Category: Scale Models
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Gloster Javelin FAW 9 – Part One – Fin Fun
Did goe to the Swappe Meete and was greatley entertained. And did spende a very few coins to purchase my pleasures. One of the pleasures was this Polish model of a Gloster Javelin Mk9. Keen eyes will recognise it as the FROG mould that has been in eastern European hands for some time now. Mister…
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Workshop – Never Throw Nuthin’ Away
In fact, if they have special on nuthin in Bunnings, buy two extra packets. For my overseas readers, Bunnings is an Australian DIY store. It sells everything that the average man or woman needs to get themselves in big trouble in the home workshop. You can buy poisons, sharp knives, and the sort of machinery…
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Christmas And Birthday All Year Round
Remember Christmas as a kid? Remember your birthday? Remember the present in the wrapping paper that looked suspiciously like a model kit – and the final minutes of anticipation before you got to it and unwrapped it? Be honest with yourself…if it WAS a model kit when the paper came off, you were thrilled. It…
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S.P. – Part Six – A Dollar
I have never spent my money better. Even if it was only a single coin. The Mirage company may be big or little, but whichever, they make a good product. This unexpected purchase has proved to be successful, and will form the basis of an entire museum. The model is not without flaw. Anyone trying…
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S.P. – Part Four – Precision Is As Precision Does
I had no idea what to expect with the Mirage model of the little armoured car – the firm was a mystery to me. I was pleasantly surprised. Precision in some scale modelling is everything…and in other cases it is nothing. Some makers have magnificent box art disguising parts that frankly do not fit together.…
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S.P. – Part Three – Chassis
I have to keep reminding myself that I am basically playing with a dollar coin here. The kit is progressing well, with a club day spent making wheel and tyre assemblies and getting the running gear on the chassis. The top casing fits down with perfect precision, so it can be finished separately from the…
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How Accurate Were They Back In The Day?
Depends on who they were and when the day was… I well remember seeing an Aurora Famous Fighter kit sold in Canadian hobby shops that purported to be a Soviet plane – variously touted as a Yak 25 or a MiG 19, that was nothing like either aircraft. It may have been drawn up and…
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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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Dewoitine D.510 – Part Four – Spanish Star
I am delighted to say that the Dewoitine D.510 has made it to the photographic flying field and it is a sunny day. The silvery colour is French silver-grey – a custom mix that has just received a boost from the dregs of a Mr Color bottle. It has changed yet again, which is the…
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Dewoitine D.510 – Part Three – The Jig
My pleasure at a Christmas present continues to grow. You’ve read my notes about the Slovakian plastic model jigs I received as a present this last Christmas. They are in daily use in the production of the 1:72 aircraft kits and I am learning to manage them better. I”m still not sure if the 5-minute…
The Little World 