Tag: novelty

• The Aisle Of Nothing

  

  Nothing new, nothing exciting, nothing doing. The saddest aisle in the hobby shop – yet you had so many good times here before. How can it be so dreary? Well, you’ve built most of the kits on the shelves, and it will be a few months before the next order from the wholesaler hits the…

  Dick Stein

  June 8, 2024

  display, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  ennui, Hobby Shops, novelty

• 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