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No Lincoln
But you can get a model of a Leomontichvskyovic Lemon 8 from Moldovistan at your local Hobbyhell. I cannot decide whether this is because Airfix are not game to invest in a new mould that is not a Spitstangschmitt or whether the name ” Lincoln ” is seen to be too American for the British…
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Safety Instructions
Please read the following safety instructions carefully and keep them for future reference. a. Your kit is made by people who are underpaid. This means they are hungry, tired, and unhappy. Inspect the box carefully to ensure than no-one has sabotaged it with poison needles or razor blades. b. The kit is made of plastic…
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Drivin’ Miss Crazy
If you ever want to practice your anxiety, I can think of no better exercise than driving somewhere with a scale model in the car. Oh, I hasten to add, that’s a completed model…just tooling home from the hobby shop with a kit in a box plus $ 85 dollars of new paint is no…
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Academy SPAD XIII – Part Three – Not Goin’ Nowhere
And not surprising – it’s 38º C outside and 43º C in my work shed. I shall be lurking near the beer cooler and doing the final assembly and decal work inside. I praise the luxury of the choice. The ticklish job of assembly with a bi- or tri-plane is the stage at which you…
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Academy SPAD XIII – Part One – Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
However, I am going to do my best to keep the criminal at bay. My Revell SPAD XIII need not distress itself – this Academy model will look quite different. The model kit itself was a kind gift from a friend and has not been long in the stash before being called forth. I am…
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Don’t Do Anything With Your Hobby…
That isn’t fun. Because then it will not be a hobby – it will be a task – and a burdensome one, at that. Once it becomes work, you become a worker, and then you have to beware of the boss: a. a shop owner who employs you as a salesperson or repairman. Perhaps as…
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The Dinner On The Workbench Idea
No, I’m not talking about a plate of stew in the middle of painting a new model. That will not end well. This is a post about prices. We pay varying amounts of money for our models – Some come free and are all the sweeter for that – some cost a lot. Unless we…
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A Word About Roden
I shall be polite, and not choose the word that comes first to mind… Roden models are made in Ukraine and that probably qualifies them for admiration and sympathy in today’s world. They have it from me for their plight, but not so much for their products. I have built two – a Pfalz D.IIIA…
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Pfalz D.IIIa – Part Three – The Stag Knight
And so few of us remember ours, eh? The Roden Pfalz D.IIIa is done, and within 4 days of start. It had been the Christmas-New Years hiatus and I hied my atus to the workshop and got busy. It was not such a kit as demanded a great deal of work, but it repaid precision.…
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Pfalz D.IIIa – Part Two – You Only Find Out By Cutting
Scale model building with a new maker’s kits is really like draining an abscess. You never really know what is going to happen till you plunge the knife in. The Rodin Pfalz is actually quite nice, if you can forgive a few inadvertent flash episodes. The fuselage sides came together after being flattened on a…
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