I flew into Wuhan in the mid-1980s, and the hold baggage was thrown out of the plane into a tipper truck, which then drove to the terminal building and tipped everyone's baggage onto the apron.
Pete
Pete
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Sounds like Heathrow or Gatwick to me LOL. I remember waiting about two hours for a flight in the late nineties. It was chucking down, and there was a baggage train on the tarmac, full of cases etc, with no rain covers. It was out there getting soaked the whole time I was waiting. I’ve had stuff come off the carousel open with the contents strewn behind it, severely dented (talking pushed in a good eight inches), and badly scuffed complete with footprints. If you try and complain they just say your case is supposed to be strong enough to deal with baggage handling and it’s not their fault. Just what you want to hear after a twelve hour long haul flight. :angry::angry::angry:
I have always thought those two airports are an embarrassment to my country.
I have always thought those two airports are an embarrassment to my country.
Different way of displaying a ship from Takom coming soon 
That's different!
That's going to be quite a chunk - 0.65m long - and I bet, quite a chunk of cash - especially if you add a battleship/aircraft carrier in residence!
Dave
And I imagine rather a lot of brass to make it look good. Wonder if that will be included or not...
That’s unusual isn’t it. A quick google is worth a try. I really didn’t know there were so many of these in use during WW2. Obviously not going to be cheap, but a bit of a showstopper if you’re a big ship fan.
At first glance I had assumed this was a modern thing...but recognising a few of the 'suitable' ships listed as WW2 era craft, I had a bit of a google myself. Some great images out there.
Floating dry docks have been around since the early 1800s the Royal Navy's first was stationed in Bermuda in 1869. The largest was No.11 - it was 960 ft long & could lift 60,000 tons in 1039 - unpowered, they had to have powerful tugs to deploy! It was capable of lifting the Last RN Battleship - HMS Vanguard
Dave
Dave
On the AFV Club Facebook page - no further info.
Dave
Dave
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On Tamiya’s web site:
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Google translates the text as:
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I think that last line means it’s a photo of a real bike, not the model.
The Comet is kind of exciting — the Bronco kit is OK but not outstanding, and in any case Bronco seems to be in difficulties.
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Google translates the text as:
and
I think that last line means it’s a photo of a real bike, not the model.
The Comet is kind of exciting — the Bronco kit is OK but not outstanding, and in any case Bronco seems to be in difficulties.
That AVRE looks nice.
Yeah,i thought that as well Scottie.... Right up your street too eh?!
G
Odd that it doesn’t appear to include a 105 mm barrel, so you could make both versions out of the box. Chances are they intend to release that later on, of course.
G
Yes Andy as soon as I saw the post I thought that.Yeah,i thought that as well Scottie.... Right up your street too eh?!
G
How long before you get one Paul ?
Ha Peter, I have a better excuse than yours.........not my scale. :tongue-out3:
To be honest - it's not my scale either. But i remember being facinated by this when I first saw a story in an old 1940's newspaper and the thought of building something so completely different is very tempting. But NO, I must demonstrate some self control. Get thee behind me temptation!
Peter
I pride myself in being able to resist everything, except temptation.
Oscar Wilde I think.
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