Category: Painting
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Glorious $ 5 Plan
Wood Morning Comrades. Is tell you of Glorious new triumph of Party. Is begin $ 5 Plan as ordered by Glorious Leader. Is find ICM scale model of Polikarpov I-15 aircraft at IMPEX show in bargain basement 50% off no-one-want-me bin. Is pay price of $ 5.00 to capitalist salesman. Is rescue unopened new kit…
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The Witchcraft That Is Airbrushing
I am new to airbrushing but not that new. A couple of tentative years under my belt. I’ve gone from stark terror to grudging acceptance. Reminds you of married life, doesn’t it? The first airbrush was a cheapie from Metro Hobbies, but complete enough to have three separate needle/nozzle/housing options included. They are stated as…
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The Kiddy Model And the Adult Modeller
Sometimes it’s hard to resist being a kid – particularly when you are in a hobby shop that also sells toys. You know you’re in there for a serious adult purpose ( like buying toy airplane kits ) but part of you is still a child and wants to buy toy airplanes… I mean it…
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I Am In Several Minds
And they talk to each other in different voices. If only I could get some of them to start contributing towards paying the electricity bill… The current debate centers around painting the frames of aircraft canopies in 1/72 scale. I’ve tried a number of different ways of doing this and not yet found the ideal…
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Lockheed P-38 – Part Six – The Dirty Bluebird
As I’ve written before, every new build is a chance to have a new experience. This one has been my baptism in how to change horses in mid-stream, how to concentrate the mind, and how to make a deliberately dirty mess. I hasten to add that I already know how to make an accidentally dirty…
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Lockheed P-38 – Part Five – The Wild Blue Yonder
What do you do when you discover that you are going the wrong way? If you are Douglas Corrigan you just keep on going and hope to hit Ireland eventually. If you are me, you stop and see if you can turn around. I stopped after I did some more research on the RAAF’s only…
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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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Scale Modelling – The Better Choice
I met three chaps at the 2018 Plastic Modelling Show who were the smartest men on the planet – they were willing to look at themselves and their situation honestly and make the best decision they could about it.They might not be philosophers but they’re wise enough. They come from Koorda, a town in…
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Republic P-47 – Part Three – A Week Later
A week would appear to be a long time in the Little Workshop. Long enough to build and paint the Hobby Boss Republic P-47 and push it off the assembly line. I think I need to remind myself that I’m not under government contract here… The assembly was just as easy as I thought –…
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Where Is Planning Committee?
Is there a Central Planning Committee for the Little World? Perhaps we should have a conspiratorial organisation that meets in secret bunkers under impregnable mountains? With guard dogs, and henchmen and girls in tight dresses… What would the Central Committee decide? a. What things get modelled in which scale. At present the world divides off…
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