Slightly Caddish

Ambush pattern looks great, splendid work ⭐

Cheers Matt, you might be right there. 😜
However, I read this tome literally in the last century, so a re-read is in order 🏖️😎🌊

Very nice, on both accounts 🌞👍

Page 175 of 846: The Metaxas line has been broken.
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Seconded, saves you from a ton of trouble along the road, especially if you go for a thin needle one.

HARDER & STEENBECK, the rest will sort out itself. 😃

What he said, all of them.
If you do three, I'll do three 😎

Does anyone have this set, or at the least the Short Stirling Mk1 MacRoberts Reply section. Happy to pay. For context MacRobert Trust land is all around me, and this really is a model I should be building.

#HeaviesGB
#histscalemodels

Feeling no pressure! Ha!

Seriously though, I really enjoyed the previous ones, and a very convivial, supportive atmosphere.

Anyone wondering about joining #HeaviesGB with @jaaaagirr.bsky.social's lead, come on in, the water's lovely (and you'll reduce the focus on me)! #histscalemodels

This year's holiday book is one I read decades before, but it's time to have a go at it again.
846 pages which obviously can't go into depth, some superseded by more recent research, the anglo american viewpoint evident, but still.... A great read by a very skilled history author.
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Fantastic to have a real GB veteran on board, very welcome James.
Nobody took the Condor yet, iconic it was indeed 👌

Welcome, and welcome 🤗

The BV222 Wiking in North Africa, 1941 Background The Blohm & Voss 222 Wiking (Viking) was a large flying boat, constructed in very small numbers during the war. Originally planned for commercial long-distance operations, similar to…

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Yep. Austrian in a nutshell.

YouTube video by Military History Visualized Bv 222 - Flying Boat - Blohm und Voss

Or, alternatively, have Bernhard tell you more about it in his awesome Austrian Accent
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Fantastic, real estate prices will very likely soar in your neck of the woods 🤣

No worries, anything past 1947 is modern for me 🤣

I am not very familiar with modern aircraft, but this looks like two engines to me 🙄

Cheers Chez, had to Google Hobart and reacquaint myself with the inverted seasons.
Have a great trip yourself 😇

Well I'll be in situ of Operation Avalanche once again, literally on the landing beaches with few bunkers still standing.
Where are you heading, Narvik? 🤣

Should be arriving at the ⛱️ at this time tomorrow, obligatory book on sunbed shot incoming 😎

I'll go down exactly the same road: heavy, softcover, big and an old edition 👍

I did the Zvezda Pe-8 in 1/72.
Decent kit with a fair price, you just need to get some aftermarket decals like from a Pe-2 or a Do-17.

That is a great idea and a fantastic kit btw.
So good in fact, I did two of them 🤣

This is in the post for #HeaviesGB it's got plenty of brittle bits, no doubt plenty of swearing and searching for bits that decide to go elsewhere. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

May I suggest a Petljakow Pe-8. In Finnish markings 😉

Looks awesome, the first Masters of the Air warbird announced which inspired the GB picture 👍

I did 🙂

Needless to say I did the Gigant. It's the biggest aircraft model kit I ever did 😀