Tag: SMCWA
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And Now The Shipping News

A number of chaps at my Men’s Shed morning are model ship builders – some exclusively and some as a relief from tanks or planes. I used to build boats – R/C ones as a young householder, and in my dim youth plastic ships as well. But so far not in old age. No real…
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The Lively Imagination

Also known as the cop-out. Our club motto is ” True To Life – True To Scale “. It is a stirring thought, and has undoubtedly been arrived at through much heated discussion. Like all mottos, it is obeyed in reality sometimes, in spirit sometimes, and in the bin at others. There are models built…
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Lockheed Hercules – Part Three – Enough Meat On The Bone

In my recent builds I have concentrated upon small aircraft. This is fun and fine – it delivers quick satisfaction and another plane for the collection. But it sometimes seems as if there is very little going on – that the thing flies together in a day or so. I start to miss the meat…
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How Do You Sell Yourself On The Open Market?

And still keep your clothes on? This question arose when I was looking at the business of attracting more members to join the scale modelling club I belong to. Everyone seems to agree that it would be a good thing to attract new enthusiasts for the retired or active divisions of the club. And to…
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A Good Club Mate

I normally do not bring other names to this column, but as this will also be read by my scale model club associates I will take the opportunity to pay homage to a former club mate. He has passed on this last weekend. It was not unexpected, though greatly regretted. He told us several years…
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New Members Wanted

And not because the old ones are wearing out…because new people have new ideas. The scale modelling club I joined a couple of years ago had an annual general meeting and it looks as though there is a need for fresh blood. Not just on the Xacto knives, either. We need more members. I am surprised…



