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Trying to get external DVD player to play films on my laptop
ElectroSoldier replied to bootneck's topic in Chat
Try the Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) with Media Player Classic. If VLC isnt working because its audio is distorted its a codec issue. I have an i7-7700 PC that has Win11 on and CCCP works on that and it will play a DVD from a USB DVD -
Its a quotation. Its not my original work. I keep it to remind me its about the idea you want to convey rather than technical correctness, which is important in places like this. Its actually a misquotation of a quotation, but when it was said the idea of what was meant wasnt lost. Thats why Ive kept it all these years. And your post is a perfect example of what I was talking about. You see I dont mind the mistakes in themselves, what I dont like so much is the holier than thou people who point out mistakes while making those same mistakes themselves. Bad grammar and poor punctuation is your enemy today. 😀 Having said that who am I to judge.
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I find it not so much annoying, as a little funny that a lot of people offer up corrections and then make mistakes in that correction.
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I wouldnt mind a model of the Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny. Cant see it happening though
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Did the Italeri kit have Bravo November decals? I just had to look that up, the Matchbox kit does have BN decals. I remember building that with the Union Jack on it. Been such a long time since I had forgotten it. The Airfix kit I built didnt have them though. Maybe it was reboxed?
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You have more than a shot with dinner. I have no doubt the Trumpy kit is better I would just like to build that one and not feel like some scalper has had me over doing it. Again its not so much the price of the kit as feeling ripped off in the buying of it. The last one I saw on ebay was about £100. Which is stupid money and only wanted because its been so long since it was released. MH-53E. Hardly a big thing to turn the rotors around. I like kits like that, they present more of a challenge. They can always be trusted to turn up something nice on the road side. Even if you do have to wait a while for it like the Scania S Series truck, which was well worth the wait. It was that kit that broke my metal block for 24th trucks after a bit of a break from them. Nothing like a nice custom Dutch truck to reawaken the mojo 😉
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The return of the Scania T143 M500 Topline will be nice, and the 142H V8 Canvas truck will be most welcomed by the community too. THe Iveco Stralis might find its way into the stash too, and the Scania 770 S V8. Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Spider will be nice, Ive been looking for one recently. The return of the T-22M3 will bring down those stupid ebay prices on the old kits A new F-35C will be nice, if its as good as their 72nd B model, which I thought was outstanding it will be nice. I think the 48th scale kit will be the first from a mainstream manufacturer. C-119G air tanker is a surprise, I cant wait to see that one. Fiat G91 will be nice as they were getting a bit thin on the ground too. Merlin, Mi-24P/Mi-35P, H-19... Italeri can always be trusted to turn out some heli kits.
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Some nice new models in there and some welcome returns too. Another good show from Italeri this year.
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Border models 1/35 He-111 H-6 1/35 scale
ElectroSoldier replied to thepureness's topic in The Rumourmonger
Yeah there are a lot there, Im sure I could come up with 2 more for every one you can show me. But so few of them "fit" with any of the military models I have in 32nd scale. Where as I have dozens of 35th scale kits that do "fit". See you at SMW 2024? Its a quote of sorts, or more accuratly its a quote of somebody I know who misquoted somebody else, and no it should be elicit, the actual word used was create I believe, but I would have to look that up to be sure, and given all your comment was was a cheap stab Im not going to bother. -
Border models 1/35 He-111 H-6 1/35 scale
ElectroSoldier replied to thepureness's topic in The Rumourmonger
Yeah it sounds convincing until you look at ebay and see whats actually on sale 1/32 ebay model kits Scalextric is 1:32 but they aint the same hobby as making plastic model kits. I have only 2 myself but I have several 35th scale ones and for exactly that reason. And you would think that after all these years there would be things to make a dio with, but there arent. The dio goodies didnt come to the models, so maybe its time for the models to go to the goodies. We can still get 32nd kits... Ii have several myself and I still like them but if given the choice between 35 and 32 I would buy 35 over 32 and there are many others who would too because we can build dios around them. --- We can talk the pros n cons of each until the cows come home and not see eye to eye but I can tell you one thing. Ive been eyeing up the Revell He111 for some time now, its only the prices for used kits thats put me off simply because I know the cost of the kit compared to what they want for it. But this new kit will have to be a lot more than twice the price of the Revell kit, so north of £200, to put me off buying it, because by the looks of it the two kits are light to dark detail wise and I know all the goodies I can get to build the He111 into a dio. On a dio you can make a thing of it, otherwise its a kitchen table sitter. -
Border models 1/35 He-111 H-6 1/35 scale
ElectroSoldier replied to thepureness's topic in The Rumourmonger
I think 35 is a better scale than 32. I know theres a lot of people out there who prefer 32 but thats only because they are a thing, the problem with them is there is nothing that goes with them, its an aircraft scale because apart from some truck models only aircraft are made in 32. 32 is what it is but I hope its left behind and manufacturers concentrate on 35th as a "common" scale. -
1/72 - B-1B Lancer - by Modelcollect
ElectroSoldier replied to 172flogger's topic in The Rumourmonger
Yeah but unless they have rerouted where the payments go to then what would be the point?