stevehnz Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 3:46 AM, Procopius said: Losing an Empire and Finding a Role: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964-70 The Sword and the Shield: Britain, America, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1970-1976 Facing Down the Soviet Union: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983 I'm seeing a trend here, lets hope you don't get a sense of deja vu by the time you get to the end of the 3rd one. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 My local supplier doesn't often offer specials as generous as 25% off. So I grabbed this Gecko Models Daimler Mk.1 armoured car. Then I read a mixed to negative review. Perhaps that's why it had remained on the shelf for so long, spurned by local AFV modellers. The main whinges were; over complicated suspension, no weld marks along armoured plate seams, ill fitting upper deck, kit engineering by CAD designer rather than modeller, daunting parts count. It looks like an interesting kit with extensive interior should one chose to leave open the ill-fitting turret roof 🤓 and no fewer than five decal options. I owned a Dinky Daimler when I was a kid, so growing up with its familiar form it became the prototypical armoured car. Well, let's see what it's like to make when I liberate it from the cupboard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 10 hours ago, stevehnz said: I'm seeing a trend here, lets hope you don't get a sense of deja vu by the time you get to the end of the 3rd one. I've read enough about British defence procurement to know it's a never-ending quest to discover the bare minimum, pledge to achieve it in a herculean national effort, and then quietly get about halfway there before giving up and revising downwards. As my own life is planned roughly the same way, I feel a certain kinship with postwar UK governments. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jackroadkill Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 22 hours ago, wellsprop said: A DHC Chipmunk.... 1:1 scale. Just the small task of learning how to fly it now 😳 Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to fly a Chipmunk again. Will there be pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 22 hours ago, wellsprop said: A DHC Chipmunk.... 1:1 scale. ::bites stem off pipe:: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Badger Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 My latest acquisition is another McLaren MP4-2C (I had one already) in 1:20. which is going to get adapted to be an MP4-2B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, jackroadkill said: Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to fly a Chipmunk again. Will there be pictures? Most certainly! I'll get a few in the walkaround at some point 1 hour ago, Procopius said: ::bites stem off pipe:: Rather lucky I had the opportunity.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 Ronin Graphics of Australia has come out with RAF decals for the BPK 1/72 P-8 Poseidon, and I (and my wallet, somewhat more apprehensively) have been waiting for this moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Procopius said: Ronin Graphics of Australia has come out with RAF decals for the BPK 1/72 P-8 Poseidon, and I (and my wallet, somewhat more apprehensively) have been waiting for this moment. I read somewhere about Air Graphics Models offering the BPM 1:72 P-8 MRA1 with resin update/conversion bits and RAF stickers... Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Navy Bird said: I read somewhere about Air Graphics Models offering the BPM 1:72 P-8 MRA1 with resin update/conversion bits and RAF stickers... Cheers, Bill Yes, but unfortunately they're only selling them with the kit, and that only at Telford, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Procopius said: Yes, but unfortunately they're only selling them with the kit, and that only at Telford, for now. Ah, so you've already got the kit then. Put that on eBay, hop over to O'Hare and get your bum to Telford. See? Simple. Now you don't need that extra decal sheet. Cheers, Bill 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 A Tamiya P-47D bubbletop in 1/72 & an Otaki/Arii '73 Dodge Challenger in 1/24 from Hobby Search 1999.co.jp. The latter was a bit of an unknown but the bits look OK & it is a car I've wanted a kit of for sometime. Steve. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 A pre-ordered kit and a couple of publications delivered this week. From Black Mike Models Tiger Hobbies/Hobby 2000 48019 1/48 BAe Harrier GR.7/9 Harrier kit , standard Hasegawa plastic with what is essentially the US Stencel ejection seat rather than the UK Martin Baker but from one of the later boxings that include both 65 and 100% LERX parts unlike earlier releases and the Revell re-box which only had the former , Cartograph decal sheet and a set of masks. From Amazon Export Vipers Illustrated book , by Lou Drendel , latest release in the Aviation Art Inc. series published by Amazon , listed by country with the usual format of original artwork and a wide selection of images with perhaps a preference for special colour schemes. From Kelsey Media Military Trucks Archive No.12 – More Than 75 Years Of British Soft-Skin Utility Vehicles bookazine , latest release in the series covering the subject from WWII to current including some that did not make it or only served in small numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Another couple of books from the charity shop... The Complete Encyclopedia of Saloon Cars 1945-1975 - Rob De La Rive Box. Gangsters Encyclopedia:The World's Most Notorious Mobs,Gangs And Villians - Micheal Newton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Just pre-ordered the Cadia Stands army box set for 30 quid less than GW RRP! 25 figures, 2 artillery pieces and a new design Sentinel plus the Codex and data cards. The Codex and cards will probably be sold on as i don't play the games. DAMN YOU GAMES WORKSHOP! 😆 Regards, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Tupolev Tu 14 Bison 1/72 Yak Firebar 1/48 Avro Canada CF 105 Arrow 1/48 A-90 Orlyonok 1/144 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Was waiting on my local having the recent reissue of the airfix c-47 kit but just got the raf Dakota boxing of that much much cheaper on eBay, must remember to pick up couple of other kits are price to make up for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 6:05 PM, jackroadkill said: Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to fly a Chipmunk again. Will there be pictures? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Sold some Forge World stuff, and moments later, came across a 1/72 Airfix TSR.2 for $40, so the choice was obvious. Also the Daco EE/BAC Lightning book. I have Lightnings on the brain of late, despite not having fond memories of building either the Sword or Airfix single-seaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, IanHx said: Ha, okay , okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 16 minutes ago, jackroadkill said: Ha, okay , okay! Sorry, couldn't resist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, IanHx said: Sorry, couldn't resist To be fair, properly set myself up for that one - you'd have been daft not to have gone there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 One of these in 1:1 scale It's a Honda Civic e:HEV Hybrid Sport. It's the first new car we've bought for 16 years and my, how things have changed! When Airbus introduced the A320 several years ago, apparently the most common comment heard from the crews for a few months was " What's it doing now? ", I know how they felt, we are slowly working our way through the manual which is nearly 700 pages long. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, Biggles87 said: we are slowly working our way through the manual which is nearly 700 pages long. Good greif - by the time I got to page 350 I'd have to start again....!! Nice looking car though! Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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