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villagehorse
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Great Spit. Certainly an iconic plane. Robin.
ivanmoe
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Hi Jack,
Really like the one above. I'm "toying" with something like that, but I don't think that I can afford the expense of having your dad do the work for me! :wink2: I found a couple of color pics from the battle, BTW. See below:
At least, I'm thinking that they are authentic. I suppose that they could be from a movie or re-enactment. It's a shame that there aren't more such photos laying about. There's so much drama attendant to the activities that they make great grist for a display. Likewise, I'd think that the images would provide considerable inspiration for some new figure sets in the image.
-Moe
Jack
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Thanks everyone for dropping by. It is a small practise for a much bigger diorama. The WW1 airfield we built for the Brisbane show is going to be replaced with the Battle of Britain equivalent. We will make use of the excellent K&C RAF series. As Guy rightly pointed out the presence of the pilot makes for an uncomfortable scale issue but that Spit will be down the airfield taking off so the difference will not be as noticeable. The RAF fire truck has come out at just the right time so thanks K&C for being so obliging!
Go for Broke
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Rotating dioramas at the museum. I like how you guys think.
Jack
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My team build ... I do the thinking. We all have our strengths!
Jack
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My father just emailed me and pointed out an error in my use of practise. Which of the mods will award him an infraction for that trolling?
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In the main varieties of English from outside North America, practice is the noun, and practise is the verb. For instance, we would say that a doctor with a private practice practises privately. There is no such distinction in American English, where practice is both a noun and a verb, and practise is not used at all. Canadian English also favors practise as the verb, but practice appears with relative frequency as a verb (about a third as often as practise).
The verb practise is inflected practised, practising, and practises. Even outside the U.S., the s becomes a c in the derivative adjective practicable, where practicable means capable of being put into practice. C is likewise used in the much rarer adjective practiceable (ignore spell check on this one), which means capable of being practiced (i.e., such as a piano song or a football maneuver). Practisable used to appear for this latter sense, but we find almost no examples of its use from after the early 20th century.
This ngram graphs the use of practiced and practised in American books published between 1800 and 2000. It suggests that the verb practise has been in decline since the 19th century and is only rarely used now.
Google provided the following help!
In the main varieties of English from outside North America, practice is the noun, and practise is the verb. For instance, we would say that a doctor with a private practice practises privately. There is no such distinction in American English, where practice is both a noun and a verb, and practise is not used at all. Canadian English also favors practise as the verb, but practice appears with relative frequency as a verb (about a third as often as practise).
The verb practise is inflected practised, practising, and practises. Even outside the U.S., the s becomes a c in the derivative adjective practicable, where practicable means capable of being put into practice. C is likewise used in the much rarer adjective practiceable (ignore spell check on this one), which means capable of being practiced (i.e., such as a piano song or a football maneuver). Practisable used to appear for this latter sense, but we find almost no examples of its use from after the early 20th century.
This ngram graphs the use of practiced and practised in American books published between 1800 and 2000. It suggests that the verb practise has been in decline since the 19th century and is only rarely used now.