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Military Models Museum - The Day After
falconbbs
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Bangkok, Thailand / ไทย
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Posted: Monday, October 24, 2005 - 09:18 PM UTC
The opening ceremony of the museum was on 23 October 2005. A new page has been created to show it.

Sample pics :









A hundred more pics are available at :

http://www.falconbbs.com/model18j.htm

Enjoy!
jazza
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 08:48 AM UTC
Very nice and congrats on the opening!

Im especially interested in the USS Enterprise as thats my dream carrier to construct if i ever can afford it.

Are you charging entrance fee?
falconbbs
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 03:36 PM UTC
Thanks for your comments and interest!

Jeremy, the Enterprise is an old kit from Tamiya, it's 20-30 years old. I'd rather build
the Nimitz 1:350 newly-released from Trumpeter. It has much more details and I'll have
one built soon along with Sovremenny Destroyer in the same scale.
I don't charge entrance fee. Will be glad to welcome you someday...

James, I'm in Bangkok, in Klongton area. I can send you a graphic file showing the
map to my home in Thai language which you can print out and show to the cab driver,
Just send me an e-mail.
kiwibelg
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 04:13 AM UTC
Hi there.What a collection!!!It must of taken years to amount so many models.How many models do you have on display?Cheers,Shay
WildCard
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 06:50 AM UTC
Hi Falcon,

So, which one is the "Art Instructor" in the picture? If I have to put my money I have to say it's the lovely lady in the pink!

Oh by the way, do you have a open bar in the museum?



WC
falconbbs
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 03:02 PM UTC
Thanks for your comments and queries!

Shay, I've been collecting (on and off) for some 40 years.
I guess I have around 1300-1400 built kits (total kits purchased is around 1900, a few hundreds
still in box), it's almost impossible to count for exact number. And my collection keeps growing
by the day. Tomorrow I'll get some new finished kits delivered to my home.

WC, that lady is my friend's spouse, she's not "Art Instructor". "Art Instructor" is this guy :



The museum is crowded with display cases, so there's no bar inside. But we can have one outside.
Take a look at the surroundings :


jazza
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 03:17 PM UTC
To compliment your collection of models, i would place either actual war photos or photos of tanks etc on the walls. Theres nothing better than allowing a person in the museum to have a point of comparison when viewing these lovely models.
falconbbs
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2005 - 02:54 AM UTC
Thanks Jeremy! That's a nice idea. I'll see what pictures I can find, but maybe only A4 size.
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