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4 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

well isn't this an interesting turn of events?!?!?!   a dio is a cool idea :)   thumbs up to whoever did the good turn....very kind!  looking super so far OC.... ;) 

Thank you kindly Denis,   hope your doing ok.

 

OC.

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28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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1 hour ago, Kevin said:

add a char wagon and some NAAFI girls,  a bit of runway some perimeter lighting, and some fog, 

 

jeep looks fantastic

I would need a super long garden for all that  - but nice idea though.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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8 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

I would need a super long garden for all that  - but nice idea though.

 

OC.

lol that would depend on how much fog

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2 hours ago, Kevin said:

lol that would depend on how much fog

Well, he would need enough to clear the corn at the end....

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Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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8 hours ago, cog said:

He wouldn't be deprived of fog living in Britain ... whole ilses seem to vanish there ... (Avalon) A foggy garden won't be a probablem it seems to me ...

Another  good music lover  - Avalon  - Roxy Music.......

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Hi all,  just jumping on this to say  "dont run away  - I will be on this  very soon"   I am just finishing off  the seafire  then I will put her away waiting on some top coat.

 

Then the Dio  saga can continue   with my bits and pieces  I have to add to it.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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14 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hi all,  just jumping on this to say  "dont run away  - I will be on this  very soon"   I am just finishing off  the seafire  then I will put her away waiting on some top coat.

 

Then the Dio  saga can continue   with my bits and pieces  I have to add to it.

 

OC.

You mean you found a char wagon and some NAAFI girls? {chuckle}

Gonna be interesting at what you've come up with....  I"m sure it will fit in your tribute....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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1 minute ago, Egilman said:

You mean you found a char wagon and some NAAFI girls? {chuckle}

Gonna be interesting at what you've come up with....  I"m sure it will fit in your tribute....

Nah bro,   the only women in the kit  looks to be an office type  - probably  coming over to the crew to chat about the wages   or something,    it will be interesting though   should fill up the  mat quite nicely.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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5 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Nah bro,   the only women in the kit  looks to be an office type  - probably  coming over to the crew to chat about the wages   or something,    it will be interesting though   should fill up the  mat quite nicely.

 

OC.

That my friend would be a WAAF, stands for Women's Auxiliary Air Force.... Your mossie dates this to '43-'44 correct? which means by the uniform she is wearing she is either a warrant officer or a flight officer. The skirt sets it off as an officer uniform. If she was an enlisted rank like a flight sergeant she would be wearing dungarees at the field...

 

So at the very least she is the driver for the officer, a section officer or assistant sec.off...... With the clipboard I would say assistant section officer, (rank equivalent to an acting pilot officer in the RAF) and she was driving the jeep......

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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7 hours ago, Egilman said:

That my friend would be a WAAF, stands for Women's Auxiliary Air Force.... Your mossie dates this to '43-'44 correct? which means by the uniform she is wearing she is either a warrant officer or a flight officer. The skirt sets it off as an officer uniform. If she was an enlisted rank like a flight sergeant she would be wearing dungarees at the field...

 

So at the very least she is the driver for the officer, a section officer or assistant sec.off...... With the clipboard I would say assistant section officer, (rank equivalent to an acting pilot officer in the RAF) and she was driving the jeep......

EG how do you recall all the info? I read alot of history ref books but struggle to remember the facts I read. 

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1 hour ago, Edwardkenway said:

EG how do you recall all the info? I read alot of history ref books but struggle to remember the facts I read. 

I don't know, I started reading books when I was very very young and have been reading ever since..... the first book I remember ws Incredible Victory by Walter Lord... (It's how Winston churchill described the outcome of the Battle of Midway, he used it for the title) and "Sink the Bismarck", then there was "The Caine Mutiny" by Wouk, and I've been hooked ever since. I extended my study of facts by reading well researched historical novels like "From Here to Eternity" and "Once an Eagle" I've found that the historical novels although a fiction woven through real life events, give great context to the facts, explaining how all the facts interact in a human perspective, so when I go on to read Toland I can understand what he's writing about...

 

The facts just stick that way, it's easier to remember the story than the cold hard facts, the story becomes a kind of memory index to the facts if you do it long enough......

 

Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it...

 

EG

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

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Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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EG, works for me, too.  ;)

 

The well researched historical novel makes the actual facts stick in my mind better than drilling through a bland history. I've been reading some novels of the Peninsular War of the early 1800s. Wellington versus Napoleon's marshals. Makes the facts stick a tad better.

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17 minutes ago, Canute said:

I've been reading some novels of the Peninsular War of the early 1800s. Wellington versus Napoleon's marshals.

One of my favourite periods, if you haven't already read them I can recommend Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series and C.S Forester's Death to the French and The Gun

EG even subconsciously through novels I  still struggle,   I'm great with pointless info but for anything else I have to have in front of me

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Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

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Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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Edward, thanks for the steer. I've read Cornwell. Good stuff.  I'll see if my library system has the Forester books. I devoured the Hornblower series many moons ago.

Ken

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On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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5 minutes ago, cog said:

You shouldn't forget David Donachie

Or Alexander Kent.

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2 minutes ago, cog said:

Don't get me started!

Kent and his Bolitho series are my guilty pleasure 

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Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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3 hours ago, Canute said:

Edward, thanks for the steer. I've read Cornwell. Good stuff.  I'll see if my library system has the Forester books. I devoured the Hornblower series many moons ago.

 

18 minutes ago, cog said:

You shouldn't forget David Donachie

 

11 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Or Alexander Kent.

All good writers, but there are even better writers...

 

Tolstoy, Remarque, Hemingway, Hershey, Sebald, Heller, Trumbo, Norman Mailer, Graham Greene, Khaled Hosseini.....

 

There are more, less well known writers like WEB Griffin.........

 

Then there are the well written personal histories and memoirs, Eisenhower, Guderian, Kennedy, etc, etc....

 

Too many to read them all unfortunately, but it helps to understand the society that brought on the wars and how they dealt with it...... and can highlight the errors and repetitions of history that are coming cause others aren't readers or weren't taught the importance of knowing where we were before deciding where we are going.......

 

 

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Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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"So  Friends, Romans, Countrymen,  lend me your ears"   next stage on this will  be to  re do the stearing wheel columb  in the Jeep  - as I made it too short  and it would only be suitable for children to drive,   then I will consider what to add/build/make next  to go in my dio.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Yes yes sorry bout the log hijack but we is all eyes again OC 

Current builds;

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Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Yes yes sorry bout the log hijack but we is all eyes again OC 

No problem Edward,    we do need to see if Mark  has anymore  popcorn though   - can't  build without  popcorn.:dancetl6:

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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15 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Yes yes sorry bout the log hijack but we is all eyes again OC 

WE are quick about yanking that jack handle aren't we.... {chuckle}

 

Old habits are hard to die I guess......

 

My apologies also my friend...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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13 minutes ago, Egilman said:

WE are quick about yanking that jack handle aren't we.... {chuckle}

 

Old habits are hard to die I guess......

 

My apologies also my friend...

No need to brother,   I enjoy the convos we have   - we all gain something from it  and its very interesting.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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9 minutes ago, Canute said:

Well now laddie, get crackin wi th dio!;)😁

Yep later Ken,    just make sure you come back,  Im tempted to hang some fury dice off the staring wheel  or give the seats some fury coverings  oh  and some of those "nodding dogs"😀

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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I'm thinking it's time to hold off the popcorn until we see an update.  LOL.....  

 

 

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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5 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

I'm thinking it's time to hold off the popcorn until we see an update.  LOL.....  

 

 

Think i'm going to build one and put it on the airfield on my dio.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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