Tag: designs

• The Detail Is In the Devil

  

  And I am starting to believe that is where it should stay. I stand in awe of the fine detail that can be achieved by some modellers working in 1:32nd and 1:35th scale. When they commence work on tank tracks with 5 or 6 pieces per link…and a couple hundred links…I know it is time…

  Dick Stein

  March 12, 2025

  1:35 scale, 1:72 scale, Czech models, damage control, design, Miniature Philosophy, Ukrainian models, Uncategorized

  designs, details, parts

• Com Pro Mise

  

  Don’t turn away. And don’t make that noise in your throat. Compromise is not a filthy word. You’ll find this out soon enough when you are a scale model builder – particularly if you build from commercial kits. They have compromises on every sprue tree. You can also buy after-market brass approximations and resin-cast bad…

  Dick Stein

  December 12, 2022

  design, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling materials, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  designs, mistakes, parts

• Is Out Of The Box Too Humble For You?

  

  Go to a fancy restaurant. Order an expensive meal – prepared by a Michelin-starred chef. Ask for tomato sauce; see what happens… To their great credit and lasting fame, the people who organise our Big Local Scale Model Exhibition always leave a section of the entry form for people who wish to build their model…

  Dick Stein

  December 2, 2022

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Canadian aircraft, design, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Uncategorized

  contests, designs, kits, SOOTB