Tag: model railways

• The Trains Now Arriving…

  

  In my local hobby shop are wonderful. They have digital control, digital sound, and completely realistic motion. Their couplers are tiny and there are a full complement of passengers and crew. The wagons and carriages are lined and decaled and the only thing that deters me from sweeping up an armful of them is the…

  Dick Stein

  February 17, 2025

  1:72 scale, design, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model trains, Modelling Supplies, scratch-building, Self Reliance, Uncategorized

  finances, model railways, scratchbuilding

• Never Too Late

  

  Except if you dined at an Ethiopian restaurant the night before and feel you might need to seek a toilet. No matter how fast you are, you will never be fast enough. And there is no point in getting up and thinking you’re done. You might as well settle in for the day. In the…

  Dick Stein

  August 14, 2023

  display, Doll Houses, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling exhibitions, Organisation, Uncategorized

  Bureaucrats, dollhouses, exhibitions, model railways, plastic models, wargamers

• The Big Local Scale Model Exhibition – Part Five – The Quest For Novelty

  

  One of the charms for me when I attend the doll-house ladies’ exhibition, or that of the model railway enthusiasts – is the novelty of the models and exhibits. I preserve this freshness by attending only one of these per year – one year it will be the doll-houses and next the trains. Every time…

  Dick Stein

  May 6, 2022

  1:72 scale, Chinese aircraft, Collecting, Czech models, Dioramas, Doll Houses, Japanese aircraft, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Polish models, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  airfields, dollhouses, model exhibition, model railways, novelty