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by jeffrowse
Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:07 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Other new Elite Operations / PTE at TRU
Replies: 7
Views: 1815

That stuff looks like Fisher-Price My First War Toys or something similar. :lol: :lol: Do Fisher Price do war toys? Early Learning Centre, one of the UK's most common kiddy shops (as far as I know :oops: ), refuse to stock any war toys at all (so not quite sure how they explain their Knights and Pi...
by jeffrowse
Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:18 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Look at this
Replies: 23
Views: 7401

Check out the buyer's history - he's buying quite a few models at prices ranging from fairly sensible (round about $30 for an M4A3 Sherman, an M16 halftrack Quad AA carrier and a Kubelwagen) to somewhat high ($102 each on two Stukas), to this one. Maybe he's just very rich (or is in for a nasty surp...
by jeffrowse
Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:17 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: A question for Plane/jet/heli collectors.
Replies: 21
Views: 6717

Helos (minus rotors) and Hornet (minus the starboard wing + tail) on shelves, Falcon on a box(!) in the spare room. :?
Given my druthers, they'd be hanging from the ceiling in my "playroom" but the wife won't let me - says grown men shouldn't be playing with toys :roll:
by jeffrowse
Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:13 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: BBI at Target
Replies: 109
Views: 40462

At least you darn colonials get new stuff! Here in Blighty it takes ages to see anything new, if ever. I've only seen ONE LAV this side of the pond, at that was the day I went and bought the Apache :( When I went back, the LAV had gone... :cry: :cry: (Not that I'm bitter and twisted, oh no, not me. ...
by jeffrowse
Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:30 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 19
Views: 5428

Re: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im looking through the 1/18 database in the reference section and I came across a few models that werent made but would be awsome to have, why wouldnt they put these out?? Please put the can of worms down and step away slowly. Oops, too late. :roll: Now we'll have all the old favourites resurfacing...
by jeffrowse
Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:54 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: toying with an idea
Replies: 4
Views: 2036

Have you tried using the black tiedown "snakes" from the packaging as rifle slings? I've got a couple of Lanard M16/M4's rigged up but no working digital camera :oops:
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:23 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Does anyone do wargaming with these figures?
Replies: 10
Views: 5232

I've used them to represent characters in role-playing games but mostly they just sit around making my room look untidy :shock:
by jeffrowse
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:16 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: French special forces + some new friends
Replies: 9
Views: 3658

Nice work. Are the straps sewn or glued?

Not sure about their friends though - the one in the middle looks okay (if a bit of a hippy - has nobody told him the loincloth look is so last year?) but the guy in black definitely looks a little suspect...
by jeffrowse
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:06 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: What would you all like to see?
Replies: 11
Views: 4044

Hey, what a great idea! You could have a Great White Hunter armed with something like a Nitro Express Double-ought-Six hunting rifle, and a whole load of people humping the kit for the camp, plus you could do a great conversion for the GWH's female, um, companion , plus you'd probably need a mission...
by jeffrowse
Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:02 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Le Bourget Airshow - some 1:6 and 1:18 models
Replies: 13
Views: 4540

Re: dude...

And on a last note...the black jet looks like a cross between some sort of Stealth fighter resembling the Aurora project. Looks to me like it's someones' version of a UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) - sort of like a freaked-out Predator on steroids, PCP and every Air Force bean-counters wish-lis...
by jeffrowse
Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:15 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: New to the forums and XD figs
Replies: 15
Views: 5050

Re: New to the forums and XD figs

Now I discover these figs on a trip to Walmart for a Barbie doll. Don't look too hard or you'll be even more overwhelmed (possibly) - not only will you find 1/18th but there's a lot of stuff that is Barbie-sized (sort of) 1/6th scale too... not so many vehicles, but there's literally hundreds of fi...
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:29 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: DATELINE: THE JUNDLAND WASTES
Replies: 10
Views: 3214

A Homer Simpsons moment...

