Tag: standards
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The Glaring Omissions

In hobby shops full of Messerspitstang kits and the space ships of the latest franchise movie, it is actually painful to stride the aisles looking for the missing links. I concentrate most effort on 1:72 scale aircraft and have long built the standards. I’ve built the semi-standards, and a fair few of the obscurities as…
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” You Could Do A Mediocre Job…”

So could you, mate. Which one of us would be raising our standards and which one would be lowering them? Self-criticism is often the tool of the tyrant – they get you to do it under threat because they don’t have the time to continually nag you themselves. Sort of a case of putting your…
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Living Up To Low Standards

I have often stood in awe of the work of other modellers. I can say truthfully that when I have seen results that are far superior to anything I could ever hope to achieve, I have given them their due. It is the fair and gentlemanly thing to do and if you look at things…
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Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star – Part One – The Brand I Trust

Let me start out by disclaiming any business connection with the Italeri company – or with any of their distributors or retailers. I am just a customer – but I am a satisfied customer. I have never had a product from Italeri with which I was unhappy. You may deplore my skills and expertise as…
