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Frank, Happy Birthday

I will send a PM to the others.

Roy

wyoroy wrote:

We all have big eyes as the saying goes.  Sometime in the spring would be great. Need more people to join the FAA GB gift exchange. The following have given their intent to participate but I need you era and scale you would like, PM me the information: Alain/chester 101 Mike/ruddratt Dave/razordws Frank and I think that 1 Nov should be the cutoff so I can have time to get the names to you all by the weekend.  As for price it's what you can afford.  The idea is not so much the gift as it is about build our camaraderie and friendship.   Again any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Roy

Everyone check your PM.

Roy

I should have added that it's for the people who have not signed up for the FAA exchange, my error.

Roy

DesertRat wrote:

Yep, she is at that! I think she would be perfect for my next ex-wife!

Hey, that's MY line!

I should have the gift exchange names for everyone by Friday.  Has anyone heard from Mike (ruddratt)?

Roy

Daywalker wrote:

DesertRat wrote: Yep, she is at that! I think she would be perfect for my next ex-wife! Hey, that's MY line!

wyoroy wrote:

I should have the gift exchange names for everyone by Friday.  Has anyone heard from Mike (ruddratt)? Roy

I left a post for Mike over on the WWI GB-he posts there quite a lot. Hopefully he'll pop over here soon. 

Thanks friend,

Roy

No worries.

Guys,

I just had to share this with you. My wife treated me to a print of a NAS 800 Seafire FR.47 for my birthday. Little did we know at the time that the painting depicts the same Mk.47 that I had built but it also has the signatures of six pilots who flew these Seafires with NAS 800 from HMS Triumph during the Korean war!

She also treated to a wondeful dinner and lots of little pressies........I thought that was great. Then the Royal Mail delivered this tonight..........

The brand-new 1/35 scale Dragon UH-1D!!!!! This kit is an awsome all-new tooling and it has six cartograph decal options, four crew figures plus pre-painted P/E detail parts as well. All in the same box! Whooooooooooo!!!!

This kit is superb!

By thunder, I am a very lucky man!!

Looks like all in all, it had been a really good birthday for ya! I especially like the artwork, and i think it's gonna look great hanging in the ole' model room!

   I've seen a few other prints from the same or similiar artists on ebay, and it blows me away the price of them. And granted, those are just the ones that are not autographed. There's one i would love to have of the "Belle" that was autographed by Robert Morgan and some of the other crewmembers. Maybe someday though...

Yep! Ya got a great Wife! I think maybe you should keep her!

Great score Darren .  Congrats.

Regards,  Rick

Gees!!! another birthday?!?!?!   I shoulda bought some shares of the Rum distillers (mental note for next year)!!!

Darren ,  nice score on the presents!

Edit:  Just noticed the nose art on that Huey... !!!!

My birthday is only a couple weeks away but I already bought my plastic presents when I was down in Reno.

I don't count Birthdays in years anymore, just decades.  Saves a lot on candles for the cake .

Regards,  Rick

razordws wrote:

Gees!!! another birthday?!?!?!   I shoulda bought some shares of the Rum distillers (mental note for next year)!!! Darren ,  nice score on the presents! Edit:  Just noticed the nose art on that Huey... !!!! My birthday is only a couple weeks away but I already bought my plastic presents when I was down in Reno.

lol! I know! Still hung over from yesterdays birthday blow out! Well, today i raise my cup of coffee and wish Darren a for today!

Someone needs to go get more rum.....

Good score Darren!  I got the print in my signature as an early B-day present from my girlfriend, and last night she gave me some cool new stuff for my place, a Hasegawa 1/48 Kate (her name is Katie or Kate), a wonderful dinner, and . 

We are lucky men.  Oh, and...

I'll take my truck down to the store and pick up the weekend rum rations. 

Rick-ROTFLMAO!

This is RAF stuff, but still VERY cool.  Check it out!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/891310/top_gear_bugatti_veyron_drag_race/

Darren, great score

Roy

Daywalker wrote:

I'll take my truck down to the store and pick up the weekend rum rations.

{Que the theme song for Sanford & Son here}

Daywalker wrote:

This is RAF stuff, but still VERY cool.  Check it out! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/891310/top_gear_bugatti_veyron_drag_race/

Frank,

I saw this last Sunday. The programme is an British institution called Top Gear. You should see what these guys did with a AH-64D Apache!!!  I live near the RAF Typhoon testing centre and boy can those things move!   F-22's watch out!

If you can get Top Gear on BBC America, I recommend you watch it.

A big thank-you for your well wished lads.

A quick update on me:

went to the doctors office this morning as my missus spotted that the chicken pox have spread to my eye area. Doc said these's no cause to worry at the moment as the infection is outside of my eye socket-if that changes though I will have to go to hospital as my eyesight could be in danger.

Good news:I look really great for Halloween as I resemble something from a resident evil movie!

Picked my boy up from his halloween party at school and one of his teachers said she loved my zombie make up!!!!! Oh brother............................

Anyway, my lad won first prize and we watched a "scary movie" before his bedtime. So at least he's had a fun time. I got a little bit of weathering done to the B-25-thats about all I could manage. Still, every little helps and I will have that build finished soon.

Now.........where's Frank with all that Rum?

TANGO 1 wrote:

Picked my boy up from his halloween party at school and one of his teachers said she loved my zombie make up!!!!! Oh brother............................

How odd is it that people look all over and pay lots of money to find that perfect scary costume, and yours just kinda came to ya?

Seriously though, i sure hope that it doesn't get any worse, especially around the eyes. Hope ya get well soon!

Good lord!! Looks like there's quite the party goin' on here! Frank, Darren....happy birthday young 'ns!!! (my hitting the big 5-0 has officially qualified me to be able to say that ) Looks like you've been both well taken care of .... and 102 pages of posts .... holy cow! That's gotta be some kind of record! Very well done, gents!

Now, take care of them peepers, Darren! Hoping everything turns out A-OK!

Hey Mike!

Good to see you mate! How's it goin'?

Haven't seen you round here for a bit, hope all is well where you are.

BTW, check your PM's.......Roy's been trying to contact you.

Been doin' fine, my friend! Finally getting some time in at the bench (currently working on an AFV Club German LeFH18M 10.8 cm field howitzer for another GB). Things are getting quite cool up here in the great white north (we've already had our first snowfall .... only 2" worth, but that's just a taste of what lies ahead).

Hope you and all yours are doing well, buddy!

.... and I got the PM from Roy and responded. Nice to have him around and posting again!

Roger- LOL!  Put down that coffee son, there's a party happenin!

Darren- Whew!  Good news on the peepers.  Be sure to take care of yourself, glad to hear the missus has got you under the microscope, so to speak.  And I bet living near the test center makes for some exciting afternoons!

Dave-What day is your birthday?  Just gotta make sure we have enough rum on board when the time comes.

Mike- Good to see you buddy!  Hopefully, the lads here didn't drink ALL the rum so you could have a toast with us.

Everyone is having a birthday here, so is it any wonder there is a bottle perpetually flowing here?

Is the celebration retroactive? Cause if so, i celebrated my 31st birthday back on the 28th of august....

Roger,

do you seriously think we are that barking mad that we will use any excuse to have a celebratory drink around here?  

Still..............we should celebrate your birthday and all.............it wouldn't be cricket otherwise...............in the interests of fair play and all that..........

mate! 

CHEERS!

Alrighty, I put down MY coffee cup for a toast.

Roger!

So, how old are you ol' chap?

Well i guess i'm still considered part of the younger crowd here in comparison...

I'm 31

But cheers! Always a good time to have a drink!!!!!!