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Modeller’s Memory
We are told that we have all sorts of memory: a. The regular sort that lets you down when you are looking for the car keys. b. Muscle memory that is supposed to guide you to the perfect golf shot or dance step. And it does…it does. As you develop it you find that you…
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The Power And the Glory
Little World builders have powers far exceeding those they exercise in the Big World. They can be sole commanders, iconic architects, industry giants, or genius designers and no-one else can say them nay. Their word may be flawed, but it is generally final. It gives them a little taste of what it must have been…
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The Table Of Despair
My local hobby shop has a shallow table out the front of the store near the tills. It contains the specials and bargains that they would like to clear quickly. I look at it every time I go to the shop and have come to a number of conclusions: Some things will never sell, because…
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Wonder Of Toyz R Uz Kiddie Kinder Surprise Land Pty Ltd
If you want to challenge yourself, go visit a toy store. NOT in a school holiday period or in the week leading up to Christmas, I hasten to add. There are some things that you need not do to yourself, no matter what. I recently visited a large-scale toy emporium in our city and looked…
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The Big Green Things Made Of Wood
You know. Branches, trunks, roots, bird nests. Those things that stand there in front of the forest and obscure it. Whaddaya call ’em…starts with a ” T “. I’ll think of it in a minute… Well modelling can be like that. You do all the research in the world – spend days on the internet…
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We Need The Tiny Tin Can
I am looking at small and large cans of paint – spray paint, as it happens – and wondering at the rationale around it. The can contained a grey Tamiya primer. I’ve just sprayed the very last of it on a 1:72 aircraft and can feel satisfied – it completed the job just before it…
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Cheap And Nasty Or Cheap And Nicely?
When I came to Australia in the 60’s I encountered a whole new division of language. Coming from North America I had experienced Canadian English and American English – now I had Australian English to learn. It wasn’t that hard, once you discarded the ocker colloquialisms. Of course you had to pick them up again…
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Is There A Worse Way To Do It?
Because if there is, I want to know all about it. I love horror stories and the things that people invent to do for themselves in their modelling workshops are no exception. Oh, I don’t mean the accidents and mishaps. I can cut my fingers or spill thinner into the electric fire myself. And who…
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Special Greetings From The Hobby Shop Siege
This is the second day of the hobby shop siege and the management hasn’t gotten me out yet. I’ve holed up behind the paint racks and taken hostages. Police negotiators have turned spotlights onto the acrylics but I am refusing to budge until my demands are met. I have sent out a manifesto and have…
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The Mark Of A Person’s Character
You can discern the character of a man – or of a woman – by their behaviour in the shops. The only difference between the sexes in this discussion is the sort of shop that they frequent – in the case of the man we’ll place him in a DIY centre or hobby shop and…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 