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Discovered a new way to sneak a model in under the radar... ;)

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Posted by waynec on Monday, June 10, 2013 10:41 AM

neither do i. i have about 500 kits in the stash. yesterday she came in as i was looking at a site for a fireboat. she looked over my shoulder and saw the price and said "you better get that since there is only 1 left." when the 1/200 BISMARCK came out i was showing her some pics on the website along with the cost. her comment "you going to get it?" i didn't because i wasn't interested but it's nice to have the support. so many in my wood ship club don't.

Никто не Забыт    (No one is Forgotten)
Ничто не Забыто  (Nothing is Forgotten)

 

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Posted by Greg on Saturday, June 8, 2013 10:32 AM

littletimmy

The only way I could sneek a kit in the house would be to sneek another woman in at the same time.

That is the funniest thing I've read on this site to date. Yes

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Posted by surfsup on Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20 AM

If I have been to a Show I tell SWMBO that I won one of the Raffles.

If i was your wife, i'd poison your tea! If Iwas your husband, I would drink it! WINSTON CHURCHILL

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Posted by p38jl on Friday, April 26, 2013 8:30 AM

Whistling

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Dre
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Posted by Dre on Friday, April 26, 2013 8:29 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!   Someone owes me a new keyboard.

G-J
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Posted by G-J on Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:44 PM

The logic in that cartoon was flawless.....

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Posted by Tim Kidwell on Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:11 PM

Echo139er
It will never work and this is why....  

Strange, but that's exactly the same logic I use when my wife heads out to buy a new pair of shoes. And I have to say there's a strong resemblance to how I look at the end there--big sharp wolfish teeth and all--although I manage to keep the bow in my hair. It was easier two months ago when my hair was past my shoulders, but hey, I do what I can.

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Posted by MikeyBugs95 on Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:53 PM
Maybe this could apply to sneaking some kits past my parents? Speaking of that... I gotta get a M1A2 SEP I found... But I can't get it past my parents... And I have no money... Yet. Hmmm....

 In progress:

CAD:

1/35 SINCGARS ICOM/ASIP; 1/35 Flat screen TVs; 1/35 tactical light that I shall reveal later Devil

Models:

1/35 DML M4A1 DV; AFV Club M18 Hellcat; DML StuG IV; DML Armored Jeep w/ .50 cal; Panda Cougar 4x4 MRAP; Academy M3A1 Stuart; 1/700 Midship Models USS Miami; 1/700 Skywave Rudderow Destroyer Escort

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:35 PM

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Echo139er on Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:33 PM

It will never work and this is why....  

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Posted by littletimmy on Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:49 AM

The only way I could sneek a kit in the house would be to sneek another woman in at the same time.

My wife would be soooo mad about the other woman that I could toss the new kit on the stash and pretend that nothing happened.

But then the shooting starts!!!!!

Will the hospital let me work on kits........  

    If I make it to a hospital......... 

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:06 AM

Echo139er

I envisage the day where the working man can man-up and not have to sneak a model purchased with the shared finances.

Until then, I will continue to do side jobs for hobby money and buy what I want when I want. The irony here is, I am too cheap to buy anything anyway and rarely do.

lol, that system will guarantee that you always have $$ on hand to buy something you really want though.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Echo139er on Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:23 AM

I envisage the day where the working man can man-up and not have to sneak a model purchased with the shared finances.

Until then, I will continue to do side jobs for hobby money and buy what I want when I want. The irony here is, I am too cheap to buy anything anyway and rarely do.

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Posted by Jon_a_its on Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:13 AM

Surprise   Hmm Females in bars are rarely random.... Wink

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Posted by mikeymize on Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:29 AM

I just tell my girlfriend it was something I pre-ordered 6 months ago and act surprised. That's only for the expensive ones i.e., more than $50.00 Most of the time she's fine with it and is glad it's on kits and not random females at bars!

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time".


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Posted by Geezer on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:45 AM

The next conversation will be (trust me), "I've been wanting that diamond solitare ring, since you have all those models now......." It won't be cheap.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:20 AM

Thanks for the tip,but I don't need to sneak models into my house Big Smile

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Posted by Jon_a_its on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:48 AM

If you get something in the post, remember to take the date-stamp Franking from the packet before you claim 'I've had that ages'....Wink

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Posted by mitsdude on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:32 AM

My wife usually leaves for work before our postal delivery.  I only order a few times a year from Megahobby to save on shipping so I tend to have infrequent but large orders.The one day in months that the postal guy is a little early is when he delivers that order (i.e. large box) from Megahobby. BUSTED!!!

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Posted by Stage_Left on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:03 PM

Nice job dirkpitt YesBeer

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Posted by FlyItLikeYouStoleIt on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:00 PM

Yer playin with fire, dude. If we suddenly stop hearing from you in here, I guess we all know what happened. Nice knowin ya.

Bill.

On the bench:  Lindberg 1/32 scale 1934 Ford Coupe and a few rescue projects.

In queue:  Tamiya 1/35 Quad Tractor or a scratch build project.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:49 PM

LOL! That won't work with my wife.

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:26 PM

Sneaky, or maybe simply:  covert Cool--but obviously effective!  Congratulations on the "finesse!"

 

 

 

 

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Discovered a new way to sneak a model in under the radar... ;)
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:13 PM

So, a few weeks ago I was messing around on Amazon looking at armor kits. I had put a few in my Shopping Cart so I could look at what the shipping would be.  Well, I removed all of them from my cart, but I forgot one. It was the Trumpeter 1/35 STRV-103C (Swedish S-tank). So here is the texting conversation I had with my wife yesterday.

 ME: Hey, there's a tank model from my wish list in the Amazon shopping cart. Are u buying me a model? If you are, thank you so much for the surprise. Love u!

HER: Dunno what ur talking about. Are  u sure u didn't forget and do it in ur sleep? Might as well get it if it's in there anyway. Love u too.

   So, needless to say, the kit is on it's way.

     Feel free to use my helpful hint next time you have your eye on something. LOL

   Chris

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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