Tag: shelf queens

• The Clean-Up

  

  New year seemed to demand new experiences. Also new work. So I rather hurried to complete a model before midnight. It was not hard…just a small one. That meant that January could start afresh at the club with a new kit. The stash owner always has the problem of which to select. In my case…

  Dick Stein

  May 28, 2026

  1:72 scale, Collecting, damage control, finances, Hobby Shops, Ukrainian models, Uncategorized, Utility Models

  Hobby shop, shelf queens, leftovers

• Someone Wants Me…

  

  I’m a 1/48th scale model of a dust cart. In a world of Messerschmitts, Super Hornets, and Saturn V rockets…I’m a dust cart. Two wheels, a bin, and a handle. You get a broom and a shovel on the sprue and a set of decals that look like banana peels and cat puke. The instruction…

  Dick Stein

  August 7, 2019

  Box Art, Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Scale Models, shelf queens, unwanted kits