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  1. I don't think my heart can take much more in the referendum line.

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      dalea

      Wasn't the weekend an English invention so that MP's could catch the train for church at the country house?

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  2. Just got woken by a B-52....!

  3. There was a time when a gentleman modeller could don his tweeds,down a kipper and a slosh of oolong enforce having his man set up the bench for a day's modelling. No more it seems. Today's modeller is cruelly severed from his first love by gainful employment.

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      dalea

      My medical adviser is of the opinion that sitting down is the new smoking and won't let me.

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  4. I cannot find a phantom fg1 in 1\72. Does anyone make it anymore?

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      dalea

      HobbySearch in Japan has them in stock now

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  5. I cannot find a phantom fg1 in 1\72. Does anyone make it anymore?

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      dalea

      There were lots of Fujimi re-issues only a few weeks ago. Looks like they went like hotcakes.

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  6. Trying to keep away from modelling, but it's hard to resist with so many nice kits in the stash.

  7. Can't stop thinking about how much I want to build a Vietanm F-105. But I don't do US subjects. Give me strength!

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      dalea

      Have a look at Devilfish's F-105K in 'what-if' 10 February this year. Contemplation is best therapy going.

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  8. I really respect Revell's commitment to producing the worst instructions of any of the major brands, not merely in terms of utility, but also, with Teutonic thoroughness, in terms of paper quality, symbology, etc.

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      dalea

      When I complained about the Hasegawa colour diagrams I was told how to use the search function

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  9. Airfix seem to have taken longer to sort out their swift then the damn thing was in service!

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      dalea

      has been changed from 'due next week' to 'due soon'

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  10. I've got to stop starting more kits and actually finish one

  11. Anyone have experience with ordering at Luckymodel.com?

  12. anyone know if Maskol can be diluted - all I've got is a blob of gloop in the jar!

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      dalea

      Find an art supply shop. Artists use similar stuff but it's thinner. It also goes off. I've just checked mine. not too expensive for a small jar

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  13. is fed up with bits going missing from kits

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      dalea

      Finding anonymous film for instrument panels and trying to work out where it came from isn't much fun either

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  14. All things considered the Airfix Defiant is the best all round kit I,ve seen in this scale 1

  15. Knackered a ligament and cartilage in my right wrist. I can't imagine getting too far as a reluctant left-handed modeller somehow, so I shall have to have a modelling break until I'm properly dextrous again. Grr.

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      dalea

      Embrace the change. Some of us have been left-handed for a long time.

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  16. Good news: Finally scored a Special Hobby Beaufort! Bad news: It's a Mark VII!

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      dalea

      I recall seeing a build of the I?II where all the windows were filled in and redrilled. Check positions on all SH beauforts.

  17. Fish and chips with curry sauce, life doesn't get much better than this.

  18. A song from 80's/90's ketchup commercial stuck in my head. Should I be worried about my mental health?

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      dalea

      I've still got 'Santa Claus is coming to town'

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  19. Happy Everything. Now leave me alone for a year.

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      dalea

      Latest Public Service Political Correctness is" Enjoy your entry into 2015"

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  20. I hope one of the bogans a few doors down blows his hand off with the illegal fireworks he's lighting in the street tonight.

  21. Just bought 1/72 A400M. Yes, I must be crazy...

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