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Merlin
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 02:15 AM UTC
Hi all

Oh dear! That's my budget blown for the year. The combination of the new Camel and the OOP LVG C.VI... there was only ever going to be one result!



Inevitably, I'll do a review in due course - I'm still getting used my new-found freedom and the idea that I'm not a review-machine any longer! Call this one an extra special way of breaking the habit!

All the best

Rowan
MichaelSatin
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 02:48 AM UTC
Go, Rowan, go!

Michael
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 02:55 AM UTC
If anyone deserves to indulge themselves it is you.

Cheers

Karl
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 03:02 AM UTC
Rowan - You must feel very guilty about this purchase . I'm afraid the only way to clear your conscience is to gift it - I'll send you my postal address-
Ha - Enjoy ! Richard
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 03:05 AM UTC
Nice aquisition Rowan!

May it bring you many hours of modeling enjoyment!
Willard79
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 03:29 AM UTC
Nice one Rowan, I don't feel so bad about my own willpower short comings (I said no more kits until the stash was reduced). I posted on 'What the postman brought...' just now.
Regards.
Scrodes
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 05:35 AM UTC
Exactly what I did with the HPH Helldiver.
Merlin
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 12:19 AM UTC
Cheers guys!


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Rowan - You must feel very guilty about this purchase . I'm afraid the only way to clear your conscience is to gift it - I'll send you my postal address-
Ha - Enjoy ! Richard


Hi Richard. Many thanks for your kind offer of help. I've been reading about a radical alternative therapy that some modellers have used successfully. That is to actually build the kits they buy! It sounds bizarre - and obviously, I've not really tried it - one look at my shocking Stash will confirm that - but I might give it ago...

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 10:39 PM UTC

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Cheers guys!


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Rowan - You must feel very guilty about this purchase . I'm afraid the only way to clear your conscience is to gift it - I'll send you my postal address-
Ha - Enjoy ! Richard


Hi Richard. Many thanks for your kind offer of help. I've been reading about a radical alternative therapy that some modellers have used successfully. That is to actually build the kits they buy! It sounds bizarre - and obviously, I've not really tried it - one look at my shocking Stash will confirm that - but I might give it ago...

All the best

Rowan


It helps, it really does, believe me, I am an expert by experience.
However, only if building includes FINISHING and that is where I still fall short ...

but I am working on it
Merlin
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Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 01:58 AM UTC
Hi Drabslab

Yep - Finishing is everything! These days, I'm surprisingly good at starting builds - but seeing them through to completion consistently is a discipline I must re-master! (I never suffered from this affliction before joining Aeroscale, so I guess that says something about the merits (or otherwise) of the Internet LOL! ...)

All the best

Rowan
drabslab
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Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 01:02 PM UTC

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Hi Drabslab

Yep - Finishing is everything! These days, I'm surprisingly good at starting builds - but seeing them through to completion consistently is a discipline I must re-master! (I never suffered from this affliction before joining Aeroscale, so I guess that says something about the merits (or otherwise) of the Internet LOL! ...)

All the best

Rowan


I have in 1/48 scale and in various stages of production a skyraider, a skyhawk, an MH-53, a Draken, a Demon, a MIG 29, a MIG 17, a Fouga magister, an F-14, a Blackhawk and a few other things that escape me at the moment...

Now I promised myself not to start anything else until all this is finished ...

But last week I bought the Mother Of All Kits (MOAK) in 1/48 scale so ...

However, there are also bright clouds, I finished a MIG 15 ealier this year and it was really years ago that I was able to write "finished" under any modelling project.
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