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[PR19_Kit]

Sorry Kit - I had a plain chocolate one for Christmas. Had my first segment today (after finishing the Toblerone!) had to have another segment as well so the first wasn't lonely 

Very true, there's no way you can only eat one segment. 

Kit as last year Sainsbury's !  they had multiple trays full 

They must have a monopoly on the supply, there's no sign of them around here, and the nearest Sainsbury's is over 20 miles away. 

[Steel Penguin]

Kit the only other one to try is Amazon then, I got dark chocolate Guillian seashells from Mrs SP this year , ordered from them, ( though apparently they only appear at crimbo)

[NARSES2]

Had my first segment today (after finishing the Toblerone!) had to have another segment as well so the first wasn't lonely 

I'm like that with Maltesers, only it's a handful rather than a segment 

[Rheged]

Sorry Kit - I had a plain chocolate one for Christmas. Had my first segment today (after finishing the Toblerone!) had to have another segment as well so the first wasn't lonely 

Very true, there's no way you can only eat one segment. 

Kit as last year Sainsbury's !  they had multiple trays full 

They must have a monopoly on the supply, there's no sign of them around here, and the nearest Sainsbury's is over 20 miles away. 

Smiths in Hereford and Morrisons in Leominster had lots of them a couple of days ago.

[PR19_Kit]

Smiths in Hereford and Morrisons in Leominster had lots of them a couple of days ago.

I may have to get my visa renewed before venturing that far out of the FoD.   

[Steel Penguin]

don't forget to get your shots updated as well 

[NARSES2]

don't forget to get your shots updated as well 

Only if you cross the Severn or Offa's Dyke 

[Steel Penguin]

further work on the harrier, its mostly together now, then I will heed to work out how im going to spray it 

another sprue stack has gone together, ( I don't feel like binning all the trapezoid airfix sprue  so this is doing something with it)

I had a quick tidy up of the finished figures, and hit the small problem of nearly running out of storage space    again!   
I may have to get everything thing onto the kitchen table one of these days, and repack it.    its a rather disconcerting thought, let alone job.

[Steel Penguin]

well its the start of feb, so im on hols 
and the last day and a bit have been very productive, due to no internet    ( the hub went boink!  so after reporting the problem we got a new hub just before lunch)
The Harriers been sprayed, looks lovely, but the modern automotive paints are utterly unforgiving on imperfections so every blemish and mark is obvious, even if it was unnoticeable before, it will be touched up and then decaled later.
ive cleaned up based and undercoated 24 of the copplestone castings I got recently ( band corp girls 1,2, gorls with guns 1,2,), cleaned up and assembled, undercoated and base coted green 2 HLBS 1:48 Fox ACs,  2cleaned and undercoated 2 packs of Ainsty resin fencing, and cleaned based and undercoated my Hasslefree meddling kids, ( both normal and post apocalypse versions),  grey primered the 2 sprue stacks so they can get dirtied up. Also based and primered 7 of the Ground zero spaceships I had assembled  and varnished the 1:72 Saracen APC that's bee sat for a wile.
And in the first finished group of the year, 2 pulp figures from Statuesque minis  ( wrench and another)  the reporter and camera man  and investigator from them as well and a crooked dice future freedom fighter, in blue with bottle and glass of soma.

Figures  6  scenery 0  models 1

Also went to Cosford yesterday, and they have moved quite a few things round in the hangers, and ( I think ) got a new one or two on display, the front wing of the comet has a smaller plane under it now, and a large Helo model under the engine intakes, so if we are where weve been the last couple of years at the cosi show it may be a wee bit cramped.  They were in the process of refurbing the shop so the bottom end of the cold war hanger was shut off, ( out via the fire door again).

[Steel Penguin]

This is more of a question than normal for on here,  but.

At the start of Feb 2015 I placed an order with a small band based in Washington state in the USA, for a book, a CD and a 12" Album,  the first 2 arrived fine, the last one, well  they finally admitted that they couldn't get it in July of 2016, offered me store credit, and when i asked if they could replace the album with a CD and some miniatures ( all listed as available on the bands web store)  they said yes, no problem,  at the start on December after a couple of polite E-mails asking what was happening, I ran out of patience and asked for a refund, this they agreed too, and im still waiting.

now after the preamble, is there any way of putting any more pressure on them, via anything official in the US?  I've mentioned the problem on the bands web site to not much effect,  and am wondering if there is any equivalent of trading standards ( the UK group that you wold complain to concerning tardiness etc)   I have tried looking up the telephone number based of the contact address from the website but no luck in getting an answer during east coat business hours ( im not going to leave a message as im not entirely certain that its the correct number, so I don't want some poor homeowner to come back after a long day and find some total stranger asking for moneys on there ansa phone  )

Im not mentioning names at the moment as I am just casting round to see if there is anything.

Thanks for any helpful advise in advance folks.

[scooter]

Not much recourse here in the states; free market independence and all that horse manure, unless you want to hit them with a small claims court suit, which would probably cost more than its worth.  If they have a Facebook page, hit them there with a negative review. 

Also, when are you calling?  They're Pacific time, which is -3 Eastern.  So if you're calling between 9 and noon, EST/EDT, odds are no one is in.

[Steel Penguin]

Thanks for that Scooter,  I mean west coast ( -8 hours from UK time)    

face book looks like it then, though they may be visiting the uk later in the year, but it would probable cost more than the amount owed in fuel just to get to where they may be playing

[Steel Penguin]

the  painting continues, the foxs are all over green with black stripe, and optics, tyres and white lights done, need to add some ink and finish the rear lights, and then get a ID number on them.  The fence sections are brown with a black wash, and will be up for dry brushing next. so going well.

my internet wondering have found a possible base for a black lagoon, 1:48 Elco 80`  hannants have them at £70  so  time to start saving, ( possibly a long  one)   add it to the want list with the 1:35 FV432, and the 1:48 Tamiya JLSDF light armour.

[Steel Penguin]

finished some started stuff
both packs of fencing done  31.5 linear inches ( 16 pieces) 
both foxs are done, as well  being 1:48 there BOAR green black 2 tone ( see I don't do everything in berlin block)

Figures  6  scenery 16   models 3

and in other news, the wargames company "Sloppy Jalopy"  have announced the immanent re-release of the ( originally Chieftain models) Chieftain tank in 1:56    drat! I still want these for my Berlin brigade troops ( I think I need another 10 or so to get the tank strength at 1:1)  and at £28 each arnt much more than the originals were at £25 ( in white metal it was nearly a Kilo)  anyone whos seen the ones I had on display at Cosford over various years will have seen them.

[NARSES2]

and in other news, the wargames company "Sloppy Jalopy"  have announced the immanent re-release of the ( originally Chieftain models) Chieftain tank in 1:56    drat! I still want these for my Berlin brigade troops ( I think I need another 10 or so to get the tank strength at 1:1)  and at £28 each arnt much more than the originals were at £25 ( in white metal it was nearly a Kilo)  anyone whos seen the ones I had on display at Cosford over various years will have seen them.

Yup I remember them well