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Do Not Marry A Hobbyist
Advice for everyone – not restricted to age or gender. If you are about to marry a hobbyist, pause and look around – around their house or room or desk. Is there open space or is every surface covered by ” something in progress:? Be aware that if this is the case, nothing may be…
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If You Are Not The Target Buyer
Should you still build the kit? Look at the hobby shop shelves and identify the little-kid model. Now search for the advanced-rich-expert one. Note that they are both about the same price…Ha Ha Ha… Apart from the economics, however, there is a differential in targeting. The little 1:72 or 1:144 kit is often intended for…
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The Constant Search For The Ultimate Kit
Also known as the Styrene Itch. As soon as you get your first Airfix Starter Kit you are assailed by two desires: that of building it and buying another. Both of these are legitimate and in time you can succeed. However, as you do the urges mount, the pressure increases, and the pace quickens. Soon…
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The Compulsory Stash
Being tied to a plastic sprue tree… We sometimes encounter stashes that have gone from small to sensible to moderate to toxic. There is no actual number, but when the available storage space is exceeded and the floor starts being crowded out, you know that something is amiss. This is also the case for commercial…
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Douglas Skyraider A-1H – Part Three – VNAF First Fighter Squadron
I pondered about that when I read it on the colour call-out. I always regarded the Douglas Skyraider as a bomb truck attack aircraft. Still, it was armed with four large guns plus the rocket pods so it would not have been a good idea to get in front of it on a busy day.…
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Douglas Skyraider A-1H- Part One – Out Of The Mould
Literally – This gift kit has been sitting in a damp shed for long enough to develop a micro-climate… After the necessary box art photo, both halves of the box go into a plastic bag in the shed and will be heaved out as soon as the build is done. The rest of the parts…
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RAF Puma – Part Three – Old Faithful
The Colde Wellcombe helicopter hack. When you need to be moved from one miserable part of the country to another, you call out the Colde Wellcombe duty Puma. Bob and Ian are always ready to do their duty, as long as the mess is closed. You may wish to avoid calling them out on Saturday…
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” Stick Your Fingers In That! “
Ya bastards!* The saga of the little RAAF Pilatus trainer continues. My niece arrives tomorrow to collect the model – it is to be taken to Victoria for the graduation ceremony of her son – an RAAF pilot. It’s a copy of the aircraft he made his first solo in. But how to get a…
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RAF Puma – Part One – Vintage Helo
Another Airfix Vintage Classic on the shelf – don’t mind if I do… Yikes – Scalemates says this kit was first released in 1973 and has been steadily re-released with different artwork ever since. It is like a bus on a roundabout – just wait to get aboard until it next circles past… I am…
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Canadian Dandruff
Or how to freeze your enthusiasm… At some stage of the game every scale modeller thinks it would be ” cool ” to make a snow scene. The big film studios have been doing it for years – some with great effect. Nothing says Eastern Front like a half-track with the crew starting a fire…
