Tag: maintenance

• Down At the Docks

  

  A lesson in maintenance. I look at the top of my model of the Spitfire – the one I made last year. See how it has become slightly duller? Is that progressive camouflage? No, it is dust, cat hair, lint, ashes, and fingerprints. And that in one year… The paper model of the German harbour…

  Dick Stein

  August 16, 2026

  Collecting, damage control, Dioramas, display, Modelling exhibitions

  display, dusting, maintenance

• Ongoing Maintenance

  

  I did not realise that there would be a schedule of maintenance on a plastic model – I thought once it was done, that was it. Silly me. There is maintenance on anything that you need to continue working – car, marriage, camera, etc. The models are no different. a. There will be cleaning issues.…

  Dick Stein

  July 10, 2019

  1:72 scale, Collecting, Czech models, Decals, die cast, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Decals, dust, maintenance, paint, repairs