Loft Insulation A Retrospective of Model Making, the Dream and the Reality.
Design Museum Tank
We all have a collection, be it intentional or not. Over the years people acquire large amounts of objects, photos, buttons, books etc without realising, this is a collection. But what happens when you start out without the intention of being a collection but become one by default? This is what Loft Insulation is about. Many of us grow up with a fascination with military machines, however this fascination is often left unfulfilled. Model making is a way of reconnecting with that boyhood fascination with military aircraft by building your own versions of these marvellous machines, but sometimes reality can get in the way and this dilatory hobby often gets forgotten, left in a half built, unrealised state. Loft insulation looks at one mans collection of model aircraft and how, over the years, it has evolved, grown and expanded. It looks at how life often becomes a barrier in the pursuit of a hobby and how, unwittingly, a collection can grow exponentially.
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