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Hi Gary, Thanks very much for the preview of your "Mummy Room" display via email two weeks ago. It is a pity you are not posting the pictures of your excellent "Queen Cleopatra's patio". Perhaps, you could temporarily remove the dancing girls for a few shots suitable for forum posting. All the...

Gary, NICE !! AE044 "Fruit Seller set" is a lovely set. You can't go wrong with fruit and flower seller sets to add colour to non-combat displays. Raymond. {bravo}}

Hi Gary, Superb hunting display. The AE051 "Hunting the Hippo" is a very unique set. The Nubian hunter stands with no base, so I assume his left leg/foot is attached to the coil of rope for stability. This set reminds me of "Jaws" rising up menacingly along side the visitor monorail train at...

Hi Jack, It's Friday. Time for a cold one. Someone said that you only drink Coke.....so this one is for you.:wink2: Cheers, Raymond.:)

Brad, Thanks. My gut feeling was I was not reading this right. I was going to delete my post, but you were too quick. By the way, they do look the same.^&grin:tongue: Raymond.:)

A Tale of Two Sets......... The desired set AL105 The incorrect set WS165 I would just take it back and get the correct set. There are times I do not understand Aussie humour and this must be one such time. I apologise if I have misunderstood the thread. That said, I am quite sure this...

Hi Chris, Thanks very much for taking the time and effort to photograph your tanks. I like the non-diorama display shots. It keeps my eyes on just the tanks, tanks, tanks..... This is most impressive. If you keep posting shots like these, I may be inspired enough to add a tank to my...

Dear Sandor, I hope that the advice given by the forum members will be of help in your big decision. It must be through your hard work and determination that you are in this priviliged position of having two excellent options to choose from. If some comments in my previous post were off-track...

Sandor, First of all, Congratulations. You have two great options in either West Point or Dartmouth. You must know what is your aptitude. Are you better suited for a command or staff appointment ? The best persons to advise you are your previous and/or current instructors. They have seen you...

Brad, I learnt about the Jamestown story early this morning while listening to the "World Have Your Say" programme on the BBC World Service. The topics discussed were the H7N9 Virus, the Rise of German Football and Cannibalism. I was not planning to listen on after the discussion of Bayern...

This is "Survival Cannibalism". I find the parts of the dead girl selected for consumption to be rather disconcerting, so I shall not mention it here. There is a more recent example of this. In 1972, an aircraft with 45 passengers aboard crashed in the Andes Mountains in Chile. There were 29...

Hi Chris, Your new Panzer IV looks very impressive. It looks very well made and painted. I like the comparison shot with the King Tiger. Please show more photographs of your Panzer collection if you have the time. Thanks, Raymond. :)

Hi Martyn, Thank you very much for posting the inventory lists for Trophy sets ZDRDD, SRD and HRD which are very useful. The lists are invaluable for checking the figures and pieces in these large sets. I shall try make print copies for my reference. Best, Raymond. :)

One way to get around the problem is to click on "Reply to Thread" and you can read the "missing" posts. It may even be possible to reply without navigating to the last page, but I have not tried. Raymond. :)

Hi Walt, An outstanding display with a good impact. It is certainly a very effective illustration of a Battle of Britain theme without the inclusion of aircraft and nissen hut. Thanks, Raymond. :)

Guy, Well done. I like the "romantic" theme. The VW driver looks smitten with the lady. The flyboy in the corner looks on with disapproving envy. I can tell she is going to say yes in triplicate. ^&grin:tongue: Raymond. :)

As mentioned earlier, several youtube video clips on "A Bridge too Far" have been removed, presumably for copyright reasons. Here is one surviving clip with the movie theme march. There is no video, but there are some good still-shots of XXX Corps on the move. That's one snappy march which sure...

"TTFN" is an informal abbreviation for the colloquial valediction of "ta ta for now". I have no idea if this is internet slang or if it pre-dates the internet. :confused: The fact of the matter is I can't keep up with the advances in the digital world. There has been a proliferation of the use...

On abbreviations, I was taught in school and university (college) not to use abbreviations, but to spell out all words. For examinations, there were strict instructions not to use abbreviations so as to avoid dropping marks. In a recent email message to a fellow forum member, I even spelt out...

Hi Chris, Another excellent naval display. The "torpedo in the water" setup is very well done. The USS Iowa stands out for me. I built the Revell model of this ship when I was a teen. The Iowa class battleships were very impressive capital ships with a long illustrious service in the USN up...