Old Guns Build. 30+ an older.... Lets show these Young bucks a thing or two!

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:21 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf

how does buying more kits save your wallet?

it saves your wallet cause if the wife doesn't know you have bought another model she won't retaliate by spending your money on something girly,like my other half she spent $50 of my hard earned pay on tea towels cause the colour matched the feature wall in our new house.........
In all fairness to my Wife she's pretty tolerant of my hobby even if she isn't interested in model building............
She said not long ago at least i'm not at the pub watching footy and getting pissed with my mates, i'm at home with my family.........
And thats just where i want to be,at home being a husband father and modeller...................... Approve [^]

BTW iv'e finally decided on what to build for this GB a Tamiya Spitfire MK1 1/48 flown by Aussie ace Pat Hughes during the Battle of Britain..............

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:46 AM

how does buying more kits save your wallet?

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tweety1

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August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:12 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Reggie removing the price tag is the first thing i do,iv'e made the mistake of leaving the receipts in my wallet and been busted a couple of times that way.....................
Geez i'm 32 and i feel like a 15 year old hiding his smokes from his mom

Ain't it the truth j.s.!
As these young pups will discover one day.
By all means be a man when around men, but be a mouse when the missus cracks the s**ts.

Reggie, I never heed advice from the younger generation, but your box idea, combined with j.s.' 3 in one gig, will save my wallet and butt in sooooooo many ways Bow [bow]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:41 AM

yer not too far off from the truth mr harrisson, im 15 and i hide models from my mom every so often. i never would hide smokes, they are stinky !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 11:55 PM

Reggie removing the price tag is the first thing i do,iv'e made the mistake of leaving the receipts in my wallet and been busted a couple of times that way.....................
Geez i'm 32 and i feel like a 15 year old hiding his smokes from his mom Laugh [(-D]

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diggeraone

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July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Monday, September 13, 2004 6:02 PM

Hey,if I am 43 and can outwork any baby(young gun)does that quiafy me for this group build?If it does then put me down and all my projects that I am doing now,I will post. Like a Bishop SP mkI which most of those children wish they could do.Digger

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 7:25 AM

weather the box, and more imporantly, de-price tag the box. usually the weathering does the trick. just remove all the good stuff, sprinkle a few drops of water on it and throw it around the room - literally. stress in more ways than one!

(edit) destress i mean) - but you knew that

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:02 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

QUOTE: Originally posted by nicholma

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

At least this time round, we are old enough to by things without feeling guilty.
At least thats what I tell myself every time I buy another kit.
And hide it from the wife !!

Funny you should mention that.
Bought a kit about a month ago.
Hid it under my bench (it did cost $90, she wouldn't have been impressed)
My son was in there scrambling around while I was at work, and guess what he pulled out...............[:0]

So my $90 purchase, cost me another $400 for a new dishwasher.

Maybe it's just me, but I think I lost that one

Fellas try doing what i do,ditch the box and stick all the sprues decals and whatever else in another box,i have boxes with 3 models in them.....
The missus sees 15 boxes but theres about 36 models crammed in Tongue [:P]

works for me Wink [;)]

..........................most of the time..............................
I havn't decided what to build for this GB I was gonna do a 109F4 of JG 27 North Africa but
i discovered a Tamiya Fw190D9 in 1/48 hidden in the Pro modeler ME 410 box so's i might do that in a defence of the Reich scheme....................

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tweety1

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August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:31 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by nicholma

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

At least this time round, we are old enough to by things without feeling guilty.
At least thats what I tell myself every time I buy another kit.
And hide it from the wife !!

Funny you should mention that.
Bought a kit about a month ago.
Hid it under my bench (it did cost $90, she wouldn't have been impressed)
My son was in there scrambling around while I was at work, and guess what he pulled out...............[:0]

So my $90 purchase, cost me another $400 for a new dishwasher. Sad [:(]

Maybe it's just me, but I think I lost that one Disapprove [V]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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nicholma

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September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Friday, September 10, 2004 6:29 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

At least this time round, we are old enough to by things without feeling guilty.
At least thats what I tell myself every time I buy another kit.

And hide it from the wife !! Mischief [:-,]

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Friday, September 10, 2004 6:18 AM

Ahhhhh, Mid Life Crisis.

The second childhood.
At least this time round, we are old enough to by things without feeling guilty.
At least thats what I tell myself every time I buy another kit.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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scottrc

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December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:51 AM

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Just what I need, another GB, and one that signifies my age (37). Well, put on some golden oldies from the 80s and start a building. I'm not sure what I'm building, but I'm building something. I have to have my Revell Thermopoly done by Dec 24th for my Mother-In-Law, so maybe that would count.

However, at the rate that I'm spending money on this hobby, I should belong to the Mid-life Crisis GB.

Scott

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:25 AM

rustyford. i saved the gb badge to my system. hope it is ok. hope to begin soon on the p-36. looking in the box i see plastic, resin, and pe. wow. cool.

joe

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 9:01 PM

Still waiting on the 1/48 Monogram high Tech (PE etc...) kit I won from Ebay.. fixin to go postal on the guy if he doesn't answer my emails (no pun intended) if not I think I will settle on a European theater build haven't done one of those in awhile... will relay details as soon as possible...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 4:23 AM

Hey all.
Just joined the GB, being 32 and all, I liked the idea of taking on the young guns, and putting them in their place.

