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Old Moulders Never Die…
They just flash away… I have been engaged in dealing with plastic model kits that made from old moulds. In one case I suspected the thing was new on the market when I was in Grade 10 and had been offered in various guises ever since. The kit was fun to build, but I am…
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Wait. What? Chapter 2…
Got a definitive answer on the Testor’s question. The shops here are selling out of their stocks because Testors refuses to ship to Australia. Too far? Too high a cost? Too small a market to justify keeping staff busy? Advice from some new MBA in the accountancy department? Boss had a bad experience in Queensland…
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Vickers Wellington Mk 1C – Part Six – Don’t Touch Me…
I’m clean. And socially isolated. And I want to remain this way for at least five minutes… There probably never was a clean Coastal Command Wellington. Or Liberator, Sunderland, Digby, Whitley, or Hudson…or anything else that started life as white on the underside. Think about it. Underneath is where things run to when they leak,…
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Vickers Wellington Mk 1C – Part Five – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
A confession – I was courting when ” A Whiter Shade Of Pale ” was new on the charts and I tried to be cool by dancing to it. It goes on longer than a Methodist sermon but without the jazzy language or uptempo beat… I hated it then and I hate it now. The…
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Vickers Wellington Mk 1C – Part Four – Mr Ghost
Are we ever ready for the undercoat in our lives? Probably not…but when we make model kits there comes a time when we are definitely going to have to reach for the spray. I say that as an airbrush user, but I think the rattle can people are in much the same boat. I have…
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The Dusty Shelf
Don’t judge us. The image of the top of the cabinet was taken at my scale model club recently – but we have a valid excuse. The clubrooms have no ceiling and there are gaps in the eaves at each side. Dust blows in and settles on the top of things. Thank goodness there is…
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Who Do You Believe?
Not about religion or viruses or the economy. These things cannot be determined by debate or belief – they just have to be fought over with artillery. I mean who do you believe about paint colours? Specifically, the paint colours printed on call-out sheets in model kits. Every kit has something that pretends to dictate…
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Shut. Shit.
We’ve just received official notification from the president and committee of our scale modelling club that the clubrooms will temporarily close. It’s in line with directions from the federal government to deal with the Wuhan Plague situation. It’s a blow to our happiness but may well bolster our health. The time frame is probably going…
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Persuasion and the Bumtree
A while back I decided to try our local swap and sell app – Gumtree – to dispose of an unwanted plastic model kit. The app was efficient and easy to use, which was a blessing for a non-tech person. I have used my iPad to picture objects for sale, offer them, and frequently have…
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Every Puppy Poopy Has A Home?
I visit shops with an air of wonder. Sometimes it is wonder at what they have for sale and sometimes it is wonder at why I am there. And occasionally it is wonder at who could possibly want the stock. This was the case when I was in the retail photographic trade as a shop…
The Little World 