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getting started

Hello all, I've not viisted the site in nearly a week now, just how many posts do think there were over the past six days? 841 not read! Now that the stocktake is over and done with I might even get cracking this weekend. Looking forward to getting settled down with the tinlets and paint brushes. Now I know mine will be the laughing stock but it'll be done for your inspection amd constructive comments

cheers

Jim

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so hows everyone else getting on with the build?

no one seems to have posted in a while!!!

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me and dad are doing fine we started yesterday night and now we are going to build once in a while because we do not have the time with the kids.

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I've started my PE flaps to my abject horror i think its 2hours work just on them! Are you doing another now then richard?

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Hi folks,

I came back from a busness trip to Bratislava a couple of days ago. Couldn't resist spending my last morning there seeing what the model shops had to offer. Did a little internet research beforehand and tracked down a couple of shops in the cente of town. Due to time contratints I had time to visit only one.

Actually most of it was Revell, but they had a decent selection of some Russian and Czech kits. I ended up buying a cheapo ICM Spitfire IX for the group build (item 48077: markings for E. Horbaczewski) and the Eduard Profipack P-39Q Aerocobra, which looks just great! I'm pretty sure the latter was a bargain at the equivalent of £11.00.

Started on the Spitfire last night, putting a couple of engine parts together. I hope in a week or two I might be able to unpack the airbrush and compressor for the first time!

Regards

Maxidad

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sounds awesome mate. I aint been able to get near mine properly yet. Damn tanks taking up too much time.

You must of had fun tho mooching around a model shop in a foreign land.

And it was a bargain, they £20 over here.

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Yeh, the only drawback was that it was all behind counter - so you had to point to what you wanted to look at, instead of that nice relaxed mooching-around you can do in British shops.

Next month I'm off to Prague for a day or two, and the selection of hobby shops should be better. One of the customers in Bratislava told me that there is a triangular city block in Prague created by an intersection of three roads, known as modellers' paradise cos there are model shops on all three sides of the block: can't wait!

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so....nigel, char and toby. how are yours comming along....about a month and a half left!!!

has everyone forgot about this?

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all i have to do now is paint it but ive been pre occupied because of exams and living in two homes

with dad he has not had time because of our new catologue is coming out and has to go to 14 other stores to sort out the warehouses for the the stock to arrive.

[John]

So where were we with this? it's been a bit quite for a few weeks

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LOL....well somebody steped on mine crushing all of the PE stuff and most of the cockpit so ive had to start again from scratch which was more than annoying but going to do a very simple desert look now i think!

I think nigel and char are still doing theirs too!

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maybe next time we do this we should have a start date for everyone,

obvioulsy we would have to work one out that is convienant for everyone though!!!

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Yes mate i cut the nose off then sort of thought ahh well !!!! then i just started to do things ! Its nowhere near finished but i hope it will look ok

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Woe

Hi guys and gals, mine is still firmly ensconced in the box waiting for a little bit of clutter to be removed from the work bench. Trouble is it is sailing time for the boats and the necessary upkeep of them. Definitely will be built though

cheers

Jim

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My fuselarge is together minus a few PE parts that bite the dust...just trying to decided wheathere to pre-shade the pannel lines or not :-S