Tag: Czech Republic
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JS-2 Tank – Part Four – Czech This One Out…
Despite indecision about the Zvezda JS-2 kit’s deficiencies, I think it has fulfilled my vision splendidly. The idea of armour and military modelling is new to me – heretofore I just collected die-cast vehicles that suited my model airfields. I admired the efforts of expert armour modellers i saw at my club and at interstate…
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Why The Czechs?
Or why the Ukrainians, Poles, or Russians? Why the Chinese? Why has plastic scale model manufacturing become such a big thing in these countries? And why did it move so much from the original base in the USA? Why did the US companies sell up to overseas investors? It cannot be because the population of…
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The Nano Part For The Nanny State
Paradoxically, nano is a big word these days. We see it every time someone has managed to make a smaller machine or discovered a smaller bit of the universe. You’ll see it in all sorts of scientific reports as well as commercial advertisements. Mind you, the makers of confectionery tend to shy away from it…
The Little World 