Misplaced items

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Left the convoy to hunt a U-boat

[fred.]

I actually have two different sized ones, Forbes. (Though I really ought to get some handles for them !)

I never use them.
If I have to saw anything off, I use a jeweler's/piercing saw..I've got much more control with that.

Fair enough - other saws are available.

The model I was playing with yesterday was basically the right shape...It just had a load of thick/heavy armour over the main body....It was all the armour that had to go.

Makes sense, it sounded like you were removing 90% of the volume, which seemed easier to use a saw for, but this sounds more like 90% of the surface area needed work.

[Techno]

Makes sense, it sounded like you were removing 90% of the volume, which seemed easier to use a saw for, but this sounds more like 90% of the surface area needed work.

It was just about all of he surface detail that had to go, Forbes. 

There's about 70% of the head's detail left......But all the rest is VERY shiny metal now

Cheers - Phil

[O Dinas Powys]

It was just about all of he surface detail that had to go, Forbes.  

There's about 70% of the head's detail left......But all the rest is VERY shiny metal now

Cheers - Phil

Couldn't you have just cut the face off and stuck it to a new body  

[Techno]

It would almost certainly have taken longer, Meirion...

(And as it's got four legs already, that theoretically made for an easier/quicker 'former'.....Though now I've taken all the rough fur off....the existing front legs are going to have to go.  )

Cheers - Phil

If I were use an expression that involves silk purses and sows' ears, Leon should know which one it is ! 

[Orcs]

Lots of useful comments, but remember we are "Teaching the master to suck eggs"

He may be lethal with anything sharp, but I am sure he does know what he is doing when it comes to little men.

[Dave Fielder]

Well the items have been found . They were almost hiding in plain sight on the dining room table, half obscured by wargaming notes for a proposed campaign. I must have taken them down from the attic last week with some other items, yet completely forgot that I had done so . When I told my family they just looked at me with more than a hint of despair!

The queue for wargames sympathy with every family is frequent and often fruitless. I can see their faces now.

[Orcs]

Well I have just done the same. Sorting out a 20mm Royal Marine Commando Assault squad for Chain of Command- (Holiday painting project). I KNEW I had a Vickers with commando crew and enough riflemen.  But when I planned it out I could not find the Vickers or enough riflemen.

I looked in the draw with my unpainted 20mm WW2 stuff twice. Cleared my painting table. Checked the basing table and all places I had been in the house - nothing.

So placed Order with SHQ for a couple of packs of rifles and one of SMGs in the cap comforter as I already had berets. Added an extra PIAT team and an  early war German motorcycle combo for good measure.

This arrived two days later on Wednesday.  last night I was checking what paints I needed to take away and opened the ringbinder I keep all my painting guides in - Guess what fell out !!!!!

still at least I have a good few figures in cap comforter instead of all in Berets.

Now should I do a complete assault squad in comforters - HMMMMM

[Steve J]

It's always the way that when you've placed the order, the offending items will miraculously re-appear!

[GrumpyOldMan]

They're probably hanging out with my WW1 French Senior Officers that have been MIA for about four years.

Well a nice surprise this morning, the postman delivered a replacement pack of French Senior Officers. Much appreciated, will have to think about how they'll take charge in 1930s Indochina  , I do have a spare N Gauge Citroen 11CV to carry them around. There's no date on the packet but I'm assuming that they took a long time to swim across to me here downunder 

Always great dealing with the paragons of customer service at Pendraken.

Cheers

[pierre the shy]

Well a nice surprise this morning, the postman delivered a replacement pack of French Senior Officers. Much appreciated, will have to think about how they'll take charge in 1930s Indochina  , I do have a spare N Gauge Citroen 11CV to carry them around. There's no date on the packet but I'm assuming that they took a long time to swim across to me here downunder  

I ordered some 1/600th decals a little while ago from the USA that took 41 days to get down here to NZ via airmail, I emailed the seller to confirm that they finally arrived, but he was saying that his record for longest delivery in 2020 is 49 days for a order to get from New Hampshire in the US across the pond to France.....

[sean66]

I feel a lot of the couriers seem to be using the dreaded Covid as an excuse at the moment.
seem's pipeline's seem to be extending (maybe its a lack of planes flying)
regards
Sean

[Leon]

Well a nice surprise this morning, the postman delivered a replacement pack of French Senior Officers. Much appreciated, will have to think about how they'll take charge in 1930s Indochina  , I do have a spare N Gauge Citroen 11CV to carry them around. There's no date on the packet but I'm assuming that they took a long time to swim across to me here downunder 

Always great dealing with the paragons of customer service at Pendraken.

Good to hear that they arrived safely, I was wondering how long it would take for them to land!  We're slowly seeing the postal systems get back to normal, but there do seem to be delays still in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.  That could be due to the reduced flights as Sean says, very possible with so many passenger flights grounded.

[paulr]

There is definitely a reduction in the air freight capacity to the Antipodes and the costs have apparently gone up significantly