My project will be a Hasegawa Bf109 G14, in 1/48 scale, complete with PE detail and a/f decals.

It is a small kit, and some of the c/pit PE detail is pretty minute, but I figure I'll leave the Tonka toy size stuff to the lil' uns.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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rebelreenactor

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October 2003
From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Monday, September 6, 2004 1:43 AM

I will be keep that info! Tongue [:P]

John

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gringe88

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July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Sunday, September 5, 2004 11:53 PM

hey scer, when did the conversation turn to the subject of your love life.....
guess I really shouldn't be talkin about that stuff though huh. I haven't been out with a girl yet, cept at school dances....
WOW, I just made myself the target of a load a wise crakers, didn't I

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-Matt

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 5, 2004 1:17 PM

I like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and.... hmmm... Eric Klapton, they're all really good. I cut lawns in my neighborhood, but spend it on models and not girls, all the ones around us are.... uhh... spoiled if you will, most of them already have enough money to get anything they want.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:38 PM

first off, yes i have heard of the beatles. i dont listen to them but i respect them for starting a revolution. just remember "we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine." that is a pretty good song. and also, with a mindset that the only kinds of cars are muscle cars, ive also heard of a Hemi 'Cuda. in fact, i know where theres a '67 with a 413 Max Wedge in red primer. later.
Jon

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:55 AM

ok... after careful reconsideration, and an idea I got in another forum... I AM building the OS2U... because, not only am I an old gun, but the kit is circa 1971 or so... AND I am building it with the 70's customizations that came in the kit along with the stock stuff.

Chrome exhausts that look like they came off a 69 Hemi 'Cuda (that's a Plymouth Barracuda for you youngsters) and a custom decal set that looks like they ripped it directly off the set of "Yellow Submarine" (again for the youngsters, a cartoon movie made by a band yall haven't heard of called the Beatles). Finely detailed ::cough:: chrome machine guns and bombs and to top it off an oversized 3-blade chrome propeller and spinner.

It's gonna be a TRUE old guns build!

Behold the custom set in all its glory!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, September 3, 2004 8:14 PM

Ok I got my 1/72 Kingfiher in the mail today and it was like all of 20 pieces... it was mislabelled Airfix but the box says MPS out of Sheboygan. Michigan or somewhere like that... no panel lines to speak of and when I glues the fuselage togehter it had like 2" gaps...

If I built it for this I think I would light it afire, toss it across the room. and snap a picture... I would call it a diorama of a confirmed Japanese kill... that's all it's worth...

Going to the LHS tommorrow and will announce my new build upon my return... unless I win the 1/48 Kingfisher on Ebay by Monogram Pro-Modeller... High tech, even has some PE if I am not mistaken... then I will build that...

Going to the LHS tomorrow and will announce my new build then...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tho9900

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July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:55 PM

Well, not to be outdone by these little upstarts, whippersnappers if you will... USPS willing, I will be doing an Airfix OS2U Kingfisher. I am served locally in a rural route by a woman I love to refer to as the "Postal Nazi" so if I don't get my package, I will re-announce my new build which will probably be the new Academy CH-46 done in USMC colors circa 1990. (I'm 38 going on 10)

A note to those kids on the "other" GB... back when I was your age I was out cutting yards for money and spending it on the girlies!... give up those models and go and get a life! (It'll buy us old guys more time)

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Aurora-7

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December 2002
From: Connecticut, USA

Posted by Aurora-7 on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:12 PM

I'm in. Jan 1st should be doable with my other builds. I'll dod the 1/48 Arii N1K1-J "George"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:44 AM

the "domestic chores" GB. hee hee hee. im making a 1/1 scale fixed toaster oven for mom.

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Saturday, August 28, 2004 1:01 AM

Yep I'm in to but I'll get my other 2 GBs finished before I start on this one. Don't know what I'll build, maybe a boat, maybe a plane , maybe a car. There again the wife wants the bedroom painted at Christmas - maybe I'll enter that!

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, August 27, 2004 10:21 PM

all righty then. after checking my sun dial and determining i would have time to complete such a build i enter myself and ................hmmmm...................let me see...................hmmmmm....................a ........................hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................what was i saying? oh thats right what to enter............................how about a ...........................................special hobby 1/72 p-36a.

now if you will excuse me i need to take a nap. all this excercise has really tired out my old body.

joe

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 27, 2004 8:59 PM

whatever happened to my old geezer gb? Big Smile [:D]

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therriman

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January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Friday, August 27, 2004 8:39 PM

OK, this 42 Year old-fart is in on the game. I'm thinking on using my Hasawega 1/32 BF109E for this GB.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 27, 2004 8:27 PM

Hey Avus, can you do me a favor?, Can you throw a little ohh "cotton ball strands in his beard?", just a few, just to get the look like a hairy beard? Whistling [:-^]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 27, 2004 6:42 PM

I myself am going to build 3-4 models, by the time i get my new digital cam, until then i have to rely on a photolab to be able to process my pics Banged Head [banghead]