An Odd Thing...............

[Guest]

It's pressing those tiny little buttons for the settings

Ah, yes, that’s harder to solve. But a smartphone or similar device (tablet, iPod touch, etc.) would actually help there: the buttons being on the screen means they’re generally larger than physical ones, and it only had the ones you can actually use now.

(i) I'm not clever enough to use one.

You can use a desktop or laptop computer, I notice. Smartphones are, if anything, easier to use than those. (Though I must say my opinion of Android phones isn’t great in this respect, but that could be due to limited exposure to them.)

So I'm a Philistine :smiling3:

I don’t own a mobile phone, and never have.¹ I do, however, have an iPod touch (that’s basically an iPhone without the phone) and an iPad, both of which can be used to take pictures with just like a mobile phone can.

¹ Well, that’s not entirely true. I have a non-GSM mobile phone from the early 1990s, but that’s because I kind of collect this stuff. Oh, and a handful of display models of smartphones of about a decade ago: the outer shell with nothing inside except a steel plate and a printed picture instead of a screen

[Gern]

Ah, yes, that’s harder to solve. But a smartphone or similar device (tablet, iPod touch, etc.) would actually help there: the buttons being on the screen means they’re generally larger than physical ones, and it only had the ones you can actually use now.

Do all smartphones have touch screens? Bigger buttons would certainly help - they do on my house phone - but I've tried using touchscreens and those touchpads on laptops, and shaky fingers usually mean I've touched the wrong part of the screen, touched it multiple times or swiped across it and lost the screen. Any of these means the phone/laptop doesn't do what I want it to. I also usually pick up a smartphone by one or more of the buttons on the side - mind you, I do that a lot with my house phone so nothing new there!

You can use a desktop or laptop computer, I notice. Smartphones are, if anything, easier to use than those. (Though I must say my opinion of Android phones isn’t great in this respect, but that could be due to limited exposure to them.)

I suppose they have fewer functions and so are easier to use, but it's taken me twenty+ years to learn the few bits of computer stuff I know. I don't think I have that long left.

I don’t own a mobile phone, and never have.¹ I do, however, have an iPod touch (that’s basically an iPhone without the phone) and an iPad, both of which can be used to take pictures with just like a mobile phone can.

I tried uploading itunes on to my Windows PC a few years ago so I could copy some tunes into my grandson's iphone. It totally killed my PC (It got 'bluescreened' beyond any repair technique my brother knew and he builds 'puters for a hobby) and I had to buy a new one. It only had a 286 (?) processor so it was about due for replacement anyway, but the moon will turn into green cheese and be totally devoured by Star Mice before I touch another Apple product.

¹ Well, that’s not entirely true. I have a non-GSM mobile phone from the early 1990s, but that’s because I kind of collect this stuff. Oh, and a handful of display models of smartphones of about a decade ago: the outer shell with nothing inside except a steel plate and a printed picture instead of a screen :smiling3:

That's a strange thing to collect - not the working models but the display stuff. However did you get interested in those?

PS Did I mention I was a Philistine? It's a good job we didn't try to have this conversation when I was a kid! We'd have to do it by post and slate is so heavy it would cost me a fortune! Not to mention your problems reading it after all the chalk has fallen off! The first time I used something other than a pencil to write with was when I did my mock 11+ test.

PPS I mentioned the contract on my old mobile was cancelled due to lack of use. (I had to buy another one because that was a 2G phone and my local 'phone shop didn't have any sim cards that would work on such an old system). It was an old model called a Pictor for fairly obvious reasons, but it still took me nearly three months to realise it had a camera!!


PPPS. I'm gonna stop this now, I think I've disrupted Dave's original post quite enough! Sorry Dave!

[Dave Ward]

I did manage to get a 1/48 Zero Model, off ebay...................

Hardly state of the art, but clean mouldings in a sealed bag.................
Dave

[boatman]

Barry,
OOPs, I missed that one! - but after a search I can only find one in stock in the UK! I'm keeping an eye on a couple on ebay, but they'd have to be at a price I like!!! I'm not going to pay £30+ for a 1/48 single engined fighter! - that would ruin my enjoyment! :smiling:
Dave

SO Dave you like your bargains then
chris

[Dave Ward]

SO Dave you like your bargains then
chris

Chris,
Not as cheap as I hoped, but just within my 'happy' zone!
Dave

[boatman]

Chris,
Not as cheap as I hoped, but just within my 'happy' zone!
Dave

WELL Dave you are happy then thats all that matters isnt it happy modeling
chris

[Gern]

No problems Dave, I have the same!

Any links or references will be fine!

Del

Hi Del. Sorry about the delay but I've had problems finding all the kits I listed in the chaos that is my stash! Anyway, details as requested:

All are 1/48 scale by Tamiya and all are complete, unstarted and sealed in bags. Although the kits are as new, all the boxes are starting to show signs of shelfwear.

Item 61507 Kyofu Type II No mask for this one but it is the one with the motorised prop. and includes the motor and stand

Item 61017 Nakajima A6M2 Rufe with Pmask Pk48037 mask set

Item 61054 Aichi M6A1 Seiran with Eduard Ex168 mask set

Item 61045 Hyakushiki Shitei III Recon Plane with Eduard Ex112 mask set

Hope this helps.