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4 hours ago, Bengalensis said:
Is there a way to turn off some "auto correction" functions? I'm not talking about the "swear word" or "porn word" auto corrections (filters), but rather more innocent things like turning perfectly legitimate designations, like for example "G R 8" without empty spaces between the characters being forced to become "great". I'm sure there are several other examples.
It's some sort of filter that expects this to always be some sort of "quick writing texting on a phone thing" (I'm too old and/or too stubborn for that sort of abbrevations and I'm also at a loss for what it's called). It must be something on the forum, it's not on any of my computers/browsers I use to write here. I'm not writing quick phone-texting (sms) things here, I just want to be able to write the correct designation for what I'm writing about, without resorting to incorrect modifications to get around this. I will want to write "G R 8" correctly in a WIP-thread at some point. Can I turn off the function that stops me?
If you are using a mobile device, rather than a deskop/laptop device to view the forum, that will be the predictive text function. Cannot tell you how to switch it off, as that will be down to the version of whatever software your device is using. Android is up to Version 16, with minor revision, totalling 24 all told! Apples iOS has had 18 major versions, with (for some inexplicable reason) with version 26 (they've decide to miss out the 7 intermediate version 19-25!!!) currently in beta testing, and due to be released later this year. There are just too many possible variations on a theme to tell you exactly how to turn off predictive text on whatever phone you have!
All I can suggest is to look it up, and follow some online tutorial as to how to do it.
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1 hour ago, Sabrejet said:
Rule of minimum force; you cannot just shoot someone who is coming over the fence. It's been a while since I had to remember it, but you can only fire if someone's life is in danger. At no point here was that the case. Maybe someone more recent can add on the current rules of engagement but I doubt they've changed much.
If I remember my Rules Of Engagement , you could only open fire if there was an imminent danger to life (without issuing a verbal warning) or issuing a verbal warning (live armed guard - stand still) 3 times, and then there was no response and you had a reasonable belief that was a danger to you or your guard partner, and you had to aim for the largest part of the body (ie the torso!) But... It is some 30 years or so since I had to deal with that and read the LAG rules.
There were different versions for different areas of the RAF - one for UK/Peace time, one for RAF Germany, and one for active/conflict areas. So the ROEs were different depending on the geographical area/situation. As I was UK only for my short period of service, I only ever had to deal with the UK/peacetime version.
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Been announced that the organisation behind the Brize Norton "protest" is to be proscribed - thus banning it and membership of it.
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2 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:
Bit harsh…. it’s not as if BM has the best search tool out there!All I did was type the word night in the search box, and Selwyn's thread was literally the fifth choice down after this one..... Whilst it may not be the best, it works and didn't take much effort to find and may have saved some repetition of effort.
And that was from a mobile device rather than a desktop PC or other computing device. Another way to have searched would have been Google :
RAF night paint site:britmodeller.com
And even doing that brought up Selwyn's thread at the top of the list using my phone. Not harsh to point out an existing thread.
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Don't suppose you bothered to actually search did you.... There was exactly the same discussion just a couple of months ago......
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235153446-raf-night-paint/#comment-5207467
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On 6/18/2025 at 3:26 PM, Shake said:
Outlook thinks all mail from Britmodeller.com should go in the spam box. I move it back to my inbox, I check the all boxes; no spam, always move to the inbox etc. but the mails still end up in the spam box. Any ideas how to tackle this?
Sjaak
That will be more down to how your spam filters are set up either locally or by your internet provider, rather than Outlook per se. All you need to do once it appears in your Spam folder is to right click on the email. Once you've done that there should be various options along the lines of allow sender, block sender etc. You will need to click on the one that will allow sender and/or add sender to your contacts. This will stop these emails from ending up in your spam folder.
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Somehow you must have missed the big red letters in the headlines to this part of the forum - Once you've looked at the FAQ forum, post here if you still need help. NOT for modelling related issues!
You need to be asking here : https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/283-armour-discussion-by-era/
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5 hours ago, Mike said:
wonder if we're going to start having similar issues with coloured LED lights going forward a few years? Do they fade with use? Don't know, but would be interested to find out
I wonder how these "kinetic" indicators will fare if the hardware stops animating them? I've heard all sorts of stories about the price of replacement LED units, as they don't seem to be able (or want) to replace the individual LEDs. 
Few years ago, we had a VW Passat estate. One of the rear brake light units failed. Car was only a couple of years old. Could not get any replacement bulbs... The whole unit needed replacing.. why? Every bulb was LED... £100 to replace and could only get from an OEM specialist and not VW direct.
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On 6/12/2025 at 7:38 AM, Retired Bob said:
Unless you had the security clearance that's what you were supposed to think. What do you suppose those monthly training convoys across the airfield were doing?
God I remember those. Was at lossie late 91 to early 93, and I remember the entire station going on lockdown for special weapons transfers. didnt happen often, but they were a pain in the backside when they did!
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It is easy to get to 100 posts, but comments in the chat area do not contribute to your total number of posts. It's engagement in the other areas, eg Aircraft, Armour, Maritime etc. but as mentioned, spamming comments like "looks good", "nice build", etc, isn't really engaging and would be frowned upon just to get to that 100 post goal post!
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On 6/1/2025 at 8:58 PM, FalkeEins said:
tried hard to support the model section of my local Hobbycraft by buying kits and paints - even picked up a 72nd Italeri F-35 on a whim, although I did exchange a couple of 'unwanted' Christmas presents to off-set the rather steepish £33 purchase price. To no avail, they've just announced they are closing down..
There's one local (ish) to us that's only been open about 12 months closing!
