Tag: Little Worlds

• Where Do You Live?

  

  In a house? In a suburb? In a certain time? What if you could create your own little world? Some scale model railway makers do that – and their layouts can be as bare or as detailed as their resources and imagination may dictate. Scale model diorama makers as well – they have little slices…

  Dick Stein

  September 3, 2025

  Collecting, design, Dioramas, display, Doll Houses, Miniature Philosophy, Model building club, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Little Worlds, miniature living

• When Little Worlds Collide

  

  A casual discussion overheard at my modelling club about an upcoming Big Local Modelling Exhibition revolved around which club exhibit would win the coveted “ Best In Show “ award. It’s decided by a public vote amongst the paying attendees. Everyone gets a twiddly wink as a counter and places it in a box at…

  Dick Stein

  January 2, 2023

  card models, Collecting, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Figure modelling, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model building club, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling exhibitions, Uncategorized

  clubs, competitions, Little Worlds, model exhibition

• How Many?

  

  I live in Perth, Western Australia – the furthest west that you can get before the world resets and it becomes east again. We’re where the wagon train either stops or gets extremely wet.. Our town has sheds, workshops, hobby rooms, garages, and minor factories all over the place – nearly every back yard has…

  Dick Stein

  August 6, 2018

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Collecting, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Figure modelling, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  hidden treasures, Little Worlds, modelleres, shyness