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  1. SimonR
    Great stuff! I was a bit later, first gig was Exeter in '85 most recent Norwich last year. I saw them in Bradford Uni in 88 - what band did you drum for? Apologies to everybody else for going off topic
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    Cheers for the kind words Simon & gamevendor. And you're right, horrendous slaughter - I guess one tiny bit of good came out of it in that at least the British Army tried to learn from it in WW2 and not make the same mistakes again. Cheers Simon
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    Same to you John, we're not the only two either :-) I love that song and the sentiment behind it! I only came back to the hobby when I started building kits with my boys, got hooked again!! Ive always had bit of an inner conflict on being 100% behind the values of NMA and an interest in military stuff, but I was born into an RAF family so its always been there. I have massive respect for people who have served the country, it just the people making the decisions that sometimes need questioning but better not get into politics here lol!! Do you still go to gigs? Cheers Simon
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    Thanks for the kind words - never gave the height of the trench a thought until you mentioned it so a good shout to stock up on sandbags! Cheers Simon
  5. SimonR
    Thanks and respects to your Gt uncle Mike. I think Masterbox (or is it ICM) have done a great job with the figures on this set. Cheers Simon
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    I think its fair to say some of the early gigs were a bit lively I hit my peak in the late 80's early 90's doing the sleeping rough bit, but still managed to get to 3 gigs on the last tour!! Been to York quite a few times but never been that lucky!!
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    Brilliant - my first gig was Exeter on the No Rest tour in 85 - I took my eldest son to see Justin on the solo tour in November and he was blown away! Our paths may have crossed at some point! Cheers Si
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    Cheers goggsy, and well spotted, you must also be a fan to spot that?
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    Cheers Badder, its good old Norfolk garden mud mixed with PVA - bit grainy but I'll work on this for my next project!! Thanks for the comments, I've only recently got into dioramas again, just got a bit bored of building aircraft and fancied a change! Simon
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    Cheers for feedback chaps. Well here goes, take 2 with added mud - as you can see Badders I open for dryish mud :-) Any better?
  11. SimonR
    Thanks again guys, my second attempt at creating a muddier terrain is under way so I'll keep you posted!! Cheers Simon
  12. SimonR
    Thanks for the kind words! Yes, really hit home to me when we visited the Somme in 2014 - we are indeed very lucky not to have had to live through that. Cheers Simon
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    Cheers Corsair! I see what you mean about the terrain - I actually intended this to be somewhere in the Somme but struggled to get the right look, the Somme area is actually very chalky but the lighter stuff I put down didn't really work. But you've given me an idea, the kit comes with 2 identical trench sides and I have some 1/35 ANZACS so may use this section for them with some mods and have another go at the other one for these guys!! Cheers Simon
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    Hi all, This is my stab at the 1/35 Masterbox 'WW1 British Infantry before the attack' diorama set, fun to build, I hope i've done the kit and the men who went over the top justice. Ive now revised the trench with a simplified muddier terrain, seen new pics below. Cheers Simon PS: the title comes from a song by New Model Army :-)
  15. SimonR
    Brilliant :-)
  16. SimonR
    Thanks Jim, Ive mainly been building aircraft since I started modelling again and yes, the camera never lies, always picks things up you never see with the naked eye!! Cheers Simon
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    Hi Badder, Many thanks for your feedback, ive seen some stunning dioramas, not sure how people do it to that standard to be honest! The little leaves actually came in a Jarvis set of camo netting, but I have seen them on our road and wondered what they were, need to go out and gather some up lol The figures were also assembled sometime in the 90's as well, I just touched the paint up on them, see what you mean about the mould line on the neck though. Anyway, got an unbuilt Tamiya Churchill from the 90's lined up to do next, ill have another go at a base for that one as well. Cheers Simon
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    Hi all, I originally built this model around 25 years ago and I found it in a box of bits at my mums house, thought I'd have a go at updating it and creating a small dio for it. This is really my first go at a diorama for years so really just a bit of fun, hopefully I'll be able to improve on the next one, and improve my figure painting!! The kit is a Dragon 1/35 Jagdtiger and the figures are Tamiya. The model was originally painted grey all over, so i've re-painted it in camo - theres some bits missing, in fact just found a few bits of spare track to go on the side. Its probably not that accurate, not sure if an MG would have been tripod mounted on a tank, but looks the part! Anyway, see what you think! Cheers Simon
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    Looks great Pat, come out really well, love the scheme. Ive got same kit in the stash, took it out the other day but just can't get the enthusiasm to start a new build at the moment! Cheers Simon
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    Cheers for the kind words guys :-) Des, build it - if I can do it I'm sure you can!! Thanks Russ, I've got a Sword T4 in the stash to make a nice trio at some point! Cheers Simon
  21. SimonR
    Well this really is my first RFI for ages, I've been battling with this mixed media kit for months and finally given in, definitely going to stick with injection kits now I've removed this from the loft lol! Ive had this kit for ages and finally decided to build it last Christmas to go with my Airfix F6 - to be fair the kit goes together ok, just my cack handed modelling that made it more difficult. The base kit was actually an F3 but I wanted to do an F1a as I had a spare Airfix F1 fin. So with that in mind its probably not 100% accurate, I shortened the ducting on the lower fuselage but theres probably more I should have done. The Eagle Eyes among you will probably notice the markings on the fin are not quite right for an F1 either, they are modified F3 decals kindly supplied by fellow Britmodeller Rob G (Cheers mate!). All OOB apart from the pitot tube. Paint used was Revell Aquacolour Aluminium & Silver and yellow and black for the spine and fin. Anyway, here is it, only managed to get a few passable photos :-)
  22. SimonR
    Yep, there is a church up there, both my grandparents and dad all reside there now alojng with quite a few airmen from WW2. And yes used to run up there as well in football training from braunton! cheers simon
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    Great subject, I went to Pegasus Bridge over Easter, fascinating museum there and they have a full size replica Horsa there as well. I built this kit when I was a lad - look forward to seeing your progress! Cheers Simon
  24. SimonR
    The Eagles are a regular sight over Norwich so hopefully get a glimpse of an F35 at some point :-)
  25. SimonR
    They look the nuts! Almost at the finishing post now Steve 😁
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