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2 hours ago, Whofan said:
You may find that app makers will only provide apps for later versions of iOS which might inconvenience you in the future.
I am currently tearing my hair out because my iPhone 7 does exactly what I want it to do, make and take phone calls, send and receive texts, look at the internet on the train, and run my banking app.
What it won't do is upload the ticket master app, as they have upgraded the app to only work in ios16 or later; my iPhone won't go beyond ios 15.
This is a problem because I've just bought a ticket for Metallica next year (a while different furious rant) and I can't get it because it is only available as an e ticket in the app!
And ticket master - also known as ticket b****** for good reason - are uncontactable , their help consisting of a "virtual chat" that doesn't help.
Which is partly the reason for updating our phones. Old phones were running android 11, and due to the age, no longer receiving security updates, which made them rather vulnerable. Wife needed some specific software on her phone that would not run on anything lower than android 13. So update was needed. New phones have updated to Android 15, will receive 16 when launched, and receive security updates for 4 years instead of the 18 months they used to provide.
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Again nothing modelling related, but as our mobile phones are now over 4 years old, we have been looking at getting them updated.
Popped into our local Currys the other day, for something completely unrelated, and SWMBO decided to have a gander at the phones on display. A couple of the Motorola types caught our eye and we decided on two G55 5g - one in a green case, and one in a black case. Both of them with 256gb storage, and 8GB RAM! So spec wise quite good, and quite good reviews overall. Sadly were not in stock in the store, so had to be ordered for collection.
One thing we were not told, and we really should have been... No damn charger in the box! These phones require a 30w charger to get the best charging rate, but due to either penny pinching or whatever, no damn charger comes with them in the box! Thankfully we had a charger from our previous phone, but they were only 15w chargers. We've had to for out an extra £30+ for the chargers! Not impressed about this at all, and will give appropriate feedback when the time comes!
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Just checked my two that I've built of this one. No problems with the joints at the wing fold, both of the kits had extended wings.
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On 5/6/2025 at 8:47 AM, Mike said:
Without a shadow of a doubt. He’s the only person I know that can render a room uninhabitable for half an hour or more.
Oh I don't know, some of the attendees at SMW in November may give a good attempt.
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Many moons ago we were with Scottish Power, and what a farce they were. Worst energy company ever! They were forever getting our bills wrong, putting them up, not getting the readings correct (despite us giving them) and not giving us any refunds for over payments in a timely fashion. In the end we had enough and decided to switch. Even that did not go smoothly! Took them nearly 12 months to sort it out. They even deleted 6 Month's worth of meter readings!!!!!!! Luckily we'd kept a detailed spreadsheet of the info.
We kept getting bill, after bill, after bill, never one the same. Either we owed them, or they owed us. Had to spend hours on the phone to sort it out. Managed to switch in the end, but it was a complete pain in the butt!!!! About two years after we switched, and paid our final bill to them, we got a surprise letter saying that they owed us some money, and they sent us a refund!!😊 Never heard anything else after that.
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I wish italeri would get their information correct with regards to British conventions on squadron naming/numbering. It galls me whenever I see any profiles on italeri instructions. We do NOT call our squadrons 617th Squadron or 207th OCU it's 617 Squadron, or 207 Squadron OCU. Sorry, rant over, back to scheduled programming😁
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2 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said:
Airfix gave me a 15% off voucher for easter and gave me a nudge this morning so finally used it to pick up the two starter sets I've been wantign for ages, that being the mustang and eurofighter
I used mine to get the new Jaguar! Also had some Hornby points available, so managed to bring the price down quite a bit. Reduced to a shade over £41😁
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On 5/3/2025 at 12:25 PM, Stef N. said:
Landlords pricing people off the high street. I've heard this once too often recently and it's a terrible shame/situation.
Not just small independent shops either... We had a Lakeland store locally. Been there for about 10 years or so (maybe a bit less) recently closed as the landlords of the shopping centre where it was located decided to increase rents. Lakeland decided to pull out. Information was from asking the staff why they were closing. Shop was then divided into a couple of smaller units and new stores moved in.... Well there's the real answer. And that happened within weeks of Lakeland closing, which says that they already had made that decision and new tenants lined up well beforehand!!!😞
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To those answering, I know @MikeC from our local modelling club, and was only pulling his leg. I am from that generation brought up in the cross over between the imperial and metric systems, so interchange between the two quite easily at will. I know full well that imperial and metric don't convert exactly unless you want to go into the tenths, hundredths, etc of measurements!!!!
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2 hours ago, MikeC said:
Or to put it another way: 1/8", 1/12" and 1/18" in 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 respectively.
You know full well someone is going to come along any minute and say...."What's that in the correct sizing? IE millimetres"😁 but if course I certainly wouldn't do that to you Mike!!!!!😜
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Spending the Easter weekend listening to the Classic FM Hall of Fame countdown. 300 pieces of music, from classical, to movies, to video game scores, voted by the public. Bit of an annual tradition.
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Further to rabbit leaders comment, I'll also use XF-69, NATO Black as my goto base coat whenever I do any aircraft requiring Night under-surfaces. It seems to be a fairly decent alternative.
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Nothing model related... But have upgraded my two PC monitors from 24" 1920*1080HD at 60hz to two 27" at 2560*1440 at 180hz. Expensive sods, but not as bad as it could have been!
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A new type of scam??
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Get the same emails... For us, our netflix is included in our Sky bill, so we don't have separate Netflix billing!
Also get the delivery emails, the anti virus emails, the cloud emails etc. all go straight in the spam folder and get deleted when I check my emails each morning!