593jones
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14 for me, wit;h a couple of guesses. Can't help thinking I should have done better
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From EBay, Fine Moulds F-14A Tomcat in the IRIAF boxing. Certainly looks a cracking kit in the box, hope I can do it justice!
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Very nice, I've just completed one in Condor Legion markings which I'm mustering up the courage to put on here. Is the missing piece the starboard foot step? I managed to chop the bottom off mine removing it from the sprue!
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Bit skinny for my taste 😁 Nice piece of modelling and painting there 👍
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6 hours ago, Redstaff said:
Just finished Jackie Stewarts autobiography "Winning is not enough"
I know autobiographies are about what the person has done from their point of view, but I've never read one that was as self promoting and name dropping as this one. All with the blowing of his own trumpet soundtrack. I like and respect Jackie Stewart and his career and his work on making F1 safety improvements over the years were great, but a little bit of humility would have made it easier to read. I had to put it down a few times as it was hard to wade through the mush.
But that's only my opinion, others might really like it.
Ian
If you want an autobiography by someone with an ego the size of a planet, then try David Bailey, 'Look Again', it really is quite remarkable. According to Bailey, he and Jean Shrimpton invented the '60's, which only about 160 people 'got'. Also by 1964 it was all over, the rest was just for tourists. Still he was a pretty good studio photographer 😁
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That's an outstanding piece of work, lovely job all round!
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I think I need new glasses, I read the title as ' Mahatma Gandhi dies aged 85'!
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Why is it that cats always have that 'Did I give you permission to take my picture' look?
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Now that's an interesting looking beast! Curiously attractive, though.
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3 hours ago, Ratch said:
I wonder whether such things are done by those who cannot spell, or whether they're deliberately misspelled.
Possibly the latter, to get people's attention.
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4 hours ago, Pig of the Week said:
, highly recommended if you're interested in this aspect of the second world war..
One of my favourite books, that I first read well over fifty years ago, is 'Freedom The Spur' by Gordon Instone. Instone was a gunner in the Territorial Army, captured at Calais. He escaped from the POW column marching to Germany and was aided by French civilians, eventually reaching Spain via Paris and Marseilles. Once in Spain he was interned in a Spanish concentration camp before being freed and returning to the UK via Gibraltar. I still have the original paperback, but also managed to get a hardback copy. (I prefer hardbacks, so I suppose that makes me a book snob. Please don't judge me!)
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1 hour ago, bootneck said:
Isn't that why we have tongues?
Best to let the pan cool down first.
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Bacon on a buttered bap. I always get one from Asda when I'm doing my Saturday morning s;hop, if they don't have them, as sometimes happens, there's a bakery in town that does them. Lovely!
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For me it's 'Quatermass and the Pit', 1967, and the tv serial from 1958. Nigel Kneale was a great writer!
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Damn, missed it, now £56.99 😒
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I think it's a good deal, I just wish I could afford it!
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I'd really like to see someone try to put that gear on a cat!
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5 hours ago, Neil.C said:
Just a wonderful series of books. I am a big fan of Waugh.
I don't know if you have read it but his first Decline and Fall is absolutely brilliant and was made into a superb series starring Jack Whitehall and others in the recent past. - Hilarious.
Only read Sword of Honour so far, but will certainly be reading more. There is a copy of Handful of Dust somewhere in the house, my daughter did it at college, I just have to find it! Thanks for the head;up on Decline and Fall, I've ordered it from Amazon.
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I'm reading the Sword of Honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh and really enjoying it, it's a superb piece of work. I'd never read anything by Waugh before as I wasn't sure I would enjoy it, but how wrong can you be? It's a very funny book (or books, to be pedantic!), particularly the story of Apthorpe's thunderbox and Brigadier Ritc;hie-Hook's involvement. I do have a vague memory of the BBC adaptation from 1967, with Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback, but it is very vague.
Also interesting is the introduction, by Angus Calder, with details of Waugh's military service, which was not altogether distinguished. At one point, Calder writes, Waugh's commanding officer had to post a guard on Waugh's quarters to protect him from his own men!
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51 minutes ago, Chrisj2003 said:
"going into town" sounds southern; "in toon" sounds right.
Chris
..siting at my desk looking at St James as I type.
Here in Barnsley is's ''gooing rahnd tarn'
Any other variations?
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On 2/9/2024 at 8:35 AM, BillF67 said:
Still off Sorry, off topic, but while you can, Slow Horses is a goody - but if you’ve read the books, remember this is for TV so very heavily “sanitised” although still
enjoyable.
Still off topic, the reason I wouldn't watch this series is because I've read the books. Couldn't possibly compare with the books.
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32 minutes ago, Bullbasket said:
Here's one that seems to be appearing more and more, especially amongst the trendy TV reporters. When I was growing up in the 50s, the TV and cinema were full of films about cowboys and indians. One tribe which featured a lot in them were the Cheyenne and it was always pronounced "shy ann". But recently, when this name comes up in a report, it's pronounced "shay en". Perhaps one of our US cousins can explain which is the correct pronunciation.
John.
Maybe one of the BM massive is a member of the Cheyenne nation and could elucidate for ;us 😁
Anyway, something else that really annoys me is when someone is said to 'double down' on something. What's wrong with ''repeats'?
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Bump, with additional book.
1/48 H.P. Hampden by ICM, in 2025
in The Rumourmonger
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Yes, that has really made my day, a Hampden in 1/48! It should of course be in two variants, including the torpedo bomber, and perhaps a Hereford? (Yes, I do want jam on it!)