Tag: exhibitions
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You Cannot Educate The Ignorant
Not with a scale model – so don’t set yourself up for disappointment. The public display of scale models of any kind is best done to other enthusiasts. They will be critical of your work, but generally sympathetic enough to see what you are trying to show. Joe Soap who just slings along with nothing…
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Making A Public Exhibition Of Yourself
This is not as dire as it sounds. Of course the upright, uptight, upper class Victorian would never do it…but then they never did. They reserved their showing off for a funeral cortege and a statue in the local gardens. I plan on two show-off shows this year; one at the annual scale model festival…
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Stand Off!
It looks as if the warning sign idea for exhibition tables is a success – at least in the making. The wood was purchased at the Big Clawhammer but the rest of the materials were all to hand in the workshop. Even the red and yellow paint. The later is a mix of all the…
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Promoting A Hobby Shop
I visit two hobby shops regularly – another two every six months – and a couple more not at all. The chosen ones are close at hand when I am at home or coming from my weekly club meeting. The occasional ones are out of the way but rewarding for small items. The rejects are…
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The Box Office, The Cast, And The Audience
Which is the most important part of the theatre? If you know, tell me. I am trying to decide the same thing about the modelling exhibitions that are held annually in Perth. Whether they are of cars, boats, trains, planes or houses, they all have essentially three components; those who show, those who they show…
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Scale Modelling Is All About A Sense Of Proportion
Some buy it in kits – the scale is stated on the box, unless it was moulded in the 1950’s… Some scratch-build and measure it out with rulers and calipers. Their computers will lay it out and editing programs let them change it. And they can lose it entirely at a scale model exhibition. If…
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It’s All So Simple, Even A Child Could Understand It
Quick, go out and find me a child… The new rules for the competition are up. Now there should be no confusion as to categories, criteria, or critiques. Simply follow the 126 steps outlined in the ” Scientific Guide To Artistic Paradigms Of The Existential Scale Model Collective “. Copies are available upon submission fo…
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The Courage To Play
Do you remember playing? If you can recall your childhood and still picture the games and toys that amused you…you are a very lucky person. Even if they were modest things, they helped you to understand the world and prepare to be an active part of it. You grew older – hopefully wiser. You l…
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When You Are The Only Person In A Shop
You start to wonder about the viability of the place. This may certainly be the case when you go at an odd time of the day – say they open 24/7 and it is 3:00 AM. But if it’s noon on Tuesday, you have to wonder at empty aisles. Prices can do it. Inflation and…
The Little World 