DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) I'm gonna check those out!!! Africa Campaign...Good ol' Rommel... Ervin Rommel is alot like Lee in that he seemd to be above the underlying ugliness of the cause they ostensibly were fighting for.... Campaign for North Africa was a bit of a joke in the hobby. It was so large that few had room for the entire map (see pics on website) not to mention the rules were like 500 pages long. If you ever finished a game, you were supposed to write in to one of the various trade/hobby magazines. Nobody ever did. The largest I remember playing was a brute called Fire in the East/Scorched Earth (the Invasion of Russia through to the end of 1944)...took months and months to play through with about 6 of us...great for a long cold winter. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8993/fire-in-the-east http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/7690/scorched-earth Edited July 20, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Back in the 60's my brother created a giant version of the 12 O'clock High board game with hundreds more primary and tertiary targets, complete POW camp, out-of-fuel glide rules based on weather reports, dud bombs, and desertion to Switzerland. The games would go on for days. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/469984/12-oclock-high-game I still have this board game (original TV version with Robert Lansing on the cover). That's really cool for a family style game...it'd be worth a mint if intact and in good condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 And he's lucky the Brits did'nt back the Confederacy after Antietam...I would'nt have liked the Union's chances if they were attacked on two fronts...Control of the Great Lakes AND major port cities... Can you say certain death? But you're right,after the Wra there were close to 1 million men in Yankee uni's...There was a valid concern that they might come North for a little retribution for what happened 50 years earlier.. Britain couldn't support the South after Mr Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which changed the war from one about King Cotton to one about slavery. Something GB had aleady done away with decades earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 That's really cool for a family style game...it'd be worth a mint if intact and in good condition. WW2 was not such a distant memory back in the 1960's...Revell or Monogram models and glue sniffing was more fun than video games. We would hang the aircraft from our ceiling using thread or monofilament. Fighters would be dogfighting, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Britain couldn't support the South after Mr Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which changed the war from one about King Cotton to one about slavery. Something GB had aleady done away with decades earlier. Sorta....GB made the cost/price of continuing slavery and proof of ownership too high, and banned new slaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Sorta....GB made the cost/price of continuing slavery and proof of ownership too high, and banned new slaves. Correct, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Britain couldn't support the South after Mr Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which changed the war from one about King Cotton to one about slavery. Something GB had aleady done away with decades earlier. I know about the British and it's abolition of slavery.Antietam was basically fought to a draw because idiot McLellan pussed out,as usual.The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted a week later,and put into legislation by January 1 of the new year.There was no way Britain could,in clear conscience,back a slave state... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 WW2 was not such a distant memory back in the 1960's...Revell or Monogram models and glue sniffing was more fun than video games. We would hang the aircraft from our ceiling using thread or monofilament. Fighters would be dogfighting, of course. You an me both, my friend. I prefered 1/72 scale aircraft...the ceiling could hold more. Airfix was another of the earlier plastic model companies. Eventually the Japanese came along with their superior diecasting and plastic quality...Tamiya, Hasagawa, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 You an me both, my friend. I prefered 1/72 scale aircraft...the ceiling could hold more. Airfix was another of the earlier plastic model companies. Eventually the Japanese came along with their superior diecasting and plastic quality...Tamiya, Hasagawa, etc. I'm an admitted model building geek... But I only build race cars.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 You an me both, my friend. I prefered 1/72 scale aircraft...the ceiling could hold more. Airfix was another of the earlier plastic model companies. Eventually the Japanese came along with their superior diecasting and plastic quality...Tamiya, Hasagawa, etc. 1/72 was cool, but I wanted my 4-engine bombers BIG! At least 1/48 or bigger. http://www.amazon.com/Revell-B17G-Flying-Fortress-Scale/dp/B0006JNS5E/ref=sr_1_2/189-1693577-0548249?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1279601379&sr=8-2 Damn...it's so true...the Japanese injection molding and die-casting got so much better. That was the brginning of the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I'm an admitted model building geek... But I only build race cars.... I build model rockets. And then launch them a few km up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I build model rockets. And then launch them a few km up. I built one of those things once when I was a kid... Almost blew my fingers off!!!! And that was the end of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I build model rockets. And then launch them a few km up. Yep...it's a legal way to get around fireworks laws too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 1/72 was cool, but I wanted my 4-engine bombers BIG! At least 1/48 or bigger. http://www.amazon.com/Revell-B17G-Flying-Fortress-Scale/dp/B0006JNS5E/ref=sr_1_2/189-1693577-0548249?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1279601379&sr=8-2 Damn...it's so true...the Japanese injection molding and die-casting got so much better. That was the brginning of the end! I built the 1/48 B-36 Peacemaker by Monogram for the hobby store I worked at way back...now that was huge. It was a rare kit even at the time...back ordered many times. I build model rockets. And then launch them a few km up. Did that too...give us all a 48 of beer plus steaks and watch us go, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I built the 1/48 B-36 Peacemaker by Monogram for the hobby store I worked at way back...now that was huge. It was a rare kit even at the time...back ordered many times. Never seen one...must have been a monster....lots of glue! B-36's are sold today as 1/100 scale kits for more than $200. "Six turning and four burning!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yes...one of my favorite aircraft. One crashed here in BC (an A model with no jets) back in the 50s after ejecting it's bomb (minus pit) into the Pacific. You can still hike-up to the wreck...but it's quite the hike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yep...it's a legal way to get around fireworks laws too! Kinda. Still have to deal with the FAA/NAR regulations, certifications, etc. Here's my first (failed but cool) attempt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veF5eOP4ouE Had some problems with the relative timing of the 3 separate rocket motors lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Built this one, too. http://www.swannysmodels.com/B58.html Edited July 20, 2010 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Kinda. Still have to deal with the FAA/NAR regulations, certifications, etc. Here's my first (failed but cool) attempt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veF5eOP4ouE Had some problems with the relative timing of the 3 separate rocket motors lol. Well that was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Built this one, too. http://www.swannysmodels.com/B58.html Yea....B-58 kits were easier to build...not as many pieces! My last bomber kit was a B-70 (Kimmy's favorite?) B-58's biggest starring role in Fail Safe (1964): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXy8UfTgocE&feature=related Edited July 20, 2010 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I get some of my kits here... http://www.modelexpress.net/ Stock car decals here... http://www.mikesdecals.com Indy car decals here... http://www.indycals.net/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 This is less about the actual choice being made but rather having to make a choice at all. Which is odd because the only home grown fighter aircraft Canada has ever operated is the CF-100. Everything else has either been bought or license built from someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilber Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I was into Airfix 1/72. Had sections of my bedroom ceiling divided into WW2 aircraft by nation. It was an acoustic tile ceiling and parts of it were sagging from the weight of the things. Also had a bunch of the ships. Somewhere in a box I think I still have models of HMS Hood, HMS KGV and HMS Warspite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I was into Airfix 1/72. Had sections of my bedroom ceiling divided into WW2 aircraft by nation. It was an acoustic tile ceiling and parts of it were sagging from the weight of the things. Also had a bunch of the ships. Somewhere in a box I think I still have models of HMS Hood, HMS KGV and HMS Warspite. Ship models were different....you couldn't run around with them to get the props to twirl in the wind. And they were not ballasted to float in water either. Still, I spent a month on Bismarck trying to get the teak deck paint and swastika just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Which is odd because the only home grown fighter aircraft Canada has ever operated is the CF-100. Everything else has either been bought or license built from someone else. Fair enough...so does the criticism diminish if $16 billion is spent on licensed Super Hornets instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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