Category: workflow
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Can You Wait Too Long?
I suspect you can… And I am not writing about the 5 hr delay between when your family asks you whether you are ready…you standing at the door jiggling the car keys…and when they actually get in the vehicle. No, I mean between stages of a scale model build. Here are the reasons why I…
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You Only Really Aim High Or Low In Scale Modelling
The centre of the target is not interesting – a direct contrast to rifle shooting. When you buy a model, or are fortunate to receive one as a gift, you are either going to chop out a lot of money or very little at all. Oddly, most modellers don’t notice either sum. The large expensive…
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Should You Slow Down?
I mean at the modelling bench – not on the roads. Out there you can go as fast as the car will do and no-one really cares. Swerve from lane to lane, as well… No, at the modelling bench you need to pace yourself. If you do not have an unlimited stash to dip into…
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CAC Winjeel – Part Three – Baking Box
You might think that the cockpit of this aircraft would deserve that nickname. If the pilots were stuck on the cross taxiing strips waiting for something to clear they might be. That is what they always had an Esky full of VB in the back seat. No good dehydrating, is it? The final fit before…
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You Look At It
It looks at you. The scale model stand-off; you have bought a kit well beyond your comfort zone. It has 1468 parts plus a booklet and a decal sheet with 47 different options. Every track link has 18 parts and you need to make up 256 of them. This might be fine, except it is…
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Your Environment Is Waiting To Mug You
As scale modellers we tend to forget a lot. We forget to save money in the hobby shop and we forget to put nose weights into our aircraft. We forget to to sign the club attendance book and to wash our hands in the loo. Most times we get away with it. However, the universe…
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If You Cannot Raise the Standard Of Your Skills
At least lower the level of your expectations. The hobby, after all, is meant to give you pleasure. If all you do is whinge about the efforts of others and wince at the sight of yours…well, is it time to seek your joy elsewhere? I have gone up and down in my own estimation a…
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When You Have Done All You Can
Stop doing. The number of times a good model has been converted to a flawed embarrassment by that ” one more little touch “…The extra coat of varnish. The touch up paint. The superglued aftermarket part. You know you flubbed it instantly – yet the moment before you could not see to quit. Self-realisation at…
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Buy All The Superglue
And discover whether it really is super or not… I have looked with nuclear puzzlement at the cyanoacrylate cement racks in the hobby shop…as well as at the DIY shop. Frequently no idea at all forms in my mind, and I buy whatever is cheapest. The super-thin sort goes everywhere and into my fingers. The…
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How Complex Is Enough?
Engaged in building a Christmas present kit, I was surprised to see how simple it was. A modern jet fighter in 1/72, with smooth lines and little external hardware, the build was nevertheless satisfying. The after-market enthusiasts would have a ball, but there are no ready sources of this that I know – and I’d…
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