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Post by yanmacca on Jun 13, 2024 21:45:04 GMT
Thank you Elwood you are okay lad
Ian
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mac
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Post by mac on Jun 16, 2024 12:15:26 GMT
Exotic Ian..looks nice. A retired couple could get used to that Spanish sun
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 17, 2024 10:27:52 GMT
Long flight though Mac, four n half hours is too long for us, planning on four vacations a year from now on, freedom from work, you can't beat it mate.
Ian
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Post by quincannon on Jun 18, 2024 3:03:39 GMT
Retirement is not all that it is cracked up to be. You will find that you relax more, enjoy life more, become more even tempered, and you can't buy as much beer as you did before you retired. Life a bitch ain't it?
I would love to go to Spain but only if I could travel in an air conditioned car,(with driver and chilled champaign) have my five star lodging and meals paid for and have Bernard Cornwell as my tour guide along with good maps and a terrific pair of field glasses. Did I mention retirement also makes you somewhat delusional too.
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 18, 2024 7:55:12 GMT
We have been planning this for years chuck, We have invested our cash well in long term isa, set up pension schemes and also have a really generous state pension too. More importantly have no mortgage.
In fact, our finances are pretty much the same as if we were working.
Just booked to go Jersey in the channel islands in September, maybe bump into hunkpapa as he lives there.
Ian
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 18, 2024 9:59:20 GMT
Gran canaria is a part of Spain but it is way down off the coast of Morocco, we can get to mainland Spain in less than 2 hours but it take over twice that long to get here.
Did you buy PSC fireflys? Going to order a box this weekend.
Ian
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Post by Elwood on Jun 18, 2024 18:28:04 GMT
I have made the drive on I-10 between Phoenix and Palm Springs several times. At a spot called Chiriaco Summit, there’s a rest stop, gas station and old school diner I’ve ate in several times. Right next door, as you’re about to get back on I-10, is the George Patton Memorial Museum. Always wanted to go in, did last week. Museum was set up in memorial of the Desert Training Center, the huge expanse of desert to the north that armored units trained during ‘42 to early 43 I believe. Tho the museum is named for Patton and there are exhibits there dedicated to him, 95% of the place is simply a memorial to the war, both Europe and the Pacific theater. I’m sure there are larger museums but I thought it was excellent. Very good, informative displays. A tank yard next door with a couple of Shermans and several M-60’s. If you’re passing thru on I-10, look into it. generalpattonmuseum.com/deserttrainingcenter.com/
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 20, 2024 7:43:13 GMT
Good stuff Elwood, it's great when you discover a military museum by chance, I virtually stumbled across one in Chester a few years back, liverpool have a good one too. I still need to get to Bovington tank museum, maybe retirement might give me the chance, problem is its over 200 mile away.
Looks like Chuck hasn't built any PSC firefly then.
Ian
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Post by Elwood on Jun 20, 2024 14:38:21 GMT
Hey 200 miles nothing. Make a day of it. Or a couple of days. Spend the night, find a good pub.
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 20, 2024 18:30:14 GMT
I will keep it in mind Elwood, maybe see if one of my Nephews wants to come too. I do have a Nephew who lives in Newbury which is close enough. Trouble with him is he works away a lot.
Ian
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Post by quincannon on Jun 20, 2024 19:24:42 GMT
Actually, looking for a Firefly in 1/35. Just put the finishing touches on a 1/35 Comet this morning. PSC stuff is very hard to get in the States these days. Think that has more to do with PSC then the vendors who want to sell them here.
Best tank museum in the States is the Patton Museum at Fort Knox. When they moved the Armor School to Fort Moore the Patton Museum remained at Knox.
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Post by miker on Jun 21, 2024 2:02:47 GMT
While the Patton Museum stayed at Knox, most, if not all, as shown in this photo, the vehicles went to Benning and the last I knew, were mostly not displayed. Attachments:![](//storage.proboards.com/6289990/thumbnailer/JWTvHiykWNGwzsUFxgWO.png)
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Post by quincannon on Jun 21, 2024 3:55:11 GMT
That I did not know. That sucks canal water. I wonder if they moved the Aberdeen collection too? I know the 4th Division museum is about to lose its tank park, but that is a small park and there are not many vehicles that are all that significant, and none that are unique. I think all the 4th Division will keep are the M-1, the Brad, and the Stryker all on display at the main gate, which represents all of the division's current fighting vehicles.
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Post by miker on Jun 21, 2024 12:17:58 GMT
Yes. Aberdeen's vehicles were moved to Fort Gregg-Adams (Fort Lee).
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Post by yanmacca on Jun 21, 2024 19:02:56 GMT
Actually, looking for a Firefly in 1/35. Just put the finishing touches on a 1/35 Comet this morning. PSC stuff is very hard to get in the States these days. Think that has more to do with PSC then the vendors who want to sell them here. Sorry Chuck I thought you built the PSC version.
Its a shame you cant readly get PSC kits as they are changing things with a new range link
I still hold hopes for 1/35, I would try three set ups.
British: Dailmer Armoured Car and Daimler Dingo Scout Car German: Sd.Kfz 221 and Kubelwagen US: M8 Grey hound and Jeep
I would base each set together.
Ian
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