What are people buying?
- BaronVonWreckedoften
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Re: What are people buying?
That figure in the top row reminded me of my maternal grandfather showing me his WW2 gas mask and footie rattle. He was an ARP warden and one of the first on the scene at the infamous Sandhurst Road School bombing in Catford on 20th January, 1943. After his death, in 1982, we found some items in a locked box that hinted he had been an Auxiliary in 1940, although he had never discussed the subject even in a general sense (however, he was a marksman in the TA between the wars).
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
- Buff Orpington
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Re: What are people buying?
I've got that set, most of them put in cameos in the Ayton VBCW game.
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Re: What are people buying?
They did a good job of recruiting people who could keep their mouths shut. Not surprising as some of them were supposed to assassinate their recruiters to protect themselves.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:00 pm That figure in the top row reminded me of my maternal grandfather showing me his WW2 gas mask and footie rattle. He was an ARP warden and one of the first on the scene at the infamous Sandhurst Road School bombing in Catford on 20th January, 1943. After his death, in 1982, we found some items in a locked box that hinted he had been an Auxiliary in 1940, although he had never discussed the subject even in a general sense (however, he was a marksman in the TA between the wars).
I know when to go out
I know when to stay in
Get things done
I know when to stay in
Get things done
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Re: What are people buying?
And right on cue, "We have ways of making you talk" was, yesterday, interviewing a guy from CART which maintains the history of the Auxiliary units.Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:51 pm They did a good job of recruiting people who could keep their mouths shut. Not surprising as some of them were supposed to assassinate their recruiters to protect themselves.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
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Re: What are people buying?
CART, I would be interested to know more.
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Re: What are people buying?
Comes after HORSE
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Re: What are people buying?
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Re: What are people buying?
Being a Lardies Fanboi I'll be buying O group next once I have finished my current work based wanderings.
Re: What are people buying?
That's a tale & a half. Amazing what some people did.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:00 pm That figure in the top row reminded me of my maternal grandfather........
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Re: What are people buying?
ok, so i bought O group ages ago, but I did accidentally buy a 1/48 Me 109 & ground crew from ICM, which is going to be the target of a rescue mission.. Herr Goering can't have his great nephew abandoned...
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