| Subject: Hello everyone... from sunny South Africa |
 | Donovan
Delta-Papa | Location: Gauteng, South Africa
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 07:13 PM UTC |
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I stumbled across this site when my 13-year-old son showed an interest in all my old modelling paraphernalia & now I'm hooked on modelling again... LOL!
I used to model mostly small-scale aircraft back in the day but I've discovered a love of 1:35 armour (once again thanks to my son), & I suspect the quality & detail in the Dragon kits.
I would love to try my hand at building some dioramas but finding materials locally is just about impossible. Hopefully I'll get some pointers from you folks about who the "good guys" are when it comes to international orders & deliveries (nudge, nudge, wink, wink... say no more). The other challenge I'll have (once I get some materials) is actually learning how to use them...
Been trawling this site for quite a while now getting really helpful info & tips. Hope I'll be able to return the favour at some stage.
That's all from me for now... see you in the forums! |
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 | John Jukes
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 07:19 PM UTC |
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Hey Donovan, Welcome to the site and coming over to the "Dark Side" (aka 1/35th scale armour) !!!!  Don't hesitate to ask questions, you'll find lots of help here on the big A. Cheers  jjumbo  |
Arthur Hamilton Jukes
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| Donovan
Delta-Papa | Location: Gauteng, South Africa
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 07:35 PM UTC |
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Hi jjumbo! Thanks for the welcome! Tell me about it... LOL! The people on this forum seem VERY helpful & friendly, so I'm sure I'll fit right in. One thing I realized very quickly when I first found this site was how little I actually know about scale modeling...  Cheers to you to |
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 | Rudi Richardson
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 08:39 PM UTC |
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Howzit Donovan, Always good to see more Saffers taking up modelling  Rudi p.s. I'm ex-Cape Town  |
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| Donovan
Delta-Papa | Location: Gauteng, South Africa
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 08:47 PM UTC |
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Hi Boet (That should bring back some memories ) Not that many of us, unfortunately  I see the SA link here is really quiet... I'm sitting in Pretoria... I see you're now in NZ, how's it going that side? |
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| Rudi Richardson
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 09:56 PM UTC |
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Nah, mate. I'm west of Shabangabanga in Oz... down in Melbourne Quite a few modellers up in PTA. Rudi |
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:28 PM UTC |
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Trust me not to read your location... (& I thought we had some terrible town names) LOL! My apologies! I see you made "the move" quite recently, how's Oz treating you? I hear so, been out of the modelling scene for a LONG time though... I'll get there eventually. Cheers M8 Don |
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 | terri werner
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| Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 01:09 AM UTC |
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Welcome to the site mate , from sunside here in Canada ! |
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 01:19 AM UTC |
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Thanks for the welcome Does the sun actually shine in Canada?  Just kidding Thanks again! |
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| John Jukes
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 06:21 AM UTC |
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Arthur Hamilton Jukes
July 6th, 1922 - June 20th, 2009
Dad, your love will always be with us.
The Canadian Scottish (Princess Mary's)
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 | Leonel Da Silva
lldasilva | Location: Cape Province, South Africa
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 07:21 AM UTC |
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Hi DP In GP. EX BLoue from Brakpan now in CT. Welcome to a great site.Wish you great modelling days
Cheers
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 | Garth Jerome
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 01:49 PM UTC |
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Hi Donovan
Welcome to Armorama. You will find this site to be an outstanding source of material and inspiration. There are so many talented modellers here.
I am formerly from Johannesburg, now living in.......you guessed it, Toronto, Canada!
Regards
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| Rudi Richardson
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 03:15 PM UTC |
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I thought we had some terrible town names) LOL!
My apologies!
I see you made "the move" quite recently, how's Oz treating you?
LOL! You must be referring to my Shabangabanga comment - actually that's a reference to NZ It comes from a TV ad... I'll see if I can find it online tonight. Yup, I left August 2008. So far so good. Loving it here - the folks here don't know how good they've got it |
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| Donovan
Delta-Papa | Location: Gauteng, South Africa
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 06:24 PM UTC |
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Hope no one minds my doing a "batch" reply... LOL! Quoted Text
Hi DP In GP. EX BLoue from Brakpan now in CT. Welcome to a great site. Wish you great modeling days
Cheers
Boogman
Thanks for the welcome Boogman... My BIG problem now is getting enough time to actually make decent progress Quoted Text
Hi Donovan
Welcome to Armorama. You will find this site to be an outstanding source of material and inspiration. There are so many talented modellers here.
I am formerly from Johannesburg, now living in.......you guessed it, Toronto, Canada!
Regards
Garth
Hi Garth. It's a REALLY helpful site, I realised quickly how little I actually know about scale modelling! I hope I'll be half as good as some of the people on here (one day)! We seem to have more SA expats in here than locals... LOL! Quoted Text
LOL! You must be referring to my Shabangabanga comment - actually that's a reference to NZ It comes from a TV ad... I'll see if I can find it online tonight.
Yup, I left August 2008. So far so good. Loving it here - the folks here don't know how good they've got it
Yeah If you haven't figured it out yet, my geographic knowledge SUCKS! LOL! Good to hear you're enjoying it there Tell me about it... nothing much has changed this side! |
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| Christian Peschke
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 07:33 PM UTC |
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And a hearty WELKOM to Armorama Don from a PE boytjie |
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 07:44 PM UTC |
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And a hearty WELKOM to Armorama Don from a PE boytjie
Thank you very much! I also come from that part of the world... originally For some or other reason your name is familiar to me... don't ask me why though. Did you perhaps go to DP in Uitenhage? |
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 | Damian Rigby
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| Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 01:11 AM UTC |
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G'day guys, Donovan, welcome to the site. I look forward to seeing some of your work, but don't be afraid to swap back to the wingy-thingys (not that I'm trying to influence you hehe). Quoted Text
Yup, I left August 2008. So far so good. Loving it here - the folks here don't know how good they've got it [/
Rudi, we know very well how good we've got it, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE MATE !! Cheers, Damian |
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Old Razorbacks for P-47 and Chequerboard campaigns
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 01:18 AM UTC |
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Thanks for the welcome Damian The winged things were always fun... LOL! I'll have a look see what's available at some or other stage... I could always try one that's been shot down  Cheers DP |
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| Rudi Richardson
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| Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 05:11 PM UTC |
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A friend posted the Shabangabang video on another site to contextualise something I said(thanks JC ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5G3EMvDcSw&feature=player_embedded |
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 05:18 PM UTC |
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Thanks Tarok I'm sitting at work & the tube is blocked... Will check it out when I get home DP |
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| Christian Peschke
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| Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009 - 03:39 AM UTC |
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Eek! You got that right. Matriculated in 1995! LOL! Don't tell ne you're an old tier yourself |
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| Donovan
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| Posted: Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 08:19 PM UTC |
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Eek! You got that right. Matriculated in 1995! LOL! Don't tell ne you're an old tier yourself
Yeah! I was gone before you arrived though LOL! |
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 | Hermann E. Kopper
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| Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009 - 01:25 PM UTC |
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Welcome aboard Donovan from hot and humid Miami, FL (if only it would cool down a bit ..it's autum down here and still feels like summer). |
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