Lego and Lincoln Logs are just a couple of additional examples. Still, while perhaps limited in their accuracy, they do represent a whole range of building toys that are meant to go beyond simply building blocks. Sure you have assembled miniature toys such as boats, trains, dollhouses and airplanes that were meant to be played with, but with the advent of childhood playtime, which wasn't always a thing, the idea of building these things became much more a part of childhood.Īn example are the reproductions afforded by Meccano, one of the earliest construction toys. If anything, much of this was a "kid" thing. Now we sometimes forget that the idea of prepackaging miniatures in easy to assemble form goes back well beyond plastic kits, or even the idea that scale miniatures were purely meant for adults. This is definitely not the level of work we could expect from the average 8 to 12 year old, particularly given short attention spans.įor this purpose model kits were created.
While the "museum" quality level of workmanship is impressive, for many if not most, this level of expertise will escape you.
Now, this can be done from scratch, and fairly impressively if you watch Bill Robertson's Ted Talk on miniatures. Fundamentally, a model requires that it be built or made - hence the "maker" bent to this topic. What about scale modelling?īy definition, it is the recreation of real, or in an SF/F world, speculative objects in normally a reduced sized for display (or increased in the case of very small things). They were for me at least when I finished my first one at 10 (3rd time was the charm). For an entire generation these were some of the main maker projects for kids. I figure I'll focus on this item for starters.
Now, there were several things I wanted to talk about, not just plastic model kits. So why not put some of what I hoped to bring to the panel on a blog post.sure why not. Alas the relentlessness of this stupid virus (Oh my Crom!) has resulted in the cancellation of this year's con. One would think in the quarantine environment of the past year would lend to something more active than hibernating like a cave bear.Įarly this year Arisia 2022 was set to happen, and I was going to participate in a panel about projects for younger makers. It's been a while since I last posted anything (years.oh my!).
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