Tag: philosophy
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Dornier Do 27 – Part Three – Why Go To All That Trouble?
Why go to all the trouble of detailing the inside of a 1/72 scale model aircraft? a. When you are going to have the windows closed? And possibly obscured by the sort of crazing and hazing that desert storage conditions bring about? See Davis-Monthan or Hatzerim photos for this reference. b. When the parts are…
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Four Chances To Be Happy
You have just got your new model kit home. You’ve paid for it – no more eating or drinking for a month. All your money is gone. But now is the time to decide whether you are going to be happy or not. It all depends on whether you are going to follow one of…
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Middle-Class Modelling
Worrying about not being seen as better – or being seen as worse – than you really are? Perhaps it would be more accurate to refer to it as having a case of muddle-class modelling. However one defines it, by the time someone finds themself thinking they are in the middle of it, it is…
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Justify Yourself
Have you ever heard this phrase in the mouth of a bikie – someone who deals in drugs and crime and standover tactics? Doesn’t it make you want to spew? But take it a little lighter – and apply it to your scale modelling. Don’t say it to others – you don’t want to be…
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Zen Modelling – Part Two
We need to question two more servants about this zen business. Here’s WHEN to fill us in on the schedule: ” When do you seek zen enlightenment? When you don’t have it. When you feel all up and down and jangled and iffy and nothing seems to satisfy you. That’s the time to contemplate what…
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The Zen Of Modelling – Part One
Go google ” Schopenhauer’s Workshop ” and ” Inch High Guy ” weblogs on your computer. Open the sites and explore some of their posts; it will be well worth your time. They are enthusiasts just like you and produce superb models – they also produce a lot of fun for themselves. You can share…
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Boy, Was Flory Ever Right
And more correct than even he thought. Phil Flory is making some bite-sized videos for modellers to introduce them to basic concepts – and right at the start of this series he has advised people to sit down with the instruction book and plan out their build. Good, good advice, and something that no-one else…
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The Seven Deadly Modelling Sins
It’s no good building your own Little World if you cannot write the moral rules for it. But time is precious, so I have decided to take a short cut and borrow seven deadly sins from the church literature of the middle ages and renaissance. These will form a firm basis of what thou shalt…
The Little World 