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You Know Where You Can Stick It, Buddy
And wash your hands afterwards… I use all sorts of perfectly good adhesives for my modelling – cements, glues, resins, etc. And while they all have different formulae and different actions on the plastic models, they have one thing in common; I can make them go where they are not wanted. I have smeared every…
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The Meaning Of The Universe
I hesitated to write that title in case someone was going to object on religious or scientific grounds – or was a fan of Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. I also debated where to place it in my blogoverse – humour, photography, or scale modelling. In the end I decided upon…
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Yakovlev 6 – Part Four – Jayne Mansfield
Nothing whatsoever to do with this Yak 6 utility aircraft, but Jayne liked the colour pink as well. She would have appreciated the big nacelles… Now that your mind is sabotaged for the day, we will continue. The Amphibious Twins have been painted and are installed in their little bare cockpit. Fortunately the glazing over…
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Yakovlev 6 – Part Three – The Beauty Within
The crude nature of some kits is so overwhelming that many people just cannot bring themselves to build them. This is the result of the continuing development of the hobby over the last 70 Years. We in the west have benefited tremendously from the initial efforts of the British, American, and French firms that took…
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Yakovlev 6 – Part One -The Orphan
I discovered this Yak 6 model sitting forlornly under a pile of junk in the storage room of the model club. There are any number of derelict kits in there – some abandoned half-built, and some just unwanted. The simple ones could be turned into basic trainers for young modellers, but the dreadful short run…
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The Hiatus
The Hiatus was a heavy triplane bomber designed by Handley Page…but they paused the production… All modellers stop occasionally to take stock. To draw a breath. To pacify the wife. It doesn’t mean that they will not be building again – it just means that it will not be today. Today will be devoted to…
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The Non-Brush Brush-Off
There is a name for brushes; hairy sticks. Because that is what they are. And they do very basic hairy things… There is a current phrase – ” hairy stick ” – used to describe paint brushes – that is both humorous and accurate. Because that’s what the wretched things really are. Oh, there are…
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How To Make A Small Fortune At The Big Local Model Exhibition
Start with a large fortune and go there to sell model goods. Well, you knew that punchline was coming when you started reading. You should have stopped then. Too late, you have to finish reading this article now. Going to the Big Local Model Exhibition at Cannington Central with goods to sell is a sure-fire…
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Do Kit Designers Hang Upside-Down In Caves?
I ask this because I have noted some of the priorities they assign to their kit designs. In the case of the beer, pretzel, and borscht bureaux, the decisions they make about the level of photo-etch to include in a cockpit area vs the basic fit of the thing into the fuselage hints at it.…
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RCAF Privateer – Part Four – When To Commit Yourself…
Or alternately…when to have yourself committed… You have to make a decision eventually – whether to cement every blessed little part on the model and then try to paint and decal around them, or to break it down into stages and make your errors in a more orderly fashion. One road leads to madness and…
The Little World 