Category: Workshop
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The Little Workshop – When A Hunch Pays Off
I rarely go downtown these days unless it is to haunt the bookstore or check up on the branch of the camera shop I used to work for. The rest of the shops are filled with wonderful things that I don’t want and the streets are filled with people I wish to avoid. But there…
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The Myriad Of Little Worlds
In one holiday weekend – devoted to Western Australia Day – I found I visited five different Little Worlds. And in most cases the costs were under a sawbuck, including coffee. You can’t beat that on the international travel circuit. Day One: I appear as a cameo walk-on at a belly dance concert…the Little World…
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” Is This Paint Gluten-Free? “
Don’t laugh too much. You never know where the trail of discovery will lead. I have been pondering this in my local store – Hobbytech – as I wander the paint aisle. It is much the same when I go to the big DIY chain store – Bunnings – and try to make sense out…
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The Witchcraft That Is Airbrushing
I am new to airbrushing but not that new. A couple of tentative years under my belt. I’ve gone from stark terror to grudging acceptance. Reminds you of married life, doesn’t it? The first airbrush was a cheapie from Metro Hobbies, but complete enough to have three separate needle/nozzle/housing options included. They are stated as…
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Where Was That Blasted XF-68?
Yes, I paint model kits. Yes, I have more than one bottle of paint. Yes, I lose the occasional one down the back of the sofa… Now that I am building more model aircraft kits from different air forces I am getting more paints. Some are direct shades and some are mixtures. I have transcribed…
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I Shall Show You Ze Instruments…
Ve haf vays of making you pay attention. You may see und make your choice of ze conseqvences… No, no, no. Not that kind of movie. This is scale model building in the Little Workshop and we are all peaceful here.The only screams are when a fly walks over a fresh paint job. I have…
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Move Over Acme Manufacturing Co…
Because the Little Workshop is here and we’ve got the ideas that’ll make your life easier. They’re not giant projects – they’re not vast concepts – but by golly when we think things up, they’re half-vast. Like our new model building supports. We’ve all had times whilst building an airplane kit when we needed to…
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The Little Workshop – The Hanging Motor
When I was training as a dental student we encountered something in our first two weeks at university – two weeks before any other students even started – that has remained with me ever since – the hanging motor. I’d never seen one before but the utility of it became immediately evident. The motors came…
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Impatience Is Better than No Patience At All
Hurry up and read this essay – I want to get on and write more. Come on, come on…move your eyes faster…Sheesh… And get on with that model. You’ve had it for over a week and it’s still not done. The box says it’s quick to build…and who are you to make the manufacturer look…
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If It’s Worthwhile Doing…
It’s worthwhile doing badly. Then looking at what can be improved, and doing it again. This was the unfortunate story of Ploesti, but that was also a tale of the baleful effects of listening to authority when you know you’re right. The other thing to consider is that if something is worth doing, it’s worth…
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