Tag: model exhibition

• Inspiration

  

  A wise person takes inspiration from others. Thus, some politicians keep the works of Jesse James, Attila, and Torquemada handy for quick reference. Scale modellers, too, can benefit from contemplating the work of others. This is one of the chief benefits of a scale model show – as well as access to sausages on a…

  Dick Stein

  May 6, 2021

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Decals, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Painting, research, Uncategorized

  Colour Schemes, Decals, model exhibition, RAAF

• Sandown Park 2019 – Part One – Silver

  

  Well, there we were, folks – Sandown Park in Melbourne for the 2019 model exhibition. Plenty of parking, real live motor cars circling the track, and a large canteen area set aside for the punters. What more could one want? One of the first tables that caught the eye after I rounded the Wall O’…

  Dick Stein

  June 18, 2019

  1:72 scale, airliner, Australian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, French aircraft, Model Airplane, Model building club, Painting, Scale Models

  model exhibition, Sandown Park, silver finish

• No Business Like Show Business

  

  Somewhere this afternoon a modeller is putting yet another coat of paint on their show model for the 2019 exhibition. In three days they will buff this off with the skin of an unborn albino ocelot and start to spray the next coat. Then the whole process will be repeated – it is going to…

  Dick Stein

  January 28, 2019

  Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  competition, detailing, model exhibition