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Sunday, 19 August 2012

Butterfly...

... mind. My last post included a photograph of a 'clay' moth. This post is testament to the butterfly mind that seems to be characteristic of many wargamers and toy soldier types. While returning the tomato feed to its shelf in the semi-chaos that is my shed, this caught my eye:



I have no idea just how long I've had this kit, perhaps some 18 years, but now it calls out to be glued and painted. Actually, I blame the good Antipodean bloggers (among my blog list below), whose enthusiasm for all things camouflaged, tracked and half-tracked, is far too infectious. And I'm supposed to be painting my Barbarian horde!!
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8 comments:

  1. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com19 August 2012 at 14:38

    Look on the bright side, its not a 1/35th scale kit. 10 years ago I had a 2 year digression into 54mm WWII gaming.

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    1. AlFront20 August 2012 at 15:26

      This is true, and the current state of my bank account means that I am very unlikely to go for that particular temptation. For now.

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  2. Conrad Kinch19 August 2012 at 15:29

    But the 1/35 guys have such wonderful toys.

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    1. AlFront20 August 2012 at 15:27

      Stop it! I remember when those rather marvellous Solido metal tanks came out, with REAL METAL TRACKS!!! But, I resisted!

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  3. Paul19 August 2012 at 21:47

    Good skills Stephen, if its 18 years old it must be about due to hit the shelves down ere' by now.

    Being Revell it must be good.

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    1. AlFront20 August 2012 at 15:28

      I stuck the first few bits (bottom of the hull) together this evening. A very detailed kit. Actually, I must be wrong about the 18 years, as the box art has '1998' on it.

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  4. Dan21 August 2012 at 01:40

    by coincidence, I'm doing a couple of Tigers myself that I have had stored for a long time, I have recently vowed to make all 300+ 1/72 models I have stored away, as quick as I can, while doing a good job on each, sounds like 6 years work at least.

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    1. AlFront21 August 2012 at 03:22

      300 + !! I immediately told my wife about this, just so she could see what a restrained, sensible fellow I am (oddly, she didn't seem to be convinced). You must blog about this enormous task. Go modeller, go!!

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