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Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death explores the suprising intersection between craft and forensic science. Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) crafted her extraordinary “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death”—exquisitely detailed […]
by Michael Benolkin, Cybermodeler.com
When it comes to the fundamentals of scale modelling, you really only need three things: a kit, a hobby knife, and glue. Even the hobby knife is optional, though you […]
‘What-Ifs’, or whiffers, are historic (or futuristic) variations on established scenarios and events. The most common in Canadian Aviation lore is ‘ …what if the Avro Arrow had not been cancelled?’ Would the RCAF flown […]
A while back, IPMS Canada sold an index for all the RT magazines that had been produced. Sometime between then and now, updates for this ongoing project fell by […]
(to the tune of “The Cover Of Rolling Stone”, by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, 1972)
Song adapted by Evan Jones, C#3372, Guelph, Ontario
Well, we’re great model makers
We just ain’t […]
The Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre (CAHC) is a community oriented, non-profit organization. It is the only one of its kind in Quebec, combining civil and military aircraft, artifacts and memorabilia, and […]
Some time back a modeller in Belgium emailed IPMS Canada with a rather unusual request. He was trying to find a recipe for “Moose Milk”, a beverage he had once enjoyed while attending an RCAF […]
by Fred Hutcheson C5659
Modellers today use a variety of tools, not just knives, clamps and brushes, but increasingly computers and other electronic aids. One of the areas that is frequently overlooked is the […]
Smarties.
by Kim Elliott, IPMS Canada
The use of paper or card stock to make models is hundreds of years old, and is […]
by Kevin Taylor
Many modellers are in their latter half of their life, which seems a little strange, since most of these same people started the […]
