Tag: complexity
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Dodged A Bullet?
Perhaps. And it was just a series of events… The Scale Modellers Club of Western Australia newsletter that has just started to appear in this column was initially going to be an email-based bulletin that would reach out to some 50 or so members and local shops. I gathered email addresses from the club members…
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Build Simply
Or, in the case of the stash maniacs in the readership – simply build… Today’s posts on my other two weblog columns has centred around simplicity – in living and purchasing. It can also be applied to our hobby of scale modelling. Not every kit or model needs to be super-detailed to be super fun.…
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Sukhoi Su-2 – Part Three – Oh, Those Wacky Soviets…
Just when you start to think that they have no imagination, they come out with a new one and all you can do is scratch your head. Consider the heading image. I have assembled the engine for the Sukhoi following the diagrams as faithfully as can be. There’s the two rows of cylinders, like a…
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Not Every Kit Is For Every Body
And some kits are for no-body at all. The choice you make of a kit to build is affected by many factors; type, era, maker, price, availability, and box art. The last-named may seem like a stranger to the list, but it frequently is the most powerful impetus to buy. Unfortunately it can also be…
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” It’s Only A 1:72 Model…”
The word to look at in the title is ” only ” – and I would look at it askance, if I were you… I’ve noticed that there can be quite some little hierarchy in the scale model building fraternity – based upon a number of factors: a. Years spent doing the hobby. This is…
The Little World 