haha im getting in first this year

Dec 08, 2006 8 Replies

For years i have seen what models etc your getting for crimbo and been jeaous as hell cos i never had anyone to buy me owt....but this years its differant!!



Just found out a friend from Berlin has bought me the new Revell Fw 200. Not my normal cup of tea but looking forward to it, along with a book to go with it, she went to Motag modelshop, where i was in Apr.



No my plans are still on to move to E Germany in a few months with my dog, so the main questions is, can i build kits and add swastikas like i do back in old blighty? My friend asked my why i would add them as they didnt come in the boxes and i said its the way its done eveywhere else, after market decals, details etc to replicate the real thing



I asked my friend to ask the woman in the shop, if she rememberd a badly speaking German English guy and she did, who spent hours in the shop getting exited and she did....buying lots of things and she did........and not wanting to leave.....and she did



oh well....will be the first year i get a model as a gift (be the first year i get a present for as long as i can remember, and not one i had to buy myself)


A woman who buys you models!!! You should marry her!!! Good luck on your move, have a Merry Christmas.

Hawkeye

Yes its the first time ever...but amazingly, a friend whos a girl, saw me adding stowage and i needed some help with putty etc really liked it, so i gave her a 35th Dragon Panther from my stast and she loves doing it, really good job too, she even listening to me....so im going to give her a 24th Airfix Harrier, something not too small with little fidly bits. She even wanted to come to my monthly model meeting but i said that was for boys and men only....

I was really impressed with how she did the tank, she even didnt get mad when i pointed out little errors etc

I love E Germany, i find it totally differant than the West....i like it all but im always driven back to the East.

I would think that with Germany being all one country now that the rules for the western portion cover the eastern portion also. You may have trouble getting decal sheets from outside if the Zollamt (Customs) opens your mail to check. If you have any decals to use do not put the models out for public display. This has been garnered from reading here for the past 9 years. I don't agree with it but it's not my country.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I noticed some German models do add them...but a lot to do. Im hoping to join a local model group when i got, here my local members built 99% German, im wondering what the general thing is over there

My Czech penfriend builds 1/48 German, Italian and Japanese fighters of WWII. He 'really' doesnt like anything Soviet.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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