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Carrie Nation’s Guide To Airbrushing
Stay away from Mick, John, and Dick. They have dangerous ideas. A recent discovery of a cheap Canadian whiskey on our local market led to speculation about paint thinners and prices. We looked out bottles of Tamiya X-20 and X-20A at the club, and noted the recent price rises. It’s now $ 15 – $…
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Douglas Skyraider – Part Three – Wham, Bam,
Hwacheon Dam! As I understand it, The UN forces in Korea in 1951 took exception to the use of the Hwacheon Dam by the North Koreans and decided to do something about it. The something turned out to be Mk 13 aerial torpedoes from the WW!! magazine stores of USS PRINCETON. Few aboard had any…
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Douglas Skyraider – Part Two – The Five-Point Shot
Photographic shot, that is. The acquisition of a new Fujifilm camera with a touch screen has led to adoption of a new procedure for scale model photography. I can now doe focus-stacked images much more easily. It’s not my invention – it’s been going on for ages -but now it is very simple for tabletop…
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Douglas Skyraider – Part One – Abandoned On The Shelf
Started, but incomplete. Very low price – my kind of kit. And a definite prototype in mind for the finished build. The previous owner had cemented the wing and fuselage halves together and done a pretty careful and precise job of it. The kit is designed so that the cockpit tub slips inside before the…
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You Are Not Your Collection
Which is a good thing. If you were, we’d have to dust you. I once visited a club that concerned itself with collecting die cast models and toys. The people in it were keen in their pursuits and many had amassed quite large collections. They had many models and had spent a good deal of…
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Social Media Jail
Apparently I make a social media organisation nervous. I’m perplexed – the last time I made anyone uneasy was in professional practice and there was a statutory board that controlled me. I’m surprised that a US social media corporation thinks itself jurisdictional in Australia, but these are new times. Briefly, I’ve had a post about…
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Have I Got The Latest, Latest Kit?
With the photo-etch and the resin and the masks and the pots of paint and the signed copy of the designer’s baby photo? Gee, I hope not; I don’t think I could stand the pressure to perform. The 14th coat of weathering oil/lacquer/authenticity magic would reduce me to tears. I could not win a court…
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Pitts S2A – Part Two – Canadian Reds
I wonder if someone will pick up on this one at the next WASMex show. Will I get talked to by the committee? Well, we shall see. If they press me I will say that the sponsors are a fine Canadian company that sponsored a team for air racing and never sells dangerous products. Not…
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Pitts S2A – Part One – Leonardo’s
My daughter visited Japan some 5 years ago – pre Covid. I tasked her with bringing me back something that wasn’t available in our local shops. Fortunately she wandered into one of the Leonardo’s shops in Akihabara and was able to talk to the sales staff. She selected 4 models that were old, odd, and…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
