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You got that right....a REAL challenge!
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Benevolens Magister
Good catch AQndy, look forward to seeing it done.
Great to hear you got to talk to Harry Irons Jelmer, and greatest respect to him for the work he is doing.
Great to hear you got to talk to Harry Irons Jelmer, and greatest respect to him for the work he is doing.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Is that Revell F4U-5 the old Hasegawa kit?
Nice score guys!
Nice score guys!
I believe it is, at least that's what I've been able to gather on it. I don't have an actual Hasegawa Corsair in my stash to compare them back to back, but looking at the glitches that are being mentioned for the Hasegawa kit I think this is the Hasegawa kit as it has the exact same glitches
N4521U
Colonel
I'm waiting for a steal on a Fujimi 1/32 forklift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will be lifting Merlin's Magics prop!
It will be lifting Merlin's Magics prop!
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Benevolens Magister
Hope you get it Bill.
A4K
Brigadier General
Great scores guys, and good on ya Jelmer - what a great experience to be able to talk to someone 'who was there' !
Absolutely! A humbling experience in a way. Felt a little sorry for him though, putting a 90-year old veteran outdoors on a windy and rainy AFB when a half empty shelter was a few yards away (mind you with the local IPMS chapter sitting in there displaying night fighter and bomber models, and a research group on bomber crashes in the Northern part of the Netherlands), but Harry seemed in good spirits alright and very willing to talk a bit about what he experienced. He told about how 'the show' started once they approached the Dutch coast and there was no letting up until again above the Northsea, and what a terrifying experience it was. I'm way to young to have experienced anything like it, I (thank God) don't even have the slightest understanding of what it is to live under anything remotely resembling wartime conditions (and pray to God it stays that way), much less actual combat situations.
It's almost heart breaking how young lads at the time (on both sides mind you) must have lived through four lifetimes worth of terrible wartime experiences in those 4-5 years. Makes you think a bit about how a lot of folks out there only care about complaining about tax raises or budget cuts these days (to name but something) and how furtunate most of us have been, when at their age at the time, all we had to care about was how to pay for this weekends night out ...so to speak
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
QUOTE (Jelmer)
"I'm way to yound to have experienced anything like it, I (thank God) don't even have the slightest understanding of what it is to live under anything remotely resembling wartime conditions, much less actual combat situations. It's almost heart breaking how young lads at the time (on both sides mind you) must have lived through four lifetimes worth of terrible wartime experiences in those 4-5 years."
I'm with you Jelmer. Most folks today don't even stop to think about what has happened in the past to make today possible. It is sad.
I managed to pick this one up cheap last week while I was house sitting.
"I'm way to yound to have experienced anything like it, I (thank God) don't even have the slightest understanding of what it is to live under anything remotely resembling wartime conditions, much less actual combat situations. It's almost heart breaking how young lads at the time (on both sides mind you) must have lived through four lifetimes worth of terrible wartime experiences in those 4-5 years."
I'm with you Jelmer. Most folks today don't even stop to think about what has happened in the past to make today possible. It is sad.
I managed to pick this one up cheap last week while I was house sitting.
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Benevolens Magister
Seen on a grave stone at Oosterbeek, Arnhem - "For our tomorrow, they gave their today". (An unknown soldier of 1st British Airborne Divn.).
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Love the Mk VII! How cool is that!! 8)
saved about 20 bucks each on them too Jan once I checked pricing from other sources...
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent finds Wayne!!!!
al49
Tech Sergeant
Very nice kits and they should materialize in quite large models.
Alberto
Alberto
Gotta love the Mk II. I thought it was funny in the re-boot of the series that they had to move the gift shop on the BSG to get to the Mk II "Museum Piece"...
Managed to get my hand on a few little kits from a fellow modeller who's cleaning out his stash. The 1/72 Intruder is one of those planes, I'm not interested in it enough to pay the full Hasegawa prince, but for a few quid I want to give it a go for sure. I've seen one build up the other day and it sure looks like a sweet kit. The IL-2, well, it's SMER so we'll see about how that goes together, but if it works out should be pretty sweet to have in my display case.
N4521U
Colonel
Well it's no wonder She who must be obeyed approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!