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04-14-2010, 09:42 AM
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Stay with the forum Rommel, it's good to have these discussions about the war. Sometimes us brits get a bit touchy about it but that's got a lot to do with the current political climate in UK.
I also used to re-enact battles with Airfix model kits as a kid. I used to drive my mum nuts with my Waterloo 1/72 scale setup on the living room floor. I had about a thousand of those soldiers and used to set them up in firing lines which stretched across the whole room. I would love a room now that I could create a full diorama with napoleonic figures. My ww2 battles were done in the back garden on a smaller scale. Good memories 
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04-14-2010, 10:31 AM
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I concurr with the above sentiments and agree you shouldn't leave. I think the issue as I've stated is perhaps a language thing as well as focussing upon specific wartime 'incidents( if that's the right word)' rather than as a general discussion. Putting 'f the subs' is always going to provoke a reaction from us Brits as I'm sure if you'd mentioned other areas you would have created a similar reaction from the Dutch, Russians, Poles or whoever you had mentioned. I believe the word is diplomacy!!
As for the kits I'm stating to relive my childhood through my son. I've just finished a Lancaster to hang up in his bedroom to go with the Spits, hurri's, mossie, 109's, stukas, he111 and 190's. I'm so tempted as I did as when I was younger to take them out the back and 'battle' them although the hours I've spent airbrushing them I'm not sure that it's the best idea!
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04-14-2010, 05:01 PM
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Airfix ROCKED!!! those were my absolute favorite models! i had ( and burned ...he says banging his head off of the deck ) every WW2 tank, truck and aircraft, figure. they were small, excellently crafted, and very affordable. I too would love to build scenes... DANG they are still around too!! and the mossie is back in stock!!
http://www.airfix.com/
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04-14-2010, 05:31 PM
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04-14-2010, 05:36 PM
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04-14-2010, 06:05 PM
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Paper airplanes are owesome
I did it, I finally finish up the Hangar in one of the pictures avobe. All I have to do is painted, my favorite thing to do. Thanks anyhow for the offers of coming back to this forum and PS3 network but I guess I want to build some planes for a while. My next project is a replica of the Yorktown USA carrier, it will probably take me a year to build it, as I like to make my stuff from scrach. Though I have use some pre-fabricated kits, I like to make my own stuff. Its really easy and fun too, all I do for my models is find a decent diagram in google like this one.
 Then I make up the measurement as I go, but sometimes prototipes come out disproportionate, Though, that is not a thing to panic cuz i can always use them as destroy planes, thanks or water i was building during the reenactment. Besides that, most of the times I can catch in time if something is going to come off wrong. If u ask me the most dificult thing to do in scale are german armor vehicles like this one . One reason is that desings are poor, the designs themselves have too many sharp turns and angles of union, etc. But at the end whenever I'm done and take a look at the final product I feel really proud about myself. As of the thing some of u were saying earlier, that sometimes is hard to simply just set ur work in fire, I can relate to that. That's why whenever i'm working on something, I don't just make one, but rather put up an assembly line and take it one part at a time. But kits are good, my firts one was a Hurricane if i recall correctly. I even install an electric motor in the engine compartment so it will spin just like the real thing, though it couldn't fly at all. Unfortunatelly, Hurricane 1 and ace pilot Jame C. Chase died in an air combat against 6 BF 109s [entirely made out of coca cola cardboard an excellect material if u are looking for armor], though, He died greatfully with honor, He shoot every single planes before he went down, I still have what reamins of him in my room. I will post the pictures later. But everything is not always sad, cuz i can always rebuild the hurricane back in shape with new pieces made out of paper from coca cola boxes. But one thing I can't rebuild is Commander James Chase, He died in the cokpit of the plane as it crashed and burned to the ground. Did I mention I also have an standing army of 59 different German soldiers that range from SS to foot soldiers plus allies soldiers 60 also ranging from different ranks, countries, and weapons. I didn't made them aout of paper, but bought them and paint them so they would reflect their rank and weapons. Though there are a few catches. first they all are not WW II soldiers but Vietnam green and brown soldiers. So as you might have imagine, it took me a while to paint every single boot, weapons, helmet, and stuff to basically resemble WW II gear. But at the end I feel proud about my armies. I will also post some picture later. Untils then carry on.Luftwaffe_Rommel Bails out!!!
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04-14-2010, 06:18 PM
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04-14-2010, 07:28 PM
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There's nothin' wrong with going back to your roots...
 Man, this thread makes me want to build a model battleship (or blow up one of my existing cruiser model kits!)! 
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04-14-2010, 07:33 PM
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04-14-2010, 09:44 PM
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http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Index.aspx edit; here's the ground crew I had: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=47 Last edited by dkwookie; 04-14-2010 at 09:47 PM.
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