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More Fire Tankers Needed
And not just in the summer months. The increasing problem of bushfires worldwide means more tanker aircraft are being used. The variety of planes that have been brought to the service is astounding. I have looked at a number of the bombers and surveillance planes I’ve built in their military configuration and realised that I…
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How To Achieve Air Superiority
Without firing a shot. Easy…spread propaganda that you have a new plane that is many generations beyond what your rival has. Produce propaganda and animated simulations of the aircraft and make it do things that are frankly impossible while claiming that you have hundreds of them in secret underground bunkers. Make accurate scale models of…
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If A Model Is Priced Out Of Your Range
Quietly ask yourself a few questions: a. Is it beyond saving for? You may have some some change each week that can be put toward the kit, and many sellers will lay something buy on steady payments. b. Is it the only possible model of this prototype? Granted, you’ll not find many kits of Fandiddler…
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Fairchild Argus – Part One – Model 24
The box says Provider and the decals say Czechoslovakia, but I say Argus and RCAF. This AZ model started life on the Hobbytech shelf at $ 44.99 and stayed put. Then it went to WASMex 2024 at $ 20.00 and stayed put. When it came back to Hobbytech it still wore the show price sticker,…
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Can You Give Useful Advice On A Scale Model Topic…
If you have no idea what you are talking about? Oddly enough…yes. I have watched a number of YouTube videos made by people with no experience, expertise, or ability to communicate…and gained valuable insights. It is not for everyone to be a Solon or an Arnold. Most of us are not teachers – and the…
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See Me, Jimmy
The committee that organises the annual big local scale model exhibition has been thinking up new ideas and one of them is very good indeed. Heretofore there have been traders stands, club displays, and tables for display of models in many classes. The standard for all three divisions has be quite high and even the…
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Snowed Into The House With A Fouga
On a Saturday, with a new model kit, no homework, and a whole Coffee Crisp chocolate bar to myself. If you are English you can equate this to Christmas afternoon, a tin of Bullseyes, and a new Airfix kit plus a James Bond movie to watch. Religion has a lot to offer the thinking adult,…
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The Rises And The Falls
Someone mentioned a long-time model making firm was closing. Sad, but then lots of long-time firms have gone ( Aurora, Frog, Pyro, etc. ) and we are still building models every week. For the most part, the models we build are better than before. The closing of one firm means we turn to the opening…
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It Might Do What It Says On The Tin
But what if you can’t read the blasted tin? The hobby item packaged with a language you cannot understand is no better than the kit with no instructions. You may have a faint inkling about the dilution, application, drying time, or characteristics of a paint or varnish, but that might not be enough. The maker…
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Kit-O-Plasm
The spirit of dead models made to rise again. Let’s all sit in the dark, hold hands, and ask the ghosts of 1950’s kits to hover round us. Or we can go on eBay and do some exorcism. Or just go round the hobby shop and see what Revell have re-boxed. I’m waiting for the…
The Little World 