But still time to thank him publicly, for
a nice sample of stuff from 'across the pond' and to mention that my thoughts
are very-much with him and those close to him as New York faces the worst of
the fall-out from Trump's arrogant grandstanding, ignorant dithering and crass,
childlike stupidity.
More Homies
(post already done), top-ups for two of the '100 thing' comic-ad' sets and
firemen - large and small - for the forthcoming page, a nice sample of Hong
Kong copies of Airfix 1:32nd scale
paratroop piracies in 25mm, and in a purplish-blue polymer, which is new to me,
along with a charming carded set from Pyro
. . . of all people!
A set which is pretty self-explanatory if
you know Pyro made a series of early
ship kits and vessels some (most?) of which were box-scale, several of which
(along with offerings from Aurora and
Monogram) scaled-out at around 1:90,
1:96 or 1:100, explaining also the diminutive size, and generic sculpting of
these chaps!
Indeed, the walking chap - once painted -
would pass for scratch-built and I wonder how many I may have seen, on deck or
dockside in the museums at Greenwich or Kensington? Captain, First Mate and four
swabs . . . Brilliant! And mint as a minty-thing that's been grown in a pot of
mint to be served with lamb . . . or julep!
Needless to say . . . like a rat up a
drainpipe, like a moth to a lamp, like a fuckwit to a populist's rally, she was
in the box in seconds, for keeps! Just how she likes it - about a quarter of
the size that would be comfortable!
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