Working in a relatively "young" business, everyone and her uncle is generally at least ten years younger than me - and senior in their position. Ah, well. As there are many very skilled women here too, the fairs are good.. 

Quote from: Rheged on October 26, 2024, 09:05:52 AMBeing "mid 20th century"  myself, I understand exactly what you are saying.   Let's remember that our much esteemed proponent of longer wings would himself count as " first half of the twentieth century"

Hehehe, dead right too. Only 42 % of it had passed by when I arrived. 

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Quote from: Rheged on October 26, 2024, 09:05:52 AM

Quote from: kerick on October 26, 2024, 08:14:28 AMI do a double take every time I see something like "first half of the twentieth century".

Being "mid 20th century"  myself, I understand exactly what you are saying.   Let's remember that our much esteemed proponent of longer wings would himself count as " first half of the twentieth century"

I find it difficult to relate to the nineteen seventies being fifty years ago     When did that happen? 

Gondor

Or that I was in one career for 30 years.

Quote from: kerick on October 26, 2024, 10:31:09 AMOr that I was in one career for 30 years.

Yup I had 3 jobs after leaving school and only the final one was what you'd call a career and that was for 30 years as well 

Meanwhile showing my age I'm fighting a bit of a battle with Microsoft and Word at the moment    The flippin' thing keeps crashing, anyway I've finally done what I needed to do and I think we've decided to call it a draw 

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 27, 2024, 07:24:08 AMYup I had 3 jobs after leaving school and only the final one was what you'd call a career and that was for 30 years as well 

Good heavens, my working life was exactly the same, 3 jobs, the last one for exactly30 yrs., to the day actually.     

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Quote from: NARSES2 on October 27, 2024, 07:24:08 AMYup I had 3 jobs after leaving school and only the final one was what you'd call a career and that was for 30 years as well 

Good heavens, my working life was exactly the same, 3 jobs, the last one for exactly30 yrs., to the day actually.     

Of a Generation Kit 

My daughter was talking about stuff that happened in the 70s and 80s and commented, "What was it like, I mean you guys existed at that time!" 
Yeah, and we were being chased around by dinosaurs..........

BOTH my daughters exited around the 70s & 80s too!

I woke my oldest up in the small hours  of July 21st 1969 specially so she could watch Neil Armstrong make that 'one small step. The youngest wasn't born till two years later, so she's truly a space-age woman. 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 27, 2024, 11:42:16 AMBOTH my daughters exited around the 70s & 80s too!

I woke my oldest up in the small hours  of July 21st 1969 specially so she could watch Neil Armstrong make that 'one small step. The youngest wasn't born till two years later, so she's truly a space-age woman. 

I got my mum to wake me up for one of the moon landings, the tv was showing them live at a most inconsiderate time, probably ok for the Americans though.

Gondor

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 26, 2024, 01:50:12 AMWhatever next ? This was on Hannants New Arrivals page this morning. You'd of thought that they could at least have offered one with the lid up and one with it down. Save rows with the Mrs 

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Now that would be good for modelling that Skyraider which carried / dropped one in Vietnam. Would also be a nice cargo for a builders truck etc.

I caught the end of Johnnie Walkers last ever Sounds of the Seventies on Radio 2 last night. You can listen to it on the BBC website. He was talking about his career starting as the second DJ on Radio Caroline, then onto Radio 1 and Radio 2 etc. It was rather moving and you could hear the sadness in his voice. It struck me that he's been on air for nearly 60 years!
It's not really a job if you enjoy it...

Quote from: Nick on October 28, 2024, 06:01:21 AMIt's not really a job if you enjoy it...

Very true 

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Quote from: NARSES2 on October 26, 2024, 01:50:12 AMWhatever next ? This was on Hannants New Arrivals page this morning. You'd of thought that they could at least have offered one with the lid up and one with it down. Save rows with the Mrs 

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Now that would be good for modelling that Skyraider which carried / dropped one in Vietnam. Would also be a nice cargo for a builders truck etc.

I caught the end of Johnnie Walkers last ever Sounds of the Seventies on Radio 2 last night. You can listen to it on the BBC website. He was talking about his career starting as the second DJ on Radio Caroline, then onto Radio 1 and Radio 2 etc. It was rather moving and you could hear the sadness in his voice. It struck me that he's been on air for nearly 60 years!
It's not really a job if you enjoy it...

There is actually a Brengun conversion set for the Skyraider 'toilet bomb' (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BRL72046?result-token=6MJ4f).

Hasegawa did/does a boxing of their A-1H with said 'ordnance'.

More about in the October 2024 Airfix Model World.

Quote from: Nick on October 28, 2024, 06:01:21 AMI caught the end of Johnnie Walkers last ever Sounds of the Seventies on Radio 2 last night. You can listen to it on the BBC website. He was talking about his career starting as the second DJ on Radio Caroline, then onto Radio 1 and Radio 2 etc. It was rather moving and you could hear the sadness in his voice. It struck me that he's been on air for nearly 60 years!
It's not really a job if you enjoy it...

Yes, I listened to it too, I tried not to miss his Sunday afternoon prog on Radio 2 for the last few years. He really was a DJ of my generation, and sad that he's been forced to give up because of his health.

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 26, 2024, 01:50:12 AMWhatever next ? This was on Hannants New Arrivals page this morning. You'd of thought that they could at least have offered one with the lid up and one with it down. Save rows with the Mrs 

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Chris, I was just looking at the link & saw that the seats & lids are separate items so can, therefore, be placed in whatever position the builder prefers.

 

You can't build them with the seat up then.


The special ordnance the Skyraider dropped on Vietnam was the pan only.  No cistern.



Although that box art is incorrect regarding the rest of the load out.