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The things you see 🧐
A few decades ago a woman bought a McDonalds coffee in a drive-through and placed the cup between her thighs as she drove away. The resulting scald to her lady parts stopped her enjoyment of sex, for which she sued McD's for a quarter of a million dollars. Not long after that I stopped at a... -
Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
It seems to have flown by as there's so much to see, admire and learn. Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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East Midlands Show (Hinkley, UK) - April 2026
Damn! Missed it again! ;) Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Photos from the Model shows
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The things you see 🧐
I bought a packet of peanuts in M & S which in addition to the usual labelling had a statement "Warning - contains peanuts". Pete -
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Zero Days since last model purchased : I lasted 69 days
Saves them paying inheritance tax on it. Pete -
Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
Well done Chris! Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Pete's Garden Room
Quite a bit more done: Those little black and white lanterns (?) were a tricky folding job! Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Buildings under constuction
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Pete's Garden Room
This is my next build - added it to the magic wand shop order to get a discount. The pre-cut parts aren't plywood like the last ones I built, but more like MDF so a bit soft. time will tell if that matters. Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Buildings under constuction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
Best to take a break if you're not in the mood. Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Spitfire propeller. Wood or Metal construction.
The first photo in your link appears to show a metal strip on the leading edge. Pete- stillp
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- Forum: General Aircraft Chat
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
Very nice Chris. Before I saw the photos I was thinking you were going to put the ship upside-down! Pete- stillp
- Post #285
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Amy Johnsons de Havilland dh60g Gipsy Moth 1/72 completed
Well done Tony! Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Completed Aeroplanes
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New hobby started
Interesting population. When I was a little kid in the early '50s my Dad had a neon tetra which people came from miles around to see! They were rare and expensive in those days, no-one was breeding them so they had to be caught in the wild, and the airlines didn't know how to handle them so most...- stillp
- Post #25
- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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FROG 1/72 de Havilland DH 60 g Gypsy Moth
Excellent Tony. I'm in awe of your rigging. Can't see Amy though! Pete- stillp
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Going awol
I wish you well with the move, the decorating, and getting back to modelling. Pete -
Pete's Villa
Well it didn't keep me busy for long: As Joe said, a lot of fun for £10. As expected, there are 3 settings for the lights - cool white, warm white and an even warmer white, which is the setting in the photos - I didn't photograph the other settings as I don't think they'd look any different...- stillp
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- Forum: Buildings under constuction
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Scale indicator, which way is correct? eg: / or :
Just to start another discussion; in IEC and ISO standards, the decimal separator is not a point but is a comma... Pete- stillp
- Post #19
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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Scale indicator, which way is correct? eg: / or :
Well, you'd never build 1/72 of a Spitfire, but every dimension of the Airfix kit is 1/72 of the original. Both : and / are correct for a model.- stillp
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- Forum: General Modelling chat
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