Small Scale Military Headquarters

I watched KELLY'S HEROES on dvd the other night for the first time in maybe 20 years. I enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. I particularly enjoyed the 3 Shermans attack the German rail yard because very few movies have realistic tank scenes anymore (the movie was filmed in Yugoslavia becau...

POKEYJTC:

I live near Bellaire, but I was at the Memorial Target on Saturday---same store where I bought my Abrams--it was the only one I could find with a slightly bent rack and 50 cal. machine gun and a few "clean" spots on the side weathering.
I love the desert Abrams.

POKEYJTC: Another Houstonian! I saw the BBI stuff at a Houston Target on Saturday and they weren't marked clearance---they were with the FOV stuff. One poster said previously, Target's clearances are certainly random. I always thought "clearance" meant the store was getting rid of merchandise PERMAN...

MORIAN MINER:

I wonder if that is more evidence that Target is dropping all BBI products. A week ago it was BBI vehicles on clearance, now it's figures.

I was at Target on Saturday and they had a few BBI vehicles and helicopters, but lots of figures.

TEAMSKI:

Thanks.
I just relocated my pylons about 30 minutes ago with Super Glue. I haven't touched my flaps--I like them up. My BBD flaps will flop with the slightest jostle, so I'm glad my Donald Duck's flaps are firmly in place.

MOUNTAIN-MAN: Thanks for the info. After I got my Donald Duck, I did several searches on SSHQ about BBI's Killer P-51 and found contradicting replies about riveting and weathering. Late last night I continued to look at more replies and the more I looked at, including yours, the more I feel a lot be...

I went to Target today and the BBI stuff (Abrams tank, Apache helicopter, other vehicles) were no longer on the "end of the aisle" clearance. They are located with the FOV 1/18 tanks.

Last week they're on "clearance", today they're not. It makes me wonder what BBI's status is with Target.

I have been comparing my new Donald Duck to my 21st Century Big Beautiful Doll. I'm asking veteran owners of 1/18 P-51s if my evaluation, partly based on other SSHQ comments, in addition to my own, is correct---BBI P-51s are more detailed than 21C P-51s but are less accurate because: 1. Question: Do...

PANZER_M: Priller flew FW-190s with differing paint schemes. Do you know which FW-190 paint scheme he was flying in over Juno? PS..the Priller strafing scene of Juno from the pilot's viewpoint was the most impressive scene from THE LONGEST DAY---it reminds me of the scene in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN wher...

3 questions about the new FW-190 Red 9:

1. What was Red 9's theater of operations? (France, USSR ?) and who was the pilot?

2. Anyone notice the big gap in the tail of the FW-190 Red 9 in Badcat's photo?

I would buy the FOV Tiger---if it looked like the photo on my FOV Abrams box. Unfortunately, it doesn't.

What about FOV's Sherman?

BLASTER_E11:

Thanks. I always wondered how to pronounce it.

I was going to buy FOV's Tiger---based on the photo of it on the box of my FOV Abrams which showed a different paint scheme, weathering and wear/tear. I'm disappointed after seeing the photos posted here of the production Tiger---a different paint scheme, no weathering or wear/tear that I can see. H...

It appears that Target is dropping BBi since they have their 1/18 vehicles in the 30% off clearance section. Foxhole.com said Target is the exclusive brick/mortar dealer for FOV 1/18 vehicles and figures.

I'd like to know if it is really true that Target is dropping BBI.

I was looking for a FOV Tiger at Target last Saturday and found no Tiger, but I found an FOV Abrams and two BBI helicopters in the R/C car section---they apparently were out of room in the military toy section and put them in with the R/C cars.

Again, has it been 100% confirmed that Target will no longer carry BBI?

If so, is there a timeline for Target ending sale of BBI merchandise?

Is it 100% confirmed that Target is dropping the entire BBI line?

If so, is there a timeline for Target getting rid of all BBI products?

YOXFORD:

Did you Unimax contact give a reason why the Tiger is on hiatus until 2008?

I've wondered how you pronounce "zimmerit"?

Is there anyone else who removed the funky antenna wire on BBI 1/18 planes?

I got my new BBI Donald Duck P-51 yesterday and compared it to my 21st Century Big Beautiful Doll P-51. The BBI P-51 is superior to the 21C in most areas---except the antenna wire.

The Army's standard M4 carbine didn't fare well in a dust test compared with three other carbines at the Aberdeen test center. The M4 experienced 863 minor stoppages and 19 major stoppages after ten M4s each fired 6,000 rounds of ammunition. By contrast, in the side-by-side test, the Heckler and Koc...

TMANTHEGREAT:

I found out that Donald Duck was given to another pilot after Emerson returned to the US in 1944. When he returned to the UK, Emerson was given a new P-51, which he was in when he was shot down during the Battle of the Bulge.
I don't know what became of Donald Duck and its new pilot.

Here's more info and photos of the Donald Duck in the museum:

http://aviation.elettra.co.uk/rafmuseum ... ft=mustang

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1026603/L

RMOORE46:

Thanks. I opted for BBI's 1/18 Donald Duck P-51...it has the awful sliding-canopy slot, but it does have more detail, oxygen mask and weathering, although I would prefer 1/32 instead of 1/18.