Small Scale Military Headquarters

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...

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...

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

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. ...

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...

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

I've used them to represent characters in role-playing games but mostly they just sit around making my room look untidy

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Damn, I knew the Empire had a big army, I just hadn't realised how big!

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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?

Or, worse still, have "darling" little nephews who think Uncle's "toys" are for playing with

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.