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A nostalgia trip with this one.I first got this in 1983 aged 14 from a great model shop in Bishops stortford called Garnells.I loved Tamiya kits and tanks from the day i got this Tamiya Special.I had it years until it fell apart.On the front it has 50p from Beatties.I think i paid £ 1.50 in 83.An e.bay win at just over a fiver with postage.Good memories.
Richard
 

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Just arrived from China. But it has to go to my grandchildren so that they can wrap it for my Birthday!!! Roll on July!!!!30E4E1D8-D357-44AC-A430-D72366781D09.jpeg5D3056A3-B6C0-49F0-8B17-86C5E016A9CA.jpegA9C35C38-9BF2-4B1E-AD09-4A8CAA064CAE.jpeg7F8457B0-BBCB-400B-AEBC-5A1A9701E493.jpegC54302E2-083D-462A-A29B-2D8E95C630C5.jpegDB3AA995-C79A-4054-ADD5-A8E385FE03E6.jpeg90172D2C-A255-4F27-A221-F13EECAE6C40.jpeg5CE55E66-45AB-4A92-B8BB-435E18FC6A01.jpegC1032464-C25F-4503-9205-F27332ED6FD4.jpegBA93CDE5-3F1B-4931-BDE2-929CA20B1BEF.jpeg3F5B93AF-0EE5-4B9D-B439-E532891B5D71.jpeg3F5B93AF-0EE5-4B9D-B439-E532891B5D71.jpegBA93CDE5-3F1B-4931-BDE2-929CA20B1BEF.jpeg2DFAF6E9-01A4-40B2-98AE-84E5CD8BB0F7.jpeg
 
Looks nice ... how long is it overall? :smiling3:
Hi Andy
it’s 410mm long with a beam of 90mm+.
Just deciding whether to order wooden deck and replacement barrels from same supplier.
Pic of the hull against my 1/144 Snowberry, currently in dry dock for a refit!20BE8778-BFCE-4FE4-863C-931A607C0476.jpeg
 
Ok.... so a return to the one true scale, after my recent dalliances with larger scale aircraft.

One their earlier kits.... Don't come up that often but are currently on sale for £20+ incl p&p. Another auction one went for £15.77 at the same time I saw this, which is the cheapest I could find.

I picked it up for £16, which is about what they went for new, if you add p&p, so if not 'cheap' but not stupidly priced either.

Maybe I'll do two kits for the Soviet Wingy GB!!

ATB.

Andrew

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Ok.... so a return to the one true scale, after my recent dalliances with larger scale aircraft.

One their earlier kits.... Don't come up that often but are currently on sale for £20+ incl p&p. Another auction one went for £15.77 at the same time I saw this, which is the cheapest I could find.

I picked it up for £16, which is about what they went for new, if you add p&p, so if not 'cheap' but not stupidly priced either.

Maybe I'll do two kits for the Soviet Wingy GB!!

ATB.

Andrew

Oh, so it's back to 1/87 scale then.... ;) :thumb2:
 
Hi Andy
it’s 410mm long with a beam of 90mm+.
Just deciding whether to order wooden deck and replacement barrels from same supplier.
Pic of the hull against my 1/144 Snowberry, currently in dry dock for a refit!
Blimey that's big at this scale..
I shall be looking in for sure :)
 
A nostalgia trip with this one.I first got this in 1983
I’ve got that, spent a lot of time looking through it when I was young(er? nah, without the er). Still looking for The Verlinden Way volume 1 for a non-ridiculous price, though …
 
A nostalgia trip with this one.I first got this in 1983 aged 14 from a great model shop in Bishops stortford called Garnells.I loved Tamiya kits and tanks from the day i got this Tamiya Special.I had it years until it fell apart.On the front it has 50p from Beatties.I think i paid £ 1.50 in 83.An e.bay win at just over a fiver with postage.Good memories.
Richard
Do you still live in Bishops Stortford Richard? If so then I live nearby and close to in Little Canfield.
Steve
 
I’ve got that, spent a lot of time looking through it when I was young(er? nah, without the er). Still looking for The Verlinden Way volume 1 for a non-ridiculous price, though …
What's a non ridiculous price?
 
Since the figure painting bug has hit me I've ordered all kinds of random stuff and these were the first to arrive. A D&D set with a low, medium & high level wizard. I don't know much about the game but there seems to be one that's passed out drunk too :upside:

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Should help me with consistency, getting them all looking reasonably similar...
 
And you would be wrong.....I will now pray for divine intervention that you may see the one true light!
Woah Andrew!! The light has just arrived check out MY latest acquisitions ALL in the most wonderful scale: The Perfect 1-87! :tongue-out3:
 
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