains, Odeons. Be that as it may, I intend to contrast and compare the Airfix vintage classic kit of the Aichi Val dive bomber with the Fujimi example that I built earlier. The prices are rather similar, so it was…
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The Half Sticky Stickum
We all go down the aisle of the hobby shop and look for a way to spend our money…even if we don’t have a lot of it at the time. Don’t guffaw and pretend that you haven’t done exactly that. If you’re reading this you have come home occasionally with a left-handed canopy chopper or…
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Can A Manchester Or Lincoln Be That Far Away?
I am a solid fan of the Airfix company’s plastic model kits. I cannot remember ever having a really bad, unbuildable one from them. Some of their offerings could be a little crude, but they were of their time and reasonably priced withal. They did concentrate on British marques and that was fine – they…
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Canadair CT-116 – Part One – Turkey Shoot
Stopping at Perth Hobby Centre for a brief browse, I passed by the airplane kit rack and noticed this PM model of a Northrop T-38 Talon wedged in between several other Turkish oddities. I’ve built several of the PM models kits before and noted that they were value for money, but technically very low down…
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The Easternisation Of the Hobby
When I first started building plastic models in the 1950’s there were few Soviet-bloc models to be found. A few oddities, like the Aurora MiG 19 which proved to be totally imaginary…or the Airfix MiG 15 which was somewhat better. And a lone copy of the Bison bomber that Revell put out in the 60’s.…
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Fokker D VII – Part Five – The Starter Kit Ended
My determination to make a starter kit in period style has resulted in a delightful model. It was not all retro-perfect. I did resort to a computer program and an inkjet printer for the lozenge-pattern decals. I did add little licks from several paint pots that Revell did not supply. And I did poke a…
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Fokker D VII – Part One – I’m A Kid Again
I have decided to try the Retro Challenge. I want to see if I can be a kid again. I’m not sure if I was good at youth the first time round but I did have fun. And now I get a chance to do it again – specifically to build a kit as if…
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I’m Bypassing My Second Childhood
And I’m heading straight for my second adolescence. More money to spend, I get to stay up later, and there’ll be girls. Well, girls for later. For now I get to spend some of my allowance on better model kits. And there’ll be increased privileges and responsibilities. I am going to be allowed to have…
The Little World 