Showing posts with label Other peoples hobbies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Other peoples hobbies. Show all posts
Saturday, July 05, 2025

Saturday Film Club: I Tried the Hobby that Took Over Japan in 1999 (Hikaru Dorodango)

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Polishing mud is a thing, apparently. Or at least it was 25 years ago. I'll admit the concept is interesting, but I think I can find oth...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Artisan and Reenactors Market 2024

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  What is it that makes me think a pith helmet with dodos on it would be a great addition to my wardrobe?  That's what happens when I wa...
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Sunday, June 09, 2024

Makers Central 2024

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I've heard about "makers" events for years, and always been tempted to go to one, but other things have got in the way. Finall...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Artisan and Reenactors Market

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Since lots of people will be at the biggest model railway show in the UK today, let's look at a decidedly non-toy train event. Sacriledg...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Visiting the South Warwickshire Electric Flyers

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A work trip meant I couldn't attend the L&WMRS open day, but my Dad performed his usual "Meet and Greet" duties - which ga...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Learning a new skill, with a feltwork chicken

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  I make a lot of stuff. This won't come as a surprise to readers of this blog, but it's important. I love making things, and when I...
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Saturday, September 11, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Mattel Vertibird Toy Helicopter

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The Vertibird helicopter is firmly in the realm of toys I looked at in my mum's mail order catalogue, but knew I'd never actually se...
Thursday, September 02, 2021

Partwork season is back

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    The schools are heading back, which must mean it's time for all the new partworks to launch. Cluttering up your local newsagents for...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Art in the Park

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A proper event - with other people! Leamington's annual Art in the Park event didn't happen last year for obvious reasons, but in 20...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Model Truck World

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It's a brave company that launches a new paper magazine these days, but that's what Guideline Publications have done - twice.  Home ...
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Saturday, February 13, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Build a Fairy house from cardboard

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A really impressive build - creating a fairy house out of cardboard and lashings of hot glue.  Recording this video must have taken some eff...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Diamond Dotz - or 16mm scale rivets?

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For Christmas, mum received a " Diamond Dotz " kit to produce a picture of a gecko. She sat for hours, happily picking up little...
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Saturday, November 23, 2019

Saturday Film Club: Car racing in trunking

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When I was in Hong Kong a few years ago,I found loads of model shops and the big thing they sold were battery-powered cars with wheels o...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Cosford Large Aircraft 2019 - Rain stops plane

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The weather forecast promised cloudy skies. The previous weekends and even days running up to the event predicted sunshine and sun-hats.  ...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Finding a railway at the slot car show

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I've been trying to include more non-train events in my life recently. You can get rather too deep into the hobby, especially when it...
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Monday, May 20, 2019

National Vintage Communications Fair 2019

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Ten pounds to go into the antique fair? Makes toy train show look like a bargain... Still, I like to go to non-train events and I was s...
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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Making apples

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How to make 1:12th scale apples, according to the workshop I attended.  Take 2 parts yellow-green, one part orange and 1/2 part dark...
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Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Miniatura 2019

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Miniatura is one of those shows I've always been tempted to visit, but not quite got around to it. For those who don't know, it...
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Saturday, January 05, 2019

Saturday Film Club: Building a Flying Fortress

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THIS sort of thing is why I think I'm a rubbish modeller. Tom Grigat not only makes a superb job of building an Airfix kit, and prod...
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Sunday, December 09, 2018

IPMS 2018

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Travelling to Telford can be interesting. Or more accurately, frustrating. A couple of years ago, I arrived at Birmingham New Street to ...
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