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Where Do You Live?
In a house? In a suburb? In a certain time? What if you could create your own little world? Some scale model railway makers do that – and their layouts can be as bare or as detailed as their resources and imagination may dictate. Scale model diorama makers as well – they have little slices…
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Good Shows Need Not Be Frantic
It is not necessary to have rock music and explosions. Sometimes quiet beauty and good crafting skills are all that is needed. A case in point is the annual Western Australian Miniature Association event held at South Perth Civic Centre. It is a gem. The venue is on a quiet street – which helps to…
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If You Build A Mustspitschmitt
You have to build it in the largest possible scale. Anything less would be a waste of time. Disregard the fact that you could show as much or as little skill in the smaller size as the larger. Set aside the cost factor and the encroachment on domestic space after it is completed. This is…
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Is It A Skin Lesion?
Or dried glue? Modellers are sometimes healthy and sometimes not, and it is surprising how many of their ailments are self inflicted: a. The cement scab noted above. I have found them weeks old in some pretty odd places. b. Acrylic asthma. You can do a great deal of no good with an airbrush full…
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Practical Lessons In Showmanship
Determined to get value for brass from the recent model railway exhibition, I have set aside my disappointment and drawn up a list of lessons learned. a. If you go to a show, go for a reason. You’ll be paying show prices so get value. b. The show should be on the stage in front…
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When You See A Better Model
Do not be envious. Don’t resent the other person for their success. Regard it as a chance for a free gift from them; one they will probably be delighted to give you. Study the model carefully. Ask about it, and in particular the bits of it that are better than you can do. Nearly everyone…
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Don’t You Have Something Better To Do?
Well, frankly, no. I used to have professional practice to do, attended with terrible anxiety. It paid me money for awhile, and then didn’t. A signal… So I took up trade, and it was attended by less angst, and more money. Eventually I had accumulated enough of both to be satisfied. Now I have decided…
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The Coconut Bow
Look up the history of the WW2 cruiser USS NEW ORLEANS at the Battle of Tassafaronga. You’ll find that a Japanese 21″ Long Lance torpedo hot it at night and blew the bow off just aft of the first turret. The bow then rotated to port and passed down the port side of the ship,…
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Backed Away From The Airbrush
And no-one got hurt… My daughter – a net-savvy person – heard me chortling about the idea of using cheap vodka for airbrush working. She did some searching and found an Amazon product that could arrive at the door for 1.3¢ per ml. I had no words. She ordered a bottle, and I prepared the…
The Little World 