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Posted by p38jl on Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:34 AM

p38jl

less than  22mins.. and i'll be 229 richer !!

 

ebay is an evil place... ehhehehe...

Score !!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=180592234736&si=4IqdhpswCaZdUliMKdusZIM7k4Y%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

 

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Posted by p38jl on Thursday, December 2, 2010 9:16 AM

less than  22mins.. and i'll be 229 richer !!

 

ebay is an evil place... ehhehehe...

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, December 2, 2010 7:45 AM

hmmmmm - wonder what CDN shipping turns that into? Worth checking out, thanks Gamera.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, December 2, 2010 7:33 AM

Guys, my Squadron flyer just came yesterday and they have the 1/72nd Revell of Germany kit on sale for $11.81. I'm not a big braille scale builder but it's less trouble than ebay. And plus shipping and handling you're going to end up with a bill of what - 15-16 bucks? I can't hardly get a good meal at a sit down resturant for less than 15 bucks anymore.

Not too useful I'll admit to the non yanks on the forum but still thought I'd point it out.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:59 AM

I've still gotta look into that pot of gold offer!

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

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:55 AM

Close enough. Actually they come over via Rainbow.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:51 AM

It comes in pints?? I'm getting one!! (sorry, that was a hobbit quote, not a leprechaun quote!)

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:49 AM

Ye, you get 229 on them free with your first dowload. Apparently theres a special offer on. Order before Xmas and you get a bonus pot of gold.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:44 AM

Bish

...Manny, put me down for a 1/64 scale Fiddlersgreen Ho 229. I bet you won't see that scale or brand on here often.

Fiddlers Green?? Are they manufactured by leprechauns?? Confused

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

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, December 2, 2010 3:17 AM

Aaronw Thanks for that link. I just registered and found out that firstly you get 3 free, unfortunatly the 229 isn't a free one. and second you download them and not have to wait for them in the post. I have got the 229 and the me 109, just gotta pick two more freebies. This will give me somthing to do next time i am away or even when home on leave. I think i am going to take a handful with me. If they get ruined, i can just print another one off and start again. Thanks bud.

Manny, put me down for a 1/64 scale Fiddlersgreen Ho 229. I bet you won't see that scale or brand on here often.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:38 PM

Bish

Right manny, if you will take a paper Ho-229, and i can get it in time, i am in.

Alright then, I'll accept your lame paper 229 as a substitute for a real model only because you are on deployment...BUT it better bloody well look good...

...oh, and I'll play the "Final Cut" album a few times while you're away to keep you and your paper airplane in my thoughts...stay warm and remember it is against the law to get too chummy w the penguins...

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 7:37 PM

vetteman42

I dunno Indifferent just got my mitts on a 1/48 Dragon 229 but..........well ummmm I dont think I could start it before mid January and no way will that me enough time for us S L O W , well slow like me anyways, to have it finished by Febuary. Any chance of going to April maybe ??? Big Smile

 I must say I did fail speed building 101 classes by Fermis and Kermit. Embarrassed

Dude, I'll give you a 29 day extension already...

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Posted by vetteman42 on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 6:13 PM

I dunno Indifferent just got my mitts on a 1/48 Dragon 229 but..........well ummmm I dont think I could start it before mid January and no way will that me enough time for us S L O W , well slow like me anyways, to have it finished by Febuary. Any chance of going to April maybe ??? Big Smile

 I must say I did fail speed building 101 classes by Fermis and Kermit. Embarrassed

Randy So many to build.......So little time

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Posted by Aaronw on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 5:05 PM

Bish I would have been 14 during the Falklands war.

 

I've seen some of those paper models built up into very nice models, some I thought were plastic at first glance.

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Posted by Jester75 on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:49 PM

Yeah, that distinctly sound like an request, err I mean order!!Wink

Eric

 

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Posted by oddmanrush on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:37 PM

Manstein's revenge

 

 oddmanrush:

 

 

 Manstein's revenge:

 

 Gamera:

 

LMAO....

Oh, and one more thing:  Oddman, I hereby bestow upon you the coveted "229 Badge in faux gold with Fig Leafs, Crossed Forks and Rhinestones"...wear it with pride...

 

 

Er, before I dutifully accept this gracious award...which 229 Badge am I receiving? THE 229 Badge or the one from the build?

 

Glad that you asked, cause the be honest, we need an artist's rendition of just what this would look like ala the "Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds"... 

 

*facepalm* Dunce What did I get myself into now?

Jon

My Blog: The Combat Workshop 

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:30 PM

Aaronw Just had a proper look at that site. They not some nice 'kits' i might get a few to take with me. Maybe enter some other GB's.

Right manny, if you will take a paper Ho-229, and i can get it in time, i am in.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:26 PM

oddmanrush

 Manstein's revenge:

 

 Gamera:

 

I'll need to go with an extension too, I'll pick up a kit somewhere around the first of the year.

Currently planning on going with the 1/72nd Revell kit.

