tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post4586378483907122021..comments2024-03-28T07:21:47.101+00:00Comments on Admiral Drax: 540 - A Model FamilyAdmiral Draxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-23096639488966957062016-01-09T17:33:01.868+00:002016-01-09T17:33:01.868+00:00Thanks mate - praise indeed!Thanks mate - praise indeed!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-23919060152125963222016-01-04T22:07:34.336+00:002016-01-04T22:07:34.336+00:00Crikey, mate: I don't feel it sometimes!Crikey, mate: I don't feel it sometimes!<br />Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-86160805515902506902016-01-04T22:07:02.713+00:002016-01-04T22:07:02.713+00:00Cheers, Scipio!Cheers, Scipio!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-56703508450629102372016-01-04T22:06:42.743+00:002016-01-04T22:06:42.743+00:00Cheers - when I asked him about why he chose embro...Cheers - when I asked him about why he chose embroidery (years ago now) I remember that his answer included (a) it doesn't get broken in a storm, and (b) you can roll it up and store it easily!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-59450106904550977542016-01-04T21:45:56.808+00:002016-01-04T21:45:56.808+00:00Thanks, guys. As a bit of foreshadowing for my adu...Thanks, guys. As a bit of foreshadowing for my adult life in modelling, I was terrified of painting my 50-odd WW2 Airfix kits as a kid. The only one that I ever painted was my last: Gibson's Lanc from the Dambusters raid.Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-89468798319820505062016-01-02T19:58:41.230+00:002016-01-02T19:58:41.230+00:00The Battle of Britain raged in the loft of the hou...The Battle of Britain raged in the loft of the house I grew up in. I feel so sad now that those models, and all of the ones that my dad encouraged me with, are now gone. <br /><br />All of the pristine ones my dad did hanging up by their threads and my 'upside down in a swamp' colour-schemed hurricane languishing un-suspended until I got a bit better and found green paint. Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-2074737897389746722016-01-02T19:54:26.507+00:002016-01-02T19:54:26.507+00:00I do sometimes forget just how young you are....I do sometimes forget just how young you are....Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-27958667114808453192015-12-31T13:46:04.311+00:002015-12-31T13:46:04.311+00:00Both very nice pieces of work. A moving tribute!Both very nice pieces of work. A moving tribute!Colonel Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-29315524794033182612015-12-30T17:47:35.245+00:002015-12-30T17:47:35.245+00:00Very nice! Showing the little girls the right way ...Very nice! Showing the little girls the right way of things.<br /><br />Dad's work is lovely too. Rivals my Gran's work even!Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898341582574934477.post-49096951366197444702015-12-30T17:31:01.824+00:002015-12-30T17:31:01.824+00:00I'll have to snap some photos of the models st...I'll have to snap some photos of the models still hanging in my dad's loft. He threw airfix kits together when he was deployed as well.Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231693780381069434noreply@blogger.com