HMS Fearless gets scrapped.
Did anyone ever manage to make the guard dog in the Airfix Bloodhound not fall over?
I had the Bloodhound... I don't remember the dog though... Second thoughts I vaguely remember an RAF Policeman... did he have a dog?
The Airfix Bloodhound? Now for that you need to go here:
http://www.britmodeler.com/forums/in...showtopic=5207
And "Yes" the dog is there!!
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Hah... Now I remember it... That Landrover was crappy...
LowObservable:
You're right... The combination of 1/72nd scale and the "less than imaginative" paint job leaves the precise species a bit fuzzy...
LowObservable:
You're right... The combination of 1/72nd scale and the "less than imaginative" paint job leaves the precise species a bit fuzzy...
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Airfix charades
Fans of this thread might like to seek out a book called Achtung Schweinehund by Harry Pearson, Pearson goes on at great length about all kinds of miniature soldiers, Airfix plastic kits, Commando comics and the game of Airfix charades.
In this old mess favourite a person strikes a pose and the others have to guess which figure from the range of 1/76 scale Airfix military figures is being emulated. A popular choice being the German WW2 infantry officer who posed in jackboots, jodhpurs and cap and aiming a Luger, with his left hand poised delicately over his hip.
Pearson also makes the interesting observation that in Commando comics the enemy was invariably identified by his characteristic food, the Japs being ‘rice chompers’, the Italians ‘ice cream wallahs’, the Germans naturlich being ‘sausage munchers’ Although oddly the Axis powers were never depicted retaliating by referring to the British as ‘Stodge swallowers!’ or ‘Overcooked vegetable eaters’
In this old mess favourite a person strikes a pose and the others have to guess which figure from the range of 1/76 scale Airfix military figures is being emulated. A popular choice being the German WW2 infantry officer who posed in jackboots, jodhpurs and cap and aiming a Luger, with his left hand poised delicately over his hip.
Pearson also makes the interesting observation that in Commando comics the enemy was invariably identified by his characteristic food, the Japs being ‘rice chompers’, the Italians ‘ice cream wallahs’, the Germans naturlich being ‘sausage munchers’ Although oddly the Axis powers were never depicted retaliating by referring to the British as ‘Stodge swallowers!’ or ‘Overcooked vegetable eaters’
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Rrrroger.
Ever taken this?
http://www.thechap.net/content/secti...ine/index.html
"The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press."
Ever taken this?
http://www.thechap.net/content/secti...ine/index.html
"The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial collapse, and it seeks to reinstate such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing, giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press."
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Well... I have to say I have never used a trouser press...
That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I prefer an iron... I still iron my jeans before I wear them... and I wear jeans for work...
Other than that... I'm all for "The Chap".
That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I prefer an iron... I still iron my jeans before I wear them... and I wear jeans for work...
Other than that... I'm all for "The Chap".
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"The Dogfight Double": ME110 vs Spitfire IX. The kits might not have been cutting edge, but the art work on the box was fantastic to me as a youngster.
I once decided to make the old Airfix B1 Lancaster (the really bad one) at scale weight.
Well, sort of. I just crammed plasticine into every nook and cranny, marvelled at the finished product as she sat on creaking u/c, knowing that it was 'sort of' that heavy (scaled down), with a full bomb load.
I once decided to make the old Airfix B1 Lancaster (the really bad one) at scale weight.
Well, sort of. I just crammed plasticine into every nook and cranny, marvelled at the finished product as she sat on creaking u/c, knowing that it was 'sort of' that heavy (scaled down), with a full bomb load.
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Excellent posts Gentlemen, brought back many happy memories, especially after spending hours constructing said models to only then fly them to the old bomb shelter down the back garden and launch them off the roof. After that a quick introduction to dads swiped box of Swan matches and burning Spitfire was a go go.
No OH&S in those beautiful days.
And living just down the road from HMS Deadalus we had all sorts of dark blue chaps flying over to nicely complement my oft short ranged plastic friends.
No OH&S in those beautiful days.
