Tag: good materials

• The Five Dollar Model

  

  Earlier in this column’s history I introduced the Glorious $ 5 Plan – the construction of an ICM Polikarpov Chaika in 1:72 scale that only cost me $ 5 to do. It was a one-off opportunity provided by a discard box sale at the annual WASMEX show…and you can be certain that I’m going to hover…

  Dick Stein

  December 25, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Secondhand, Toys, Uncategorized, Workshop

  frugality, good materials, scratchbuilding

• I Was Saving That For A Rainy Day…

  

  When we set out stockpile materials, kits, plans, money, and tools with a hazy vision of one day making the grande supremo opus de-luxe  model…we condemn ourselves to a lifetime of anxiety. For how will we know when that ultimate opportunity arrives? When can we open the secret vault door and bring out the ”…

  Dick Stein

  July 17, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Enamel, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling Supplies, Uncategorized, Workshop

  good materials, miserliness, plastic, supplies, the stash