Will be built as a fictional license built Japanese 229 aka:

Nakajima Ki-229 'Koumori' (Bat)

Allied code name: 'JEFF'

 

 

 

LMAO....

Oh, and one more thing:  Oddman, I hereby bestow upon you the coveted "229 Badge in faux gold with Fig Leafs, Crossed Forks and Rhinestones"...wear it with pride...

 

Er, before I dutifully accept this gracious award...which 229 Badge am I receiving? THE 229 Badge or the one from the build?

Glad that you asked, cause the be honest, we need an artist's rendition of just what this would look like ala the "Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds"... 

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:24 PM

Me and Vance are arranging it. Look out for a post in the new year for a build starting next Octish.

So what age would 8th grade have made you. I was 12 at the time and remeber watching the daily updates on the news. Of course we didn't have news 24hours or the internet at the time.

Not a bad idea, i can take it with me and build it there. Maybe i can get a penguin to agree to take it for a test flight.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Aaronw on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:13 PM

I'll do the Revell 1/72 kit, now I need to go order one.

 

Bish

This will be my third time there, i just got back at the start of August. Its an 18 hour trip if all goes well.

I don't think i have ever see a Falklands GB and i have a chinook with the right markings, which is good because in the UK that the type we mostly work with and are on the same base. Might be an idea for 2012 as it will be 30 years since the war.

Wow, way to make me feel old, I remember closely following the activity in the Falklands war with my friends when I was in the 8th grade. If you get a Falklands GB going for the 30th Anniversary I'll join in.

 

Maybe you can do a paper Ho-229 for this GB, all you need is scissors, white glue and $5.50.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Horten-Ho229.html

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Posted by Hercmech on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 1:37 PM

oddmanrush

 Hercmech:

 

 Manstein's revenge:

 

 

 Hercmech:

Manny,

I would join the build if I had not already built it this year. I wish I would have had those pictures you have when I built my kit. They provide a pretty detailed look at the A/C. Thanks for sharing them.

 

I suggest you join and buiild another one---this time accurately.  I have many more pics...

 

 

 

I would...however I have been verboten from duplicate kits. And belive me she keeps track of what I have.Confused

 

Remember, No Approval Necessary! Its says so on the badge!

I know... but as odd as it may seem I have to answer to far stricter authority than Heer Field Marshal Manny.


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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 1:21 PM

Sounds like a Norfolk girl all right

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by oddmanrush on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 1:21 PM

Hercmech

 

 Manstein's revenge:

 

 

 Hercmech:

Manny,

I would join the build if I had not already built it this year. I wish I would have had those pictures you have when I built my kit. They provide a pretty detailed look at the A/C. Thanks for sharing them.

 

I suggest you join and buiild another one---this time accurately.  I have many more pics...

 

 

 

I would...however I have been verboten from duplicate kits. And belive me she keeps track of what I have.Confused

Remember, No Approval Necessary! Its says so on the badge!

Jon

My Blog: The Combat Workshop 

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  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 1:18 PM

Manstein's revenge

 Hercmech:

Manny,

I would join the build if I had not already built it this year. I wish I would have had those pictures you have when I built my kit. They provide a pretty detailed look at the A/C. Thanks for sharing them.

 

I suggest you join and buiild another one---this time accurately.  I have many more pics...

I would...however I have been verboten from duplicate kits. And belive me she keeps track of what I have.Confused


13151015

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:36 AM

Hercmech

Manny,

I would join the build if I had not already built it this year. I wish I would have had those pictures you have when I built my kit. They provide a pretty detailed look at the A/C. Thanks for sharing them.

I suggest you join and buiild another one---this time accurately.  I have many more pics...

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:33 AM

I'll need to go with an extension too, I'll pick up a kit somewhere around the first of the year.

Currently planning on going with the 1/72nd Revell kit.

Will be built as a fictional license built Japanese 229 aka:

Nakajima Ki-229 'Koumori' (Bat)

 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:32 AM

This will be my third time there, i just got back at the start of August. Its an 18 hour trip if all goes well.

I don't think i have ever see a Falklands GB and i have a chinook with the right markings, which is good because in the UK that the type we mostly work with and are on the same base. Might be an idea for 2012 as it will be 30 years since the war.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:28 AM

Wow, the Falklands? That's quite the commute. Glare at Argentina for me will ya? Angry I was just reading some background on the Falklands War a few weeks back thinking it is a subject that could prompt a group build of some kind.

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:20 AM

I am off to the Falklands at the end of Jan and not back till end of April, then i have 3 kits for 2 other GB's to do, including my own. So i can't really drop out of that one.  maybe a 229 day extension would be better.

As for clearing it with the wife, i will ask my Solicitor to ask her's if i am allowed. But she would probably want even more off me for saying yes.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 10:12 AM

p38jl

Bish,, don't forget you can apply for a 29 day extension... ! Manny says so... I seen it..!

Certain situations may mean asking for 2-29 day extensions, so long as it is cleared with the wife... Wink

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