And living just down the road from HMS Deadalus we had all sorts of dark blue chaps flying over to nicely complement my oft short ranged plastic friends.
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Is there any correlation between the durability of the model and that of the real aircraft?
For instance, the Sopwith Camel lasts about a nano-second in the hands of a six year old, losing first its prop and subsequently its upper wing. An F104 will shed a wing or two no matter how much glue, the Harrier loses the untiy of its nozzles and helicopters (which haven't figured much in the thread) are totalled fairly sharpish, the Lynx losing a tail rotor in seconds and the Puma undercarriage collapsing. Curiously the Apache model has only lost its gun and stabilator to date.
On the other hand the F4, Lancaster and Meteor have retained their their shape and form (less the rear guns on the Lanc) despite yesterday's pre-breakfast dust up with Godzilla, a 6" model of catwoman (a scary thought if scaled up to real life) and a flying version of Thomas the Tank engine.
Was there ever a Vulcan, I wonder, and how would that fare in the hands of an infant warrior?
For instance, the Sopwith Camel lasts about a nano-second in the hands of a six year old, losing first its prop and subsequently its upper wing. An F104 will shed a wing or two no matter how much glue, the Harrier loses the untiy of its nozzles and helicopters (which haven't figured much in the thread) are totalled fairly sharpish, the Lynx losing a tail rotor in seconds and the Puma undercarriage collapsing. Curiously the Apache model has only lost its gun and stabilator to date.
On the other hand the F4, Lancaster and Meteor have retained their their shape and form (less the rear guns on the Lanc) despite yesterday's pre-breakfast dust up with Godzilla, a 6" model of catwoman (a scary thought if scaled up to real life) and a flying version of Thomas the Tank engine.
Was there ever a Vulcan, I wonder, and how would that fare in the hands of an infant warrior?
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Commando Comics...........ahhh what happy memories of my youth....a few years later we had such jolly japes by an adept application of sno-pake we created our own scripts...............mostly unprintable now I am afraid.
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When I was a kid...
Harrier GR1 on 1/24 was a belting kit. You could lift out the wing assembly and see the Pegasus sat there in all it's glory. You could also swing the u/c legs up and close the doors - except for the nose leg which wouldn't bend at the oleo joint and so it fouled on the front edge of the wheel bay. Doh!
Also had an old WWI something-or-other which infuriated me to the point of tears. Airfix had obviously got the instructions badly wrong because the b*stard engine kept rotating with the b*stard prop.
Didn't know the difference between rotaries and radials then...
Harrier GR1 on 1/24 was a belting kit. You could lift out the wing assembly and see the Pegasus sat there in all it's glory. You could also swing the u/c legs up and close the doors - except for the nose leg which wouldn't bend at the oleo joint and so it fouled on the front edge of the wheel bay. Doh!
Also had an old WWI something-or-other which infuriated me to the point of tears. Airfix had obviously got the instructions badly wrong because the b*stard engine kept rotating with the b*stard prop.
Didn't know the difference between rotaries and radials then...
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Commando Comics...........ahhh what happy memories of my youth....
So don't let them be a memory of your youth make them a memory of your children's youth as well!!! 
And
Was there ever a Vulcan..?
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Never mind Commando Comics.... Better by far was Captain Hurricane in the Valiant comic of the 1960s. Now he could really beat up the cabbage eating Krauts (with the aid of his corporal, Maggot Malone, of course).
(Add "kelly's Eye" and "The Steel Claw".... wish I could remember functional analysis as easily)
(Add "kelly's Eye" and "The Steel Claw".... wish I could remember functional analysis as easily)
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Ah! FEARLESS. The last British warship Class to have main belt armour. Sorry, I digress.
Was it the Victor that had Matt Braddock as its intrepid birdman? Used to irritate me as a kid that I could get comics called Victor and Valiant but no Vulcan!
Was it the Victor that had Matt Braddock as its intrepid birdman? Used to irritate me as a kid that I could get comics called Victor and Valiant but no Vulcan!