Tag: plastic kit

• The Cost of the Kit Is Not Included

  

  I’m old. I can remember plastic-bagged 50¢ Airfix kits. I can remember the little brown vials of cement that came in the boxed kits. ( best cement ever…) I can remember life before acrylic paints… Old. But this doesn’t mean to say that I am feeble-minded – or that I can be persuaded to open…

  Dick Stein

  June 10, 2018

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  details, Messerschmitt, paint, plastic kit

• The Stash – Part Two – When The Time Comes…

  

  Ah, but when does the time come? Answer me that… If we admit first off that we have a stash of unbuilt models we can proceed. The model stash may be actual kits, homebuilt kits, scratchbuild ideas, or piles of raw materials. It may contain dead models from long ago ready for revision or cheap junk…

  Dick Stein

  May 4, 2018

  1:72 scale, Hobby Shops, Military models, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  determination, nostalgia, plastic kit, timing

• The Nano Part For The Nanny State

  

  Paradoxically, nano is a big word these days. We see it every time someone has managed to make a smaller machine or discovered a smaller bit of the universe. You’ll see it in all sorts of scientific reports as well as commercial advertisements. Mind you, the makers of confectionery tend to shy away from it…

  Dick Stein

  March 4, 2018

  1:72 scale, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Czech Republic, plastic kit, Spitfire