Introducing my self
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:05 pm
Hello everyone
I have joined the site to be able to learn from like minded people, I am interested in WW11 in particular late war, British and American airborne operation Market Garden in particular. I did a nut and bolt restoration on a Ford GPW finished just in time to take to Arnhem for the 75 anniversary of Market Garden, and took part in the race for the bridge! best thing I have ever done. The Jeep was restored as an airborne Jeep in honour of the 156 and 10th brigades. I am currently doing another Jeep which will honour the American 82nd airborne. The tank thing is to do something for XXX Corps I cannot afford a real live Sherman or any tank! I have several model Jeeps including a 1/6 scale R/C, I would like to build a 1/6 scale Sherman Firefly! but for now to see how I get on I will go with 1/16. Problem I have at the ripe old age of 61 is my hands aren’t as good as they used to be with small parts. I used to fly R/C aircraft in my younger days! (45 years ago) so my knowledge on R/C equipment is a bit dated, I actually had one of the first proportional sets a Horizon 2 channel single stick which I still have, so I am looking forward to trying to understand the capabilities of the modern sets.
Paul.
I have joined the site to be able to learn from like minded people, I am interested in WW11 in particular late war, British and American airborne operation Market Garden in particular. I did a nut and bolt restoration on a Ford GPW finished just in time to take to Arnhem for the 75 anniversary of Market Garden, and took part in the race for the bridge! best thing I have ever done. The Jeep was restored as an airborne Jeep in honour of the 156 and 10th brigades. I am currently doing another Jeep which will honour the American 82nd airborne. The tank thing is to do something for XXX Corps I cannot afford a real live Sherman or any tank! I have several model Jeeps including a 1/6 scale R/C, I would like to build a 1/6 scale Sherman Firefly! but for now to see how I get on I will go with 1/16. Problem I have at the ripe old age of 61 is my hands aren’t as good as they used to be with small parts. I used to fly R/C aircraft in my younger days! (45 years ago) so my knowledge on R/C equipment is a bit dated, I actually had one of the first proportional sets a Horizon 2 channel single stick which I still have, so I am looking forward to trying to understand the capabilities of the modern sets.
Paul.
It was an old MG Metro Turbo...(could have been a great car, if they'd taken the trouble to build it properly 
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