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    (Another) 1/48 Tiger I

    in Panzer VI Tiger STGB 2

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    I painted the track links with Panzer Aces track primer.

     

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    The turret was the built up.  The trurret and upper hull components were primed with grey plastic car primer from a rattle can, then sprayed with Vallejo 71.056 Dunkelgrau.

     

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    Main assembly complete.  The grey is a little too dark for my liking but there is plenty of time to rectify that.

     

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    Car Insurance

    in Chat

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    3 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

    I know if either car gets a whack, it will be totalled,

     

    That concerns me as well.  A neighbour had a six year old diesel in great condition with low mileage. A passing car took the driver's door mirror off.  The insurance company wrote it off.   If something like that happens to mine, I doubt I would get more that two hundred quid for it.

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    Car Insurance

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    Well, I've just started my policy with my new insurer.  All the bells and whistles of my old policy (protected No Claims Bonus, legal protection, uninsured driver cover, windscreen cover, contents cover etc) at a little over a quarter of the cost of my old policy.

     

    I then phoned my current insurer to cancel my current policy.   Lo and behold, they suddenly found that they could insure me for £5 a month less than the new insurer!  😮  I declined.

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    Car Insurance

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    11 minutes ago, pigsty said:

    Well done for getting much lower premiums off someone else.  Bet they don't last, though, now that they've got you and they don't feel any need to reward your loyalty.

     

    In which case I'll just do the same thing again and go with another company.

     

    You mentioned an important word:  loyalty.  Loyalty is very important to me.  I have been with this company for over twenty years but it's clear that they have no loyalty to me, so I'm happy to give my loyalty to someone else.

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    Car Insurance

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    What the actual.....?  

     

    I got my car insurance renewal quote today.  I drive a twenty year old VW Passat TDi in excellent condition.   My monthly insurance payments were £42.   They have now gone up to £94.   :yikes: 

     

    So I phoned the insurance company to ask why.  I won't tell you the name, but I'm sure you have heard of it.  They have high profile ads on the telly. 

     

    I haven't made an insurance claim in over 25 years.

     

    The company told me it's because the car is a diesel.  Diesel cars no longer align with their corporate vision.  :wall: 

     

    I was confused.  So I went to the relevant website. ;)   I got a decent quote with all the bells and whistles for £25 per month.  :thumbsup:

     

    I don't understand how a company can allow woke ideology to interfere with their business model.  :shrug: 

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    in Funnies

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    5 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said:

    I'm often transposing letters, or doubling the wrong letter, such as godd instead of good. Easy thing to do for most people I would think.

     

    I do that frequently, but that's because I am dyslectic.   I learned to cope with it a long time ago and it has never really been a problem for me.  It only really presents if I am tired or stressed but I have noticed that as I get older it happens more frequently.   I just have to be diligent about proof reading.

     

    It does mean that I find dyslexia jokes very funny.  Dyslexia lures!  :D  

     

    It is interesting how language changes.  When I was first diagnosed (over half a century ago) I was told that the correct term is dyslectic.  I was also told that if anyone claims to be dyslexic then they aren't.  Anyone who had been properly diagnosed would know the correct term.  However it seems that is no longer true as dyslexic now seems to be a perfectly acceptable term which is even used by medical professionals.

     

    And yes, people do claim to be dyslectic when they are not.  In my work role as a commercial trainer I often find that people will get a borderline score in a test (sorry...  "summative assessment".  We're not allowed to say "test" any more as it puts people under pressure.  :fraidnot: ) and will claim "I'm dyslexic" despite never having mentioned it before.  In my experience, people who actually are dyslectic are up front about it and declare it before the test summative assessment commences.

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    I'm Done. Now What?

    in P-51 Mustang STGB 5

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    3 hours ago, GStreet said:

     I assume I can post my finish in the gallery as well as on my build page and Ready for Inspection? 

     

    The usual thing is to post in the build thread and the gallery.  If you are proud of your build (and why wouldn't you be?) then post it everywhere you can. :) 

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