I will have all 3 "Shock and Awe" pieces on display at the Symposium (2 Viewers)

Wraith said:
Louis
You can do your bit for the coalition and reintroduce the lend-lease programme. I've got an idea about where you could start. ;)
Click to expand...

Lend lease my @ss! I already caught Kevin trying to sneak off with the B17 tucked under his jacket . . . with the wings up the sleaves, he couldn't lower his arms, so I knew he was either trying to steal the B17 or impersonating Jesus . . . when he wasn't struck by lightning, I knew it had to be choice A!:eek::D:p
 
Louis Badolato said:
Lend lease my @ss! I already caught Kevin trying to sneak off with the B17 tucked under his jacket . . . with the wings up the sleaves, he couldn't lower his arms, so I knew he was either trying to steal the B17 or impersonating Jesus . . . when he wasn't struck by lightning, I knew it had to be choice A!:eek::D:p
Click to expand...


You slanderous @@@@@@@@@. You know it was the Horsa.
 
.....which then begs the question: where did you have the B17 stuffed? :eek:
 
Wraith said:
You get re runs of Corrie don't you? Sheeez, what more do you want. :rolleyes:
Click to expand...

Yeah, you think they would thank us for using up all their excess production stuff.....:rolleyes::D And we gave them Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Grant:eek: LOL again and again.

Just think of all the rust there would have been on them spare Shermans. It was especially good of Monty testing the early run in the desert. Blimey!:rolleyes:

Are we in the right room for an argument Louis?:eek::rolleyes:
 
If you put the B-17 under your jacket with the wings through your sleves, where did the tail go? :confused::rolleyes::D

Oh! No wonder you had trouble walking out with the B-17 :eek:

Terry
 
Phantom Warrior said:
If you put the B-17 under your jacket with the wings through your sleves, where did the tail go? :confused::rolleyes::D

Oh! No wonder you had trouble walking out with the B-17 :eek:

Terry
Click to expand...

Pardon? (said in a slightly squeeky voice)

Tell you what, I wouldn't know where to hide that gun:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Anyway, enough of this nonsense, Louis, haven't you got trees to chop down - during the day anyway?
 
redhugh said:
apparently paid in full :D
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/finance/britain-makes-final-ww2-lend-lease-payment-$1034891.htm
Click to expand...
Britain makes final WW2 lend-lease payment




Sixty-one years after the end of the second world war, Britain has finally paid the US back for vital financial assistance it provided to help the UK continue to resist Nazi Germany.

The Treasury has announced that a payment of $83.25 million (£42.43 million) will be made today to the US, closing the account which was initially set up in 1941.

During the second world war, US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt convinced a doubtful Congress of the need to shore up Britain to prevent Adolf Hitler establishing an unchallenged dominance over Europe.

As a result $4.3 billion (£2.2 billion) of funds were provided at a two per cent interest rate for British use, a triumph for then-prime minister Winston Churchill who had exerted considerable diplomatic pressure in his efforts to win the loan from the Americans.

After victory was achieved in 1945, Britain remained in financial straits and won an additional loan of $1.2 billion (£0.6 billion) from Canada. A payment of $22.5 million (£11.5 million) is also being made today to clear that account.

"It was vital support which helped Britain defeat Nazi Germany and secure peace and prosperity in the postwar period," Treasury minister Ed Balls said in a statement.

"We honour our commitments to them now as they honored their commitments to us all those years ago."

Britain has paid nearly twice the original amounts provided to the lending countries. In total $7.5 billion (£3.8 billion) has been paid to the US and $2 billion (£1.1 billion) to Canada.

Redhugh

Very interesting, thanks.
 
redhugh said:
apparently paid in full :D
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/finance/britain-makes-final-ww2-lend-lease-payment-$1034891.htm
Click to expand...

It took only 61 years. I guess I miised the article - it was only a few years old. But that was paying back the US. You guys haven't paid anything to Canada yet. :p:D

Terry
 
panda1gen said:
Britain makes final WW2 lend-lease payment




Sixty-one years after the end of the second world war, Britain has finally paid the US back for vital financial assistance it provided to help the UK continue to resist Nazi Germany.

The Treasury has announced that a payment of $83.25 million (£42.43 million) will be made today to the US, closing the account which was initially set up in 1941.

