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” We Can’t Attract Young People…”
That’s the catch cry of the plastic modelling club members over their coffee and biscuits as we glue together $ 100 model kits of equipment that existed 74 years ago and has never been seen since. Quite frankly, I’m surprised that we can attract ourselves… It’s not quite that bad in the model train world…
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Bell P 39 Airacobra – Part Four – The Northwest Staging Route
You might wonder a bit at the presence of a Bell P-39 Airacobra with red stars in a white circle appearing at an Alberta RCAF station in the 1940’s. The explanation is simple – the Northwest Staging Route flowed right through RCAF WET DOG as soon as Lend-lease was established and there were enough aircraft…
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Bell P-39 – Part Three – Weight A Minute
Or forever sit on your tail. I applaud the tricycle landing gear for aircraft – in the case of civilian airliners it allows a steady takeoff and landing – I would not want to spill my champagne. On military planes it probably allows the pilot a lot better view of the field or carrier deck…
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Bell P-39 Airacobra – Part One – The Soviet Twins
For the first time ever I am doing a group build. Not an exercise where I’m going to be a member of a group of modellers, but one where I make a group of models. Related items, if you will, and all made at the same time. They are being made for a purpose –…
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Good Morning, Walter – Part Eight – The Truckies
Over the last seven years, Walter I’ve seen a division of the Little World grow right before my eyes. I have only been a spectator but even so I am very impressed with it. it’s the business of radio-controlled trucking and transport. The R/C chaps have always had some sort of display at the various…
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Someone Wants Me…
I’m a 1/48th scale model of a dust cart. In a world of Messerschmitts, Super Hornets, and Saturn V rockets…I’m a dust cart. Two wheels, a bin, and a handle. You get a broom and a shovel on the sprue and a set of decals that look like banana peels and cat puke. The instruction…
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The Expert Review Vs The Actual Experience
If you read my column thinking that you’ll get cutting-edge expertise and the very latest technical reviews, you are in for a sad time. I am not a master modeller. I may be an expert tease, but the only cutting edges around my Little Workshop are generally biting into my fingers and thumbs when I…
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Toy And Doll Collectors Fair
I went to the Toy And Doll collector’s fair yesterday at my local exhibition centre. I’ve been to many events at this building and am impressed with how convenient it is, how well suited it is to the average small display, and how ugly the interior is. It was not always this, but someone with…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Nine – The Roll-Out
Well, as Marty of Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers says, ” I’m happy with that… “. ( I highly recommend his YouTube videos on toy car restoration. ) The Airfix Liberator was never going to be better than its moulding would let it be – and there were issues in the fuselage fit and the decals for…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Eight – Decalcomania
That was always the way it was written in the older English instruction sheets – decalcomania. Until i started doing the artwork on the Liberator I didn’t make the connection between decals and mania. I have learned much in two days. That’s how long it has taken to put on all the horrible little stencils…
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