HMSS Valiant and "Anastasia"-Class Shuttle "Excaliber"

Grif · December 28, 2011, 10:20:21 AM

On the blog of a chap called "Damfpfpanzerwagen":

http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

there are some photos from the IPMS show of a couple of British spaceships, the "HMSS Valiant" and the "Anastasia"-Class Shuttle "Excaliber". Does anyone have contact details for the builder? I'd really like to see more of the "fluff" on these British spaceships!
Grif

lenny100 · December 28, 2011, 10:33:29 AM

the excaliber is one of mine, made as a chalange to my self in 12 hours the friday before the telford show

Martin H · December 28, 2011, 12:23:40 PM

quite a few of the models shown on that page are from some of the lads on here

PR19_Kit · December 28, 2011, 12:54:26 PM

Quote from: Martin H on December 28, 2011, 12:23:40 PM
quite a few of the models shown on that page are from some of the lads on here

That's rather heart warming, isn't it? Someone else out there appreciates our efforts.

The Rat · December 28, 2011, 01:40:21 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 28, 2011, 12:54:26 PM
Quote from: Martin H on December 28, 2011, 12:23:40 PM
quite a few of the models shown on that page are from some of the lads on here

That's rather heart warming, isn't it? Someone else out there appreciates our efforts.

I see your Meteor PR19 is on there, seems to be legendary!

puddingwrestler · December 28, 2011, 03:43:43 PM

In case anyone was wondering, the large Stig figure is (I think) a bottle of Top Gear branded body wash or shampoo. I was given one by a certain amphibian for christmas, and it looks about the same, except for the base being a cog.

scooter · December 28, 2011, 05:50:32 PM

I wonder if anyone noticed the "Father Christmas" standing next to the bread van or the pinup photo shoot on the XB-51 diorama?

rickshaw · December 29, 2011, 01:32:40 AM

That Meteor PR.19 seems to get every where!

Martin H · December 29, 2011, 01:57:35 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on December 29, 2011, 01:32:40 AM
That Meteor PR.19 seems to get every where!

Good

PR19_Kit · December 29, 2011, 02:25:38 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on December 29, 2011, 01:32:40 AM
That Meteor PR.19 seems to get every where!

Tell me about it! Mostly places where I never intended it to be!

Grif · December 29, 2011, 10:09:44 AM

So, lenny100, would it be possible for you to post the stuff about orbital recon launches from RAF Spadeadam? Please?

It's partially obscured in those photos...

Grif

rickshaw · December 29, 2011, 10:51:36 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 29, 2011, 02:25:38 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on December 29, 2011, 01:32:40 AM
That Meteor PR.19 seems to get every where!

Tell me about it! Mostly places where I never intended it to be!

Do the CIA have one for their collection?

PR19_Kit · December 30, 2011, 01:34:40 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on December 29, 2011, 10:51:36 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 29, 2011, 02:25:38 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on December 29, 2011, 01:32:40 AM
That Meteor PR.19 seems to get every where!

Tell me about it! Mostly places where I never intended it to be!

Do the CIA have one for their collection?

It seems they have it on file anyway, or they did a few years ago. Who knows if they update things with the 'latest information'?

rickshaw · December 30, 2011, 06:04:03 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 30, 2011, 01:34:40 AM
It seems they have it on file anyway, or they did a few years ago. Who knows if they update things with the 'latest information'?

Mmm, considering how well they did finding bin Laden, you have to wonder (he was found by a task force which pointedly worked outside the normal intelligence circles apparently).

Old Wombat · December 30, 2011, 07:02:43 AM

That's because the CIA, like so many other once-worthy organisations, has been taken over by bureaucrats & they've done what bureaucracy does to anything it gets its slimy mits on!

(Please note: I'm not saying there shouldn't be rules but the ability to spout them verbatim, as gospel, & to write meaningless tomes about their application whilst never having to obey them "in the field" should not be held in high regard, & the rigid technocrats & bureaucrats hiding behind desks should be the last on the promotional list - not the 1st)