Dunno why, but I just assumed it would be the good old 88 used as a flak gun. :oops:
Which is kinda scary when the first pic you see is the Jawas with the gun on their own... :shock:

Damn, I knew the Empire had a big army, I just hadn't realised how big! :roll:
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:22 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Which would you open?
Replies: 14
Views: 3148

Interesting perspectives. To explain my oddness regarding boxes toys. When SW came out, I would buy duplicates of my figures because of my original figures that had parts break and never quite stayed together with glue. I figured this way I would have a backup in case they break. I'm trying to brea...
by jeffrowse
Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:13 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Badcat has production Hellcat, does review of plane.
Replies: 66
Views: 16912

I am just glad that they attempted the Apache. It is a nice display model even with it's errors IMHO. Most of my friends and family wouldn't know the difference between an Apache and any other gunship, but those that do know their Indians from their Snakes say "Wow, that's a big Apache" (or whateve...
by jeffrowse
Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:05 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Which would you open?
Replies: 14
Views: 3148

If the only reason for keeping one in the box is in case you sell it, then keep the best box "sealed".
Unless the damaged old box is more "collectable" even though it's damaged, and worth more than an undamaged Motorworks box.
by jeffrowse
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: What we can expect so far for 2007!
Replies: 52
Views: 16928

I'm a bit surprised there haven't been a few conversions of the M113 APC - a nice easy-to-manufacture box on tracks that has been used for almost every AFV role under the sun except for Main Battle Tank... Mortar carrier, Command Post, Band-aid, TOW carrier and so on. Plus the basic 113 chassis and ...
by jeffrowse
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:12 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Badcat has production Hellcat, does review of plane.
Replies: 66
Views: 16912

Coupla' thoughts - rather than paint directly onto the plastic and risk a mess, why not paint a strip of masking tape and then cut it to width before sticking it on the plastic? :lol: Alternately, you can get vinyl tape for use on flying models in various widths and colours - for those of us who don...
by jeffrowse
Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:16 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Did bbi make an all black version of the black hawk?
Replies: 6
Views: 2325

Black helis

The only black/green "double act" I know of is the Kiowa - BBI did the original in the OD green and then an SFOR version in black. I've got the green "Recon" bird but haven't seen the black one yet - I'd like to get it but wife and wallet may not allow... :cry: On a related note, there's a link from...
by jeffrowse
Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:56 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Putting Avenger wheels and tires on a BBI Corsair
Replies: 27
Views: 6527

Do you have any model shops in your area? If not, grab a magazine like Aeromodeller or similar from your local newsstand - there's always the stuff made for flying models that can be adapted fairly easily...
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:57 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: A collectors Nightmare
Replies: 24
Views: 6931

Plane Nuts wrote: Seriously, grown men can collect (and even play with if we want) toys. It's perfectly natural.
You aren't married, are you? :shock:

Or, worse still, have "darling" little nephews who think Uncle's "toys" are for playing with :evil: :evil: :evil:
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:53 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Need some help
Replies: 4
Views: 1185

Thanks, it was the battery. I only used the tank twice but the battery has been sitting for over a year. probably closer to two. I got a new one at radio shack for thirty bucks and it works great. I think I should have disconnected the wires from the battery leads when I put the thing away for stor...
by jeffrowse
Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:28 am
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Vacuum Forming
Replies: 6
Views: 2621

For the science geeks

If nature abhors a vacuum, why is there so much of it? (To get this slightly back on-topic, I once saw an article in one of my Dad's aeromodeller magazines - in about the late seventies! - where someone built himself a vac-former using an old vacuum cleaner as he got fed up paying high prices for de...
by jeffrowse
Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:04 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: 21c projects that never "got off the ground"
Replies: 68
Views: 21728

Patrol Boat River, Mark II..... As against, "Patrol Boat, Land" or "Patrol Boat, Sky"? :shock: Military Intelligence - two words that just do NOT belong together! :lol: (Before anyone gets too upset, it's not the military intelligence that's the problem, it's what us civvies do with it!!!) It's lik...
by jeffrowse
Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:49 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Are 21st century toys being sold at dollar stores ???
Replies: 22
Views: 4697

A few years ago I saw several (3+) BBI 1/6th figures in the toyshop (KB Toys, I think) at the mall at the end of Orlando's International Drive (it was Belz Mall back then - according to Wikipedia, it's now called "Prime Outlets" and is "undergoing major renovation") - they were under $10 :shock: Bac...
by jeffrowse
Sun May 27, 2007 10:48 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: It's a start... Elite Farce Hind on EBay
Replies: 9
Views: 2848

*2* years? Is that all?

Oops. I saw the A10 thing on holiday in Florida (Target on the 192, if anyone cares ) last year but hadn't seen this beastie at all.

I'll just go back to sleep. :oops: