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Head's Up! New Shep Paine Book Due Out

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Head's Up! New Shep Paine Book Due Out
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 11:08 PM

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Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:46 AM
oh yes!! i grew up with his work. this is a must have for me.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:45 AM
Looks like a great tribute to the man and his work----anyone know where these are selling?
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Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:56 AM

 Mansteins revenge wrote:
Looks like a great tribute to the man and his work----anyone know where these are selling?

Shiffer Books

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:15 PM
Sweet.... Thanks fer the link, AJ...

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Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:43 PM
Mommy, can Santa bring me one? Pweeseeee.....

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:30 PM

 cassibill wrote:
Mommy, can Santa bring me one? Pweeseeee.....

No, you'll shoot your eye out

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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Posted by Will on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:09 PM
Holy $%^# Thats alot for a book
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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:05 PM
Not "a book"... THE Book...Bow [bow]

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:21 AM

Really; because I got into a/c models after Paine absolutely made me blow my paychecks on armor.. the monogram airplanes were a golden rule. I can draw the P-61, the B-26 factory, the Lady Be Good from memory.

H von H I had forgotten about the Victory gun deck dio, which IMHO is the Mona Lisa of dios. Need this book.... even if just for the kids.

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Posted by cassibill on Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:10 PM
 ajlafleche wrote:

 cassibill wrote:
Mommy, can Santa bring me one? Pweeseeee.....

No, you'll shoot your eye out

Laugh [(-D] The really funny part was Mom did get me a CO2 pistol for Christmas when I was 10.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Posted by Jim Barton on Monday, September 15, 2008 12:54 PM
There's a book I wouldn't mind having. It's a shame it's so darned expensive.

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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Posted by bbrowniii on Monday, September 15, 2008 2:52 PM

 Jim Barton wrote:
There's a book I wouldn't mind having. It's a shame it's so darned expensive.

 

Agreed.... too rich for my blood at this stage of the game... Sad [:(]

 

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Posted by russianfist on Friday, September 19, 2008 12:37 PM

Seriously?

They want how much?

Boohoo [BH]

Granted, he is the father of the modern diorama and inspiration to many of us but. . . . . WOW!

Well, guess I will have to wait for that one to go on sale,

 

You got a telegram from headquarters today. Headquarters--what is it? Well, it's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important right now. [ img] f_armorsecretm_ac7eb73[/ img]
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Posted by renarts on Friday, September 19, 2008 4:47 PM

It might seem expensive but ask yourself how many shelf queens you're sitting on right now? How much money do you have tied up in models in your stash you may never get to? How many models and aftermarket accessories will you buy that will far exceed the $80 for this book? I don't think that this book is so expensive that its out of reach for anyone that really wants it.

Don't let the sticker shock scare you, if you really want it...get it. If your not sure, wait till someone does get it, does a real review of the book (not some shill for the publisher, author, wholesaler, distributor, but an honest to goodness reiview) and then if you think its worth the green, go for it. If not, pass. I did that with Andrea's "The complete Bill Horan"...everyone raved about it and I almost bought it, till I got to look at a friends copy. Just wasn't that impressed. So i passed, but I at least waited till it was released before I decided.

This book looks like it might be a worth while purchase based upon the content. There has been a pretty healthy buzz about it on some of the figure sites and alot of folks are excited.

 I still have a 3 ring binder somewhere with all those really cool diorama sheets that used to come in the Monogram 1/32 armor kits. I loved those kits.

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Posted by larryd on Friday, September 26, 2008 10:20 AM

Keep in mind that fat price tag is a hardcover addition.

Surely they'll do a softcover later at 1/2 that cost?

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Posted by vespa boy on Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:59 AM
I'm editing a book right now with a lot of glossy images which makes it expensive. What they are asking is not out of the ordinary. Take a look at the prices in the art section of any bookstore.

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I ain't got time for that now

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