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RW’s Sense of Smoke
Posted on January 14, 2021
With the ongoing isolation due to the current pandemic combined with the needs of a ten month old lad, I’ve found myself spending more time round the house. As I am away from my Spain atelier, I set up an ersatz modelling bench in a guest room of my winter …
Euro Journal ’21: Folkestone In The Crosshairs
Posted on November 15, 2020
Saturday, 14 November 2020: Euro and Folkestone go hand-in-hand. It took Euro Militaire to introduce me to Folkestone back in 2003. Then it was rather grubby and run down. But you didn’t have to squint much to see its former glory. At the turn of the 20th Century, Folkestone was …
Euro Journal ’21: Rikard’s Magic Trick. Euro Militaire 2013
Posted on October 27, 2020
Sunday, 18 October: Sometimes the stars align properly and everything falls together. So it was at Euro ’13. Some of you already know the story of Swedish Rikard’s infamous “Magic Trick” others may of heard rumour of it. I am here to dispel the myths and share the events as …
A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words: Green Park, London
Posted on October 25, 2020
“Then” in 2007. “Now” in 2013. Sunday, 25 October: In this case not just a single picture, but two. Admittedly they are of the same location, but in all fairness it’s two separate photographs merged into one. So. What’s all this then? Photographs of my shoe? Well. Yes, actually. But, there …
Euro Journal ’21: A Train Going Down
Posted on October 16, 2020
Friday, 16 October: This time last year my wife and I were waking up in Veldhoven at the Hotel NH in preparation for the big—and I do mean massively wildly enormous—Scale Model Challenge. Thanks again go to Covid-19 for mucking the world up. Blessedly, the Williams Family has been able …
Euro Journal ’21: Armour Modelling Japan, Euro 2006
Posted on October 7, 2020
Wednesday, 7 October: Like many modellers I have a massive reference library. These include not just reference books on virtually everything related to military modelling, but also heaps of magazines, the world over, dating back to the 1990’s. MMiR, AFV Modellers, Model Magazine, Steel Masters, Tamiya Modelling Magazine and …