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Found in a charity shop in Peterborough today:
Box is a little worn, but the kit is in perfect condition, with instructions and decals.
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Hi Pete
That's a nice kit. I built it (twice) for the Starter Kit GB in 2019.Comment
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So I've got to stop listening to the James Holland and Al Murray podcast......or show more backbone!!
Although in this case they actually had two full shows discussing various topics with the author. 2nd hand and less than £4 delivered.
ATB.
Andrew.
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I must admit I've never tried an eReader.
The closest I've got is when Osprey released some of their titles for free at the start of the pandemic.
There was a choice of an eReader version or in PDF. And given the lack of an eReader I went for PDF as it's more versatile and if I really wanted to I could print them out!
Although it's not designed as a dedicated eReader in quite the same way as Kindle as far as I understand it, it still worked fairly well.
What I found a pain was when I kept wanting to be flick back and look at earlier pages e.g for maps and the like.....
The bottom line is that I'm old fashioned and like the feel of a physical book!:smiling5:Comment
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Not that I have one, but the main advantage of an e-reader is that it’s easier on the eye than the screen of a tablet or computer. This because it’s not beaming light at you like those do, but instead physically turns pixels on the screen black, white, or something in between — if you actually unplug e-reader screen, it will keep showing whatever was on it. Hell, when I peeled the layers of one of those screens apart, a few of them kept showing the text that was on it before I began. Anyway, this means that reading from it is like reading from paper rather than like looking at a screen, and therefore much less tiring.
I like e-books mainly when I have to carry references with me, though. An iPad with a thousand books on it takes up less space than one real book, but as you say, it’s harder to quickly go back and forth if you want to compare things or refer to something like a map to make sense of the text.Comment
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I've used a Kindle since October 2010 - I have 2 now, one in the bedroom & one in the living room. I wouldn't be without one now. BUT they're not much good for reference material - I have a dated Android tablet for that - you can zoom in and out on .pdf files - that can't be done easily on a Kindle......
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I'm the happy owner of a Kobo reader and a Kindle as well as some hundreds of traditional books and I'm happy with all of them.
E Readers are easy to handle, are very useful when travelling or if you foresee a long waiting (e.g.: for medical analysis and/or an hospitalization) but you don't have so much space in your pockets, luggage or whatever. Moreover, if you like to read something in a foreign language you can easily access to the built-in dictionary whenever you find a word you don't know or whose meaning, at least the one you know, doesn't fit properly into the phrase; 9 times out of 10 (the missing 1 is often due to too much technical language and/or modern slang) that will solve the problem. Finally, e-books usually are priced much lower than the printed version. The main disadvantage has already been stated: they are not easy to scroll up and down at will.
Traditional books win the game whenever there are pictures, maps or the need to go back and forth through the text and last but not least, when you need to touch the paper and enjoy the scent of a printed book.
The main thing, just like in modelling, is having fun.
AndreaComment
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After seeing several others purchasing masks from this company I thought I’d give them a try on my Mosquito. Never heard of them before but nothing new there.
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Bought two more (new but old) pack of Top Trump cards from the wet market today. One is all about rally cars, and another about WWII bombers. I am happy these cards are in pretty good shape except some had turn yellowish due to age. Thought of sharing them here.
Judging by the number of cards, the pack is kinda "biased" towards German planes. There was only one plane representing Sweden.
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