Hey Jim! Are you still living in the wilds of the Hebrides? Only I noticed you've signed up for Cosford this year. I know it's acracking day out, but that's one hell of a commute!
Yes you are right there that the hobby has diminished ten yrs ago I had about 6 model shops to chose from now im down to 2. An where I sail my warships theye put all double yellow lines down so you cant park close to the pond an it is in decline as all the members are fed up but thankfully for where I live I have another concrete boating lake about the same distant away only trouble is its right on top of a cliff nr the sea an it can get a bit chilly now an then so got to pick a nice day to go.But showin the ship off to the holl makers make up for the chillthats a lovely memory to have rick, its sad though how the hobby has diminished, just look at clips of model shows and theyre arent many kids in shot mainly adults, then theres the lack of specialist shops closing due to the decline !!! glad theres some like minded peeps out there still to talk too !!!
Yes Alan you are right I live nr what used to be RAF COLTISHALL an now a prision an shops I use now are Pegasus in Norwich or hobbies nr loddon or beccles way as the gorlston model shop shut only last yr an lakes I use Norwich pond or Sheringham boatin pondyour in norfolk too arent you chris ?? what shops and boat lake do you use ? or am i thinking wrong county ??
I have Italeri version , It is only 43.5 cm front to back , i have one sitting in my stash , staring at me. 13 cm x 10cm x 3cm for back cabin area.One project I really would like to try is to build a 1/35 LCM, but a radio controlled version. I am sure that by scratchbuilding the right type of load enough space can be created for all of the radio gear - perhaps one day ...
HI Alan yes I used to go to the Snetterton model shop as my mother in law lives nrby in east harling so while the missus seein her mum I would sneak out an pop in said shop an look at that big enterprise model in there .Did you see it ? Alan it was about 20ft long an all lit up with led's an aircraft an it cost about so my mate's said about £40'000 an I see it in the paper sayin that's what it cost.I wonder where it is now ? .But I never bought much from there as it was to exspensive proberly why it shut an regards hobbies shop they do all sorts of big tank kits /an ships models r/c an deans marine kits /also big plastic ship models /an craft model for the missus like dolls house stuff an like youah !! did you ever go to sp models at snetterton before it closed?? id seen hobbies at loddon i did an extension not so long ago there thats bout 25mins from me, are they just rc stuff or modelling in general ?? find getting into norwich bit of an issue sometimes due to traffic
Are those B.T. White, respectively Christopher Foss, the military vehicle book authors of the 1970s–’80s?Tim White, […] and Chris Foss
Christopher Foss did fantastic Sci-Fi matte paintings.Christopher Foss, the military vehicle book authors of the 1970s–’80s?
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