Given all that is happening world wide, I hope everyone is OK. As I'm in an at risk group it looks like I may get ordered to self isolate. As I never got round to set up an internet connection at home (always used my old apartment or the office) I have been using the local...
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There's a few more meters between yours truly and SWMBO ... about 11,600 to be precise. :P
Cosser Airfield Radar - Shoreham aerodrome.jpg
An interesting picture (false colour) from the early 1950s. Cossor where a UK manufacturer of electronics and displays, one of their notable contributions other than the first UK TV was their involvement of the Chain Home radar...
I stumbled on the film The Big Lift on Amazon Prime earlier. About the Berlin Airlift.
I’d not heard of the film before. Sure the story is corny as anything (well most of the cast are serving military so there’s a definite angle) but some fascinating scenes of postwar Berlin...
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I picked up the DVD of 633 Squadron about a year ago. Yes, not the most convincing special effects ever, but seeing the real things taxiing around is good enough for me. Beautiful aircraft.
Oh, and the words future Group Build did materialise in my mind, too ... ;)
The current global situation has had a marked effect on us all in many different ways. So for Australians and New Zealanders, the 2020 version of ANZAC Day has been like none other. No public gatherings at the Dawn Service, no parade through the city streets, no old Diggers...
I was admiring the prodigious 2019 output of Angus and nils and thinking about my own progress during the year just gone. Needless to say, a total of 5 completions doesn't really cut the mustard. Indeed, looking at my annual output for the past decade, it stands as a new low (I...
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That is certainly a relief. I’ve been watching all the news updates on the bushfires ravaging both Victoria and NSW and it is a horrific situation. There was even some footage from the Alpine region where I took my two daughters back in September. Some towns have recorded...
And, no - it's not Paul Allen's collection (though all his fly)
In France and open to the public!
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Do you know I've actually been there?!
Funniest thing. I was driving past about 5 years ago and saw all these aircraft so stopped to look. Brilliant and totally nuts. Most of the aircraft's canopies are crazed and distorted unfortunately by the heat, and some of the aircraft...
Last weekend my son passed away. We are devastated. He was fighting complications from a bowel obstruction and massive infection since last September. He fought so hard but this time it was too much for him. I feel so empty and miss him so much. I just wanted to vent a bit....
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Luis,
I am sorry to about your son's passing. Even though we all live in separate parts of the world we are all bought together by our common interest and it is hard to hear about the loss of a young child.
Yahoo has announced that, from 21st Oct 2019, . we will be able to download any images that are currently on there, I use the Space Modellers group, but new stuff won't be allowed.
What will be lost:
What features will go away?
Files
Polls
Links...
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Sadly again, the almighty dollar rules. And just when I'd tired of swearing at broken links due to Photobucket's plug-pulling, too. :evil:
Iconic British Spitfire Aircraft to be Restored for a New Audience in a World
First Circumnavigation of the Globe
Today marks the official launch of an extraordinary project which will come to fruition in Summer 2019 when
a newly restored original Mk IX Spitfire aircraft will...
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That's a bit of a snub really given the numbers of Spitfires that the RAAF bought and used in WW2.
So, this is interesting as it highlight the arrangements for international postage for letter vs package sizes and how different countries in different categories are charged differently.
It also explains why shipping from China is cheaper than those from other countries. It...
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As Peter would attest, Australia Post has been pared back to the bare bones in recent years. In spite of our rates forever increasing, we are now lucky if we get a mail delivery twice a week. What is really telling is the info you get from tracking systems. I had one parcel take...
Yesterday was our club show held at the Helicopter Museum in Weston Super Mare. There were many club stands and traders and a goodly selection of 1/144 models on display. Mike (Bootneck42) and I had a good wander around, chatted to some very skillful modellers and purchased a...
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Ah, Weston Super Mare. Birthplace of the Minister of Silly Walks, Sir Basil Fawlty himself. ;)
My older daughter (6 years old) made in class 'The book of my super father', a sort of 'Chinese portrait' in which she describe what she likes to do with me, what I like or dislike to do...
And in a conclusion The 3 super-powers...
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My daughter is 12yrs old, and what she said on her 3 things that make my dad great was
1) Because he's a great nurse.
2) He was a Marine.
3) He makes KILLER chicken soup! :lol:
So yep, I'm sure, as parents, we all have some of those same moments. The funny thing is my 2 boys...
Hi all,
I regret to pass on this email I received:
Just wanted to let you know, Russ Chmela passed away May 1st.
Russ was a superb modeller and especially good at scratch building.
We shared a number of emails and swapped planes. He has a number of threads and posts about...
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I know it's been over 5 years since our dear friend Russ Chmela passed away but I thought I'd share this link with those of you who knew him (which would include all of the KG144 membership back then):
I knew Season 13 was in the pipeline, though exactly how far along I wasn't sure. Incidentally, from a modelling perspective, one of the Extras on the Season 11 DVD included a mini-documentary on the models used and how they were filmed. Interestingly, after some issues in an...
This Friday and Saturday the RNLAF presented itself with an airshow at Volkel AFB. Of course, the show was attended by lots of other nations with lots of beautiful aircraft. I was most impressed with the displays of the Swedish Draken and Viggen. A beauty and a beast. The Viggen...
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Brilliant photos, Lex. Love the fact that the Viggen pilot is 71. A great advertisement for the Scandinavian lifestyle. And I hate to say it but most of the local airshows I have attended required at least an hour in the car. Actually, after one of the RAAF ones at Avalon a...
Hi all,
My family and I are coming to Paris for late June and Munich early July (just 3 days each) and then Italy for 2 weeks staying near Sienna (Belforte).
Has anyone got suggestions of where to take and what to show three boys (12, 13 and 16) apart from the obvious...
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Thanks for the further suggestions.
Moresby, I have booked early entry (before normal opening hours) tour of the Vatican and a night tour of the Colosseum. As well as the Lourve and a hop on hop off bus in Paris. But won't get to any of the military museums (this time!).
Having run out of grey primer, I thought I’d check out the aptly named , the haunt of outer eastern suburban wargamers. For the Melburnites on the forum, there wasn’t a lot in the way of 1/144. The store does carry a goodly range of Wings of War/Wings of Glory WW1 miniatures,...
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Having recently moved away from Sheffield (had lived there for close to 25 years) and back to by home town in Lincolnshire, I had expected to find it a problem but not as bad as it has become.
When in Sheffield there had been a couple of half way decent model shops as well as a...
Honestly - clearly not enough nose-weight. Should have got one of us as loadmaster. Should have had Marmite on the crew roster. And what about that trick with a pair of scissors to see where the centre of gravity is? So many blunders.
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You know the most popular comment at that time HAD to be: Oh $hit...
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