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Martin H

#60
August 24, 2011, 11:26:07 AM
not yet
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

PR19_Kit

#61
August 24, 2011, 11:53:55 AM
Nor me.......
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

harrier

#62
August 24, 2011, 11:56:26 AM Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 11:58:18 AM by harrier
Amazon still seem silly slow. Still listed as not in stock although Chris sent theirs to them last week!  :banghead:

I've been sending out books on a 24 hour turnaround via the direct sales at:

www.harrier.org.uk/P1216.htm

and you get it signed by me for free!

So if anyone wants to cancel their Amazon order and get it direct I can guarantee any orders submitted by Friday lunchtime will be sent out before the weekend, and should be with you (if in the UK) by Saturday.

Can't help with the curries though, but for those interested we got the last one at Zouk, just off Oxford Road in Manchester - better than any in Rusholme!

BAe P.1216 Supersonic ASTOVL Aircraft ProjectTech Profile: http://www.harrier.org.uk/P1216.htm

"If there is a more tortuous tale in the history of aerospace than the long pursuit of a runway-free fighter, the author has not heard it." Bill Sweetman

pyro-manic

#63
August 24, 2011, 12:07:09 PM
That's exactly what I did, and my copy arrived today. Very nice it is too! :thumbsup:
Some of my models can be found on my Flickr album >>>HERE<<<

PR19_Kit

#64
August 24, 2011, 01:41:11 PM
Quote from: harrier on August 24, 2011, 11:56:26 AM
So if anyone wants to cancel their Amazon order and get it direct I can guarantee any orders submitted by Friday lunchtime will be sent out before the weekend, and should be with you (if in the UK) by Saturday.

I'll take you up on that, thanks.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Kerrillc

#65
August 25, 2011, 11:17:36 PM
Thanks for the advice Michael, I jumped at the chance, so I look forward to having the book as a belated birthday treat.

Cheers

Kerrill
If I am targetted by JMNs, I'm in good Company.

No, no, no! You do not die for your country, you make the other one die!

harrier

#66
August 26, 2011, 02:17:54 AM
I sent out all orders received by Thursday lunchtime last night. Will send out orders received by 3pm today (UK time) before the long bank holiday weekend.
BAe P.1216 Supersonic ASTOVL Aircraft ProjectTech Profile: http://www.harrier.org.uk/P1216.htm

"If there is a more tortuous tale in the history of aerospace than the long pursuit of a runway-free fighter, the author has not heard it." Bill Sweetman

PR19_Kit

#67
August 26, 2011, 03:01:35 AM
Got it!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cor, that should keep me busy for a few hours. Just a quick look tells me you could spend your entire modelling life just making models of the P.1216!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Mr.Creak

#68
August 26, 2011, 07:08:54 AM
I've just picked up my copy (had to trudge through the rain to my local W H Smith where it had been delivered).
Awesome. And far more information than I would have expected for a 48 page book.
You are to be congratulated.
:bow:
What if... I had a brain?

Gondor

#69
August 26, 2011, 11:12:07 PM
Ordered mine last night direct from the link posted by Harrier.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Kerrillc

#70
August 27, 2011, 04:06:12 AM
YES!! My copy arrived this morning, Michael please accept my heartiest congratulations on this wonderful work.

So what's next for you and Blue Envoy?
If I am targetted by JMNs, I'm in good Company.

No, no, no! You do not die for your country, you make the other one die!

PR19_Kit

#71
August 27, 2011, 05:59:36 AM
I've read it right through by now (the things you get to do while waiting for paint and putty to dry....) and one thing amazes me.

We, the Great British Public, were told that the Government enforced and funded merger of BAC and HS into BAe would save the country money in the medium and long term (their usual excuse for anything that COSTS us money in the short term...) and yet in the book we read that two different divisions of BAe were developing competing aircraft to the same specification??  :o

What was all that about? The P.1216 looked by far the better thought out and developed proposal. Yet again we had an aircraft almost ready to be built and the interest evaporated away.  :banghead:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Gondor

#72
September 01, 2011, 10:33:34 AM
My copy arrived today, only had a glance through it though it looks great

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Scooterman

#73
September 01, 2011, 07:33:47 PM
Where can I get it in the State?  US Amazon says OOP.

pyro-manic

#74
September 01, 2011, 08:45:07 PM
Some of my models can be found on my Flickr album >>>HERE<<<
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