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A Dragon "huh?!?"
Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:40 AM

Hey guys (and girl),

One of the great discoveries I've made is a Hobby World LHS within ONE MILE of my new apartment here! WAHOO!

So I go down there today to check it out--an awesome store; everything I could want in a hobby store. So, to celebrate, I made a contribution to the local economy with a steal on the Dragon VK.45.02(P) H for only $39.95! What a cool project! And with PE and all kinds of bells and whistles--and the best thing was, there's a sticker on the box that says "FREE CONCORD BOOK INSIDE!"!! The box was even tantalizingly heavy---OH JOY! Stick out tongue

So, having acquired a huge number of Concord's fine publications, I was doubly stoked! What could it be? "Panzer Vor 8"? "Panzerjaegers in Combat 3"?! "Battles on the Eastern Front: Kurland Battles"?! I could barely make it into the truck without ripping off the cellophane!

Hands trembling, I ripped it off, and spied a book under the bagged sprues....I fished it out, and.......(wah, wah, wah, WAAAAAH) it was...."SLUF A-7 Corsair II". Indifferent

"HUH?!?" Confused

A pretty cool marketing tactic, and a great book--FOR AIRCRAFT MODELERS!--all in color and whatnot---but....if you're going to do this, shouldn't armor books go with armor models?!?!  Has anyone else gotten such a deal--and what book did YOU get?!

Dre
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Posted by Dre on Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:22 PM

It's a not-so-subtle suggestion from the Olympians for you build, complete and not stomp an aircraft model....Wink

I've ordered some Dragon kits from DragonOnline that were packaged with random books as a part of a promotion, but I've never received a kit that had a book included within the kit box.

It's funny that DML doesn't even do an A-7....

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Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:11 PM

Nice to have a LHS nearby,I feel fortunate to have two good ones within 25 minutes

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:21 PM

Ill take it off your hands....Whistling

lol

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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:21 PM

I love the A-7, The first laser guided bomb I ever saw dropped was from an A-7E. It hit the target (a smoke flare floating in the ocean) smack dead on. Lucky doog!

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:22 PM

Hey Doog, you send that book my way ;-) I love the SLUF and still have a couple or three in my stash yet to build...

 

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:26 PM

Stikpusher--you send your address my way and I'll have it out to you, free-of-charge. Smile

Sorry, Owl, but Stikpusher is an old friend here. Wink

I kinda DO wonder if the modeling gods are trying to get me to do a plane...and I DO have an awesome, BIG Stuka model still waiting...? Whistling....Big Smile

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:27 PM

Crying

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:47 PM

the doog

Stikpusher--you send your address my way and I'll have it out to you, free-of-charge. Smile

Sorry, Owl, but Stikpusher is an old friend here. Wink

I kinda DO wonder if the modeling gods are trying to get me to do a plane...and I DO have an awesome, BIG Stuka model still waiting...? Whistling....Big Smile

PM sent there Doog. I was just joking about sending it my way, but if you are serious I am most grateful. And I certainly appreciate the kind reference of being old friends here. I do think that is a sign from the modeling gods for you to begin on that big Stuka. I presume it is bigger than your boot as opposed to the last one...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

Dre
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Posted by Dre on Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:48 PM

A BIG Stuka must be built- especially since, well you know!

Is it the new Trumpy or the older Hasegawa?

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:18 PM

It's the older Hasegawa, Dre. A generous gift of a good friend here on FSM forums. :)

I also have a detail set--PE and resin---for the cockpit. 'll do it up right when I get to it---right now, I'll be taking off for Denmark on Saturday and I'll be in Scandinavia for three weeks. ;(  Sigh...

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:19 PM

whatre you doing in scandinavia?!

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Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:21 PM

It could've been worse...I got one in the random draw from a DragonUSA purchase that had to do with medieval French knights! At least it was 'armor' related in a distant sense I suppose. Wink

Dre
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Posted by Dre on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:37 PM

Karl, that old Hase builds up pretty sweetly, but look for possible warping in the outer wing sections where they join the center section- you might have to add some inner spars to keep the airfoil shape (mine was a bit squashed).  

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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:37 PM

"... I will ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen... he's already got one..."

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:57 PM

A business trip, CallSIgnOwl.

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:58 PM

Thanks for the info, Dre---it'll be a while before I get to it, but I'll write a note and stick it in the box for when I do. :)

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:59 PM

wbill76

It could've been worse...I got one in the random draw from a DragonUSA purchase that had to do with medieval French knights! At least it was 'armor' related in a distant sense I suppose. Wink

Ha ha!! That's hilarious!

Actually, I would have preferred that--something historically interesting at least!

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:08 PM

and the SLUF isnt historically interesting?  ;)

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Dre
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Posted by Dre on Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:13 PM

Doog, you should also make a note to ask Bish about Ju-87's as I think he is our man about the boards for them... I know he just wrapped one up.

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:14 PM

CallSignOWL

and the SLUF isnt historically interesting?  ;)

Meh, not really?!

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:17 PM

gasp! for shaaaaame

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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:04 PM

the doog

CallSignOWL

and the SLUF isnt historically interesting?  ;)

Meh, not really?!

C'mere doog, I gotta slap ya! Shame! Bad doog!  Indifferent

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Posted by Winetanker on Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:15 PM

the doog
One of the great discoveries I've made is a Hobby World LHS within ONE MILE of my new apartment here!

You are VERY fortunate! Since the local one closed a few years back, there are none within an hours drive(If you don't count Michael's...which I don't...)

Of course, if I had one that close, I'd probably go broke....

....working my way up the airbrush learning curve......

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Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:00 PM

the doog

A business trip, CallSIgnOwl.

Yeah, Right!!

He's over there interviewing all those famous Blondes!

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:34 PM

Dunno, Kharma seems to have Writ Large here.

I know I'd be keen to see what The Doog could do to a 1/32 SLUF <G>

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Posted by terry35 on Friday, March 1, 2013 10:57 AM
Great story

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Posted by New Hampshire on Friday, March 1, 2013 7:01 PM

Alas I am shamed that I have been gone from these forums for too long.  Perhaps it is fate that I come back here and find the great Doog once again faced with a decision at the crossroads of his life.  To build a wing thing or to not build a wing thing.  Methinks thou shalt build thine gull-winged songbird!  If you build it....well, it won't exactly fly, assuming you don't get angry at it.  But it should at least LOOK like it should fly!

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, March 3, 2013 5:47 PM

I was lucky, my Concord book was Special Ops Journal of the Elite Forces vol. 26: Road to Baghdad by Yves Debay (who died covering Syria in Jan 2013). It chronicles the OIF invasion in 2003.

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Posted by the doog on Monday, March 4, 2013 2:52 AM

Ha ha, New Hampshire--I went through this a while back; people trying to get me to build a plane. I built up a nice 1.72 Stuka, and the darned paint lifted under the masking tape when I was trying to do one of those "splinter" patterns on it. I never finished it.

To be honest though, I've been getting so many interruptions at the bench that I'm still "jonesing" to get some more armor finished! I've got all these cool projects waiting in line in my head--I just haven't been "home" enough to get them done! Life sure does get busy when you move in with someone for the fairer persuasion...!! Wink

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