During the second world war, US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt convinced a doubtful Congress of the need to shore up Britain to prevent Adolf Hitler establishing an unchallenged dominance over Europe.

As a result $4.3 billion (£2.2 billion) of funds were provided at a two per cent interest rate for British use, a triumph for then-prime minister Winston Churchill who had exerted considerable diplomatic pressure in his efforts to win the loan from the Americans.

After victory was achieved in 1945, Britain remained in financial straits and won an additional loan of $1.2 billion (£0.6 billion) from Canada. A payment of $22.5 million (£11.5 million) is also being made today to clear that account.

"It was vital support which helped Britain defeat Nazi Germany and secure peace and prosperity in the postwar period," Treasury minister Ed Balls said in a statement.

"We honour our commitments to them now as they honored their commitments to us all those years ago."

Britain has paid nearly twice the original amounts provided to the lending countries. In total $7.5 billion (£3.8 billion) has been paid to the US and $2 billion (£1.1 billion) to Canada.

Redhugh

Very interesting, thanks.
Click to expand...

We never got it. And don't try to tell me it's in the mail. :p:D:D

Terry
 
gk5717 said:
Louis is there any way you can post pics of your entire room? Just to get a general idea of it,s layout.
I recently finished a room in my basement and it is already full plus I have another room that has numerous displays.
Space is truely a problem.
Gary
Click to expand...

Gary,

When the people who know what they are doing with a camera arrive at the Symposium, I will ask them to photograph the layout in the three rooms and post them on a thread. The main room has mostly K&C (including 15 custom made K&C dioramas and 8 of the 10 display cases full of K&C), with a bit of Heco (1 showcase), Honour Bound (1 showcase), John Jenkins Designs (1 platform), Pipeline, Trophy, Bengurion, Toy Army Workshop, Tommy Atkins, etc. mixed in. The Second Room has aircraft related items (more than half the room is taken up by a very crowded 12 foot by 6 foot RAF airfield diorama) from mostly K&C, with some Heco and Frontline. The third room is all Figarti, with the majority of the room taken up by the three Shock and Awe items (the E-Boat on a pedestal, the Leopold Gun on top of a cabinet, and the LCT and related items on a build-a-rama mat on a 6 by 4 foot diorama platform.
 
panda1gen said:
Britain makes final WW2 lend-lease payment




Sixty-one years after the end of the second world war, Britain has finally paid the US back for vital financial assistance it provided to help the UK continue to resist Nazi Germany.

The Treasury has announced that a payment of $83.25 million (£42.43 million) will be made today to the US, closing the account which was initially set up in 1941.

During the second world war, US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt convinced a doubtful Congress of the need to shore up Britain to prevent Adolf Hitler establishing an unchallenged dominance over Europe.

As a result $4.3 billion (£2.2 billion) of funds were provided at a two per cent interest rate for British use, a triumph for then-prime minister Winston Churchill who had exerted considerable diplomatic pressure in his efforts to win the loan from the Americans.

After victory was achieved in 1945, Britain remained in financial straits and won an additional loan of $1.2 billion (£0.6 billion) from Canada. A payment of $22.5 million (£11.5 million) is also being made today to clear that account.

"It was vital support which helped Britain defeat Nazi Germany and secure peace and prosperity in the postwar period," Treasury minister Ed Balls said in a statement.

"We honour our commitments to them now as they honored their commitments to us all those years ago."

Britain has paid nearly twice the original amounts provided to the lending countries. In total $7.5 billion (£3.8 billion) has been paid to the US and $2 billion (£1.1 billion) to Canada.

Redhugh

Very interesting, thanks.
Click to expand...
Paid in full. Outstanding! Great Britain is probably the only country to pay back war loans. I, for one, appreciate it. I would bet my collection that some countries, (France:rolleyes:), have not paid and do not intend to. I know the former USSR stuck everybody who lent them assistance and never paid anything back. I would also add China into the group. Thank you, Great Britain. -- lancer
 
Louis Badolato said:
Clive just e-mailed me that he is going to post some photos of the Leopold on a massive diorama (as if the item itself isn't impressive enough!).:cool::cool:
Click to expand...

Checkout the "Railroad Gun" thread I pulled up, which has the photos of Clive's amazing Railroad Gun Diorama.:cool::cool:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 3 (members: 0, guests: 3)
Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2024 XenForo Ltd.
Back
Top