WITP and me

[Rainer]

Siku, a German company is probably what you mean ...

[Halsey]

No, he means sicko, as in perverted.[;)][:D]

[Rainer]

O Sick [8|]

[Halsey]

ORIGINAL: Rainer

O Sick [8|]

Slang terminology...

[Charles2222]

Aye, we had a Fred Flintstone method at our disposal, mostly due to circumstances beyond our youthful control.

The city had banned bb-gun firing within the city limits, so that was out. Not too surprisingly there was also ban on fireworks, even on the 4th of July, but somehow the parental units didn't mind that. So that pretty much limited us to stone throwing. This gets worse, as we didn't have enough skill, or money, to buy great models just to wreck them. Instead we went the plastic army soldiers routine as the recipients of our arm launched weapons.

Oh yes, one weapon system I personally discovered in my latter childhood, after the true thrill of rock throwing at army men had worn off, and that was the discovery of napalm! Yes, you could get a prisoner army man and set him on fire. The trick was to hold this prisoner, who refused to talk, as your napalm terror on the unwilling ant population below. Yes, the plastic melts and falls off the soldier, whilst making a whoosing sound on it's way down. Definitely the coolest backyard weapon I had ever managed given the Flintstonian limitations.

[bradfordkay]

"Instead we went the plastic army soldiers routine as the recipients of our arm launched weapons. "

A low tech version of HG Wells' Little Wars. I used to use a miniature superball for my indoor toy soldier wars.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

"Instead we went the plastic army soldiers routine as the recipients of our arm launched weapons. "

A low tech version of HG Wells' Little Wars. I used to use a miniature superball for my indoor toy soldier wars.

I used lego bricks.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: sprior

I used lego bricks.

I still have thousands and thousands LEGO bricks stored... never wanted to give them away! [:D]

BTW, I also have several thousands large 1:48 plastic soldiers WWII army (Germans, Japanese, British, USA, Russians)!

When I created battles with those plastic soldires I used LEGO bricks as "ammo" (nothing breaks and you can even have cool fragmentation ammo)!

Ahh... those were the days... [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I still have thousands and thousands LEGO bricks stored... never wanted to give them away! [:D]

Leo "Apollo11"

Maybe you can put some to good use:

http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CDSextantProject.htm

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I still have thousands and thousands LEGO bricks stored... never wanted to give them away! [:D]

Leo "Apollo11"

Maybe you can put some to good use:

http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CDSextantProject.htm

[X(][X(][X(][X(][X(]

[Raverdave]

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[ilovestrategy]

Living out in the country in Louisiana we had a big pond behind our house. Being an avid modeler that assembled a ship a month I always had a fleet at hand. I would set my fleet out and have at it with my pellet rifle.
Wow, I miss those days of wrecking destruction [:)]

[Mark VII]

Nice "wet" look to the floats![&o] That is a great build.

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

The Tamiya kits retail for around $100, but they are pretty close to the most detailed 1/32 scale kits ever made.

Wdolson gives a great analysis. But just to clarify, it's the 1/32 kit that will run you around $100. Most 1:48 kits from Hasegawa and Tamiya are $18 - $26.

Revell-Monogram-Airfix usually run you $14 - $22 (a little cheaper), but you get a better kit for the money with Hasegawa and Tamiya. Frankly, I don't by -that- many kits anyway, so I'd spend a little more to get a better kit (the price difference is a trip to Taco Bell, so no biggie). Besides, if you're "just getting back into the hobby", you're going to end up spending $100 on paints anyway. [;)]

Funny, I've got the set-up for acrylics, and have used them, and I realize that the best modelers use acrylics, but I still just love the enamels.

-F-

I use acrylics. The clean up is easier. Also, I am not spraying a flammable solvent in a garage with a gas hot water heater and clothes dryer[:D]

[Charles2222]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

"Instead we went the plastic army soldiers routine as the recipients of our arm launched weapons. "

A low tech version of HG Wells' Little Wars. I used to use a miniature superball for my indoor toy soldier wars.

I could just see my parents go ape over the idea of a superball in the house, even if you just "barely bounced it". My indoor warring was pretty much confined to the bathtub. The weapon of choice naturally was the disasterous tidal waves that would decimate both sides. An occasional monster whirlpool was never out of the question either. I never thought of the idea of combining the outdoor use of napalm to the bathtub. Hmm, that would had made a sound which I never heard before, the sound of the napalm hitting the water.

[Charles2222]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: sprior

I used lego bricks.

I still have thousands and thousands LEGO bricks stored... never wanted to give them away! [:D]

BTW, I also have several thousands large 1:48 plastic soldiers WWII army (Germans, Japanese, British, USA, Russians)!

When I created battles with those plastic soldires I used LEGO bricks as "ammo" (nothing breaks and you can even have cool fragmentation ammo)!

Ahh... those were the days... [:D]



Leo "Apollo11"

Oh yes, that reminds me of the bunkers we would build. There was some sort of log blocks that my parents gave me that was used quite a bit (you could build log cabins, etc.). I would call them Tinker Toys, but I know that's not what they were. My brother got Tinker Toys, but they weren't much use for war that we saw. They would pass for making a no-man's-land fencing I suppose.

[TOMLABEL]

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Oh yes, one weapon system I personally discovered in my latter childhood, after the true thrill of rock throwing at army men had worn off, and that was the discovery of napalm! Yes, you could get a prisoner army man and set him on fire. The trick was to hold this prisoner, who refused to talk, as your napalm terror on the unwilling ant population below. Yes, the plastic melts and falls off the soldier, whilst making a whoosing sound on it's way down. Definitely the coolest backyard weapon I had ever managed given the Flintstonian limitations.
[/quote]

Ditto.
Oh, the memories!!! [:D][:D]

One other thing this brings to mind is lobbing M-80s into a trench line full of plastic soldiers. The Horror...the horror..

TOMLABEL

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: Charles_22
Oh yes, that reminds me of the bunkers we would build. There was some sort of log blocks that my parents gave me that was used quite a bit (you could build log cabins, etc.). I would call them Tinker Toys, but I know that's not what they were. My brother got Tinker Toys, but they weren't much use for war that we saw. They would pass for making a no-man's-land fencing I suppose.

Sounds like Lincoln Logs. My sister had some that I perloined. She was mostly past that stage by the time I came along anyway. She's 10 years older.

Bill

[BrucePowers]

Licoln logs all right. American Bricks, Tinker Toys, Erector sets, Kenner Bridge and Girder sets (owned 3 different sets of these), Gilbert chemistry sets, Gilbert microscope and my brother had a cloud chamber that came with a radioactive sample (an alpha emitter)[:D]

Is it any wonder we are both engineers[:D]

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Erector sets

Hmmmmmm you guys had some strange toys.