Tag: quality

• CAC Winjeel – Part Two – High Planes Surprise

  

  It is a mistake to judge a book by its cover or a scale model kit by its sprue tree. In both cases appearances can be deceptive. The first glance at a High Planes product is not conducive to confidence – the trees seem crude and you wonder whether it is worthwhile going on. Have…

  Dick Stein

  December 28, 2025

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, design, frugality, Model Airplane, subassembly

  High Planes, moulding, quality

• Not Every Tool Is A Good Tool

  

  But they won’t tell you that at the hobby shop or on the internet site. We all have more tools than we use…every toolbox I’ve ever seen has at least 10 – 20% excess in it that just gets shifted about when we look for the useful items. Yes, I’m guilty of this too. Every…

  Dick Stein

  March 29, 2024

  Collecting, design, frugality, Miniature Philosophy, Tools, Uncategorized, Workshop

  mistakes, quality, Tools

• The Plastic Casino

  

  Are you an inveterate gambler? Are they always hauling you out of casinos and racetracks and putting you on 12-step anti-addiction plans? Well cheer up – you can put the cards down, throw the dice away, and say farewell to the horses. I’ve got a new outlet for your mania and it’s all legit. Betcha…

  Dick Stein

  February 21, 2020

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, Modelling materials, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  kits, major makers, quality, short run