So the rest of my shipment arrived this morning...and to commemorate, I went and bought two of the really BIG boys. The Zeppelin bomber is awesomely huge! I wanted to get the one with the argyle sock camo but they only had the blue one in stock.
This morning's haul.
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A Hannover in sock drawer camo.
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Another Siemens Schuckert because you need several when they only fielded like three during the war.
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Fokker DVII
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A flaming Halberstadt
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The Brit planes look so plain and dull in comparison
Sopwith Snipe
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Bristol F.2B
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And the big boys.
Handley-Page O/400 (RNAS livery)
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size comparison.
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Zeppelin Staaken R.IV
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These things are massive! They dwarf the B-17G from Wings of Glory WWII and that thing is pretty substantial. Wings of Glory WWI is 1:144 scale whereas WWII is 1:200.
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:o
Pretty awesome minis.
And not so mini.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 23, 2018, 07:24:18 PM
I wanted to get the one with the argyle sock camo but they only had the blue one in stock.
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A Hannover in sock drawer camo.
;D
Are you describing the German "Lozenge" camo scheme with those descriptions? The type with all the irregular hexagons of multiple colors?
Yup. I think they look great but they always reminded me of Argyle socks for some reason.
Was usually my favored camo when flying in ROF and WOFF.
Albatroses :smitten:
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Hey Barth, CoolStuffInc just got a new batch of stuff in. They've got copies of the trench mat available.
Thanks!.... I think.....
Yeah... no. $24.99 USD for the mat is not a bad price... but $33 USD for shipping?!? :pullhair:
Ouch! Did you check any of the other places I posted in the other thread? They might have cheaper shipping. Or get it delivered to someone going to Origins and snag it there!
Yeah I went to all the places you posted and most were out of stock or prices that were just too high...$74.99 CAD at one place???
And of course I'm not going to Origins this year..... :'(
Barth, you have a US address for deliveries, don't you? I know it's a haul for you to get there but maybe it's worth not paying some Commie your life savings to ship a four pound package.
Yep I have a US address... but that option has become less attractive since the price of gas is now $1.35/L here... still less than what SDR has to put up with but it's still an 80KM drive one-way.
So unless I order a bunch of stuff at the same time OR one thing that's really heavy, ie car rims - $150 USD shipped to my house vs $45 USD shipped to US address, I don't really save anything.
Sigh... 1st world problems... I still have a 4'x6' colour printed map we use for Wing of Glory.... but the mats are just cool and wear better....
It's $1.57/L here now. Drive down, fill up on cheap Murican gas, get your mat, grab a few cases of cheap watery lager and a giant brick of cheese and make a day of it!
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 25, 2018, 12:03:55 PM
Drive down, fill up on cheap Murican gas, get your mat, grab a few cases of cheap watery lager and a giant brick of cheese and make a day of it!
Otherwise to be known as "The Great White North Grog-Con"