Tag: regrets
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The Rites Of Scale Model Passage
If you have not done these yet, you will… a. Cut yourself severely with your modelling knife. You will bleed profusely, and probably onto your decal sheet. The bit you cut will be the digit you use for most delicate and detailed work, and you will be bandaged for a month. If you manage to…
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The Bellanca Ball-Ache
I’m being unfair to Bellanca – I could have chosen Beechcraft or Bristol. The alliteration was the thing – a ” B ” aircraft maker was needed. Let’s start out by saying there never was an aircraft called the Ball-Ache. There may have been many that induced the condition, but that is a matter for…
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The Blood Sacrifice
The medieval costume club I once belonged to held regular workshop days in which they made swords, armour, and all the various accessories of historical life. They were brilliant blacksmiths, metalworkers, tailors, potters, etc. and they all suffered for it. There was a phrase that was used to describe the phenomenon – ” The Blood…
The Little World 