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[The Smythe Meister]

... I've heard a rumour that the Crabs (RAF Veterans) are about to release a booklet titled 'Hotels Wot We Have Had The Pleasure Of Frequenting....

... I wouldn't be surprised at all Steve... When I went to enlist,the Recruitment centres for the Army and RAF were in the same office,(Plymouth,Armada Way), basically,you walked through the same door,....Army office to the left,RAF to the right... I looked at both:thinking:....
... Recruitment pics for the B.A.... Guys camo'd up in muddy trenches, working on muddy Tanks:flushed:... Hmmm,...
.....the R.A.F. Pics
....Guys in Tents/Hotel rooms,working on Pristine Fighter Jets! ...
Hmmm,it was a tricky decision for about a nano second,(that's a REALLY small amount of time for you grunts!!:tears-of-joy,nuff said?!

[Airborne01]

Hoy - I resemble that remark. Better a cruise on the grey funnel line than jumping out of perfectly good airplanes!!

I've told you before - they are not 'perfectly good ,,,' They are loud, nasty, smelly, rattly, noisy beasties with limited toilet and sleeping facilities (no Wi-fi either nowadays so I'm informed!)
Steve

[Airborne01]

... I wouldn't be surprised at all Steve... When I went to enlist,the Recruitment centres for the Army and RAF were in the same office,(Plymouth,Armada Way), basically,you walked through the same door,....Army office to the left,RAF to the right... I looked at both:thinking:....
... Recruitment pics for the B.A.... Guys camo'd up in muddy trenches, working on muddy Tanks:flushed:... Hmmm,...
.....the R.A.F. Pics
....Guys in Tents/Hotel rooms,working on Pristine Fighter Jets! ...
Hmmm,it was a tricky decision for about a nano second,(that's a REALLY small amount of time for you grunts!!:tears-of-joy,nuff said?!

Tart!

[Waspie]

Crabs? - not in Pompey I'm pleased to say! Jacks - not 'Matelots' 'cos they're Frogs and 'Jack' is still a term of inter-Service endearment! (Even Lambs Navy Rum produced a book called 'Jackspeak'! - and I've heard a rumour that the Crabs (RAF Veterans) are about to release a booklet titled 'Hotels Wot We Have Had The Pleasure Of Frequenting')
PS: A gentleman never discusses age - so pedestrian dahlink!
Steve

IIRC, Lambs sponsored Rick Jolly who wrote 'Jackspeak', as well as several other good reads. (Doctor for friend and foe & Red and green life machine). He was my aviation medicine instructor - a brilliant bloke.

[Airborne01]

I had 3 during my time in the RN. First was prefixed with a 'L' then it was changed to a 'D' finally settling on a 'D' prefix with a 'N' suffix. Numbers in the middle remained the same.

D= Devonport rating - 'L'?
Steve

[Waspie]

D= Devonport rating - 'L'?
Steve

L = Lee on Solent, FAA rates.

[Airborne01]

IIRC, Lambs sponsored Rick Jolly who wrote 'Jackspeak', as well as several other good reads. (Doctor for friend and foe & Red and green life machine). He was my aviation medicine instructor - a brilliant bloke.

He certainly was!
Steve

[Tworrs]

Welcome again Steven

[Ian M]

Welcome Steve. For the sake of good order I merged the two posts.
Hope you enjoy it here and we look forward to seeing some of your projects.

[Bri62]

Welcome Steve lots of help available here

[Del640]

Welcome Steve!

Del

[24481068porritt]

Steven,
welcome to the forum. Loads of like minded & helpful people here - any questions, ask away.................
Dave

Can I get some help please with the scale sizes of models please which is the best ones to buy
1/72 1/48 1/32 ??? Which is bigger
Thanks Steven

[minitnkr]

The smaller the # the bigger the size, like shotgun shells, wire or drill bits.

[Dave Ward]

Can I get some help please with the scale sizes of models please which is the best ones to buy
1/72 1/48 1/32 ??? Which is bigger
Thanks Steven

Big Hands? - 1/32
Medium Hands? - 1/48
Dainty Hands? - 1/72
A lot can depend on how much space you have for display
for example - on a A3 sheet you could fit one X 1/32 Aircraft, or two 1/48 aircraft, or four 1/72 aircraft -obviusly depending on the type of arcraft!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Steven. The second number is the reduction factor compared to the real thing. 1/2 is half sized, ie real thing divided by 2, 1/4 is quarter size, real thing divided by four, etc. So, as Paul says, the bigger the number the smaller the model compared to the real thing. The actual size of the model of course depends how big the real thing is…..