Tag: exhibition
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The Star-Rangers Ride Again
Or is the Cosmic Commandos? I stopped reading science fiction along about the time I thought about Wernher von Braun bombarding Kent and then working for NASA…and never took it up again. I was content to watch the real space rockets take off on television and just hope that none of his were headed my…
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I Go To The Show
The annual scale model show got cancelled flat last year and very nearly so again this year. Fortunately we lucked it and got to hold the two-day event in the normal venue. The only restrictions were compulsory mask wearing and keeping a safe distance from each other. And no touching the models. I entered a…
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Sandown Park 2019 – Part Eleven – What’s Big And Pink…?
And full of high explosives? Why Strawberry Bitch, of course. Not a popular airplane in Romania, though it did visit there some years ago. Not that it hung around – just popped in, dropped something off, and popped out again. Sort of like a pastel-coloured courier van. No-one signed for the parcels… The real SB…
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Sandown Park 2019 – Part Nine – The National Capitol
Australia is similar in many respects to Canada and the United States of America – we all established separate and specific cities for the seats of our national governments. And we elect representatives from our disparate states or provinces to go and sit there. In earlier days this was a great comfort, but now that…
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Lanterns
It would appear that one of the WA miniatures clubs set themselves a task this year to make miniature scenes in some of the decorative tin lanterns that are appearing on the craft and decor scene. As an old re-enactor who has used candle lanterns for years at camps I sort of applaud this on…
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The Clarion Call To Inaction
I attended a model car collector’s display yesterday at our favourite exhibition hall. it’s a once-a-year event that allows the people who make dioramas and displays to show off to the people of Perth. There are also trade tables that cater to those who make a hobby income out of selling toy cars. I had…
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Ye Olde Kitte
I went to the swap-meet section of the plastic modelling exhibition a little while ago and looked around. I do that – surreptitious spying is one of those hobbies that you can do with little initial outlay – Just a black cloak and broad – brimmed hat. The dark sunglasses and anarchist’s bomb are just…
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