Bill collectors should be shot! LOL Them and the tax man! And Im not LOL'ing about him! I remember getting socks one year for christmas as a kid and nothing else. I wasnt bad or anything. My family just got hammered by bills and taxes and couldnt buy me anything else. I remember lieing to the other kids about what I got. It sucked. There should be a moratorium for taxes and bills between Dec and Jan!

I got a lovely festive brown envelope. :-) :-)

I am going to be working on my first diorama soon, and these are definitely going in! Great site, by the way, I love this place!

My family stopped getting me models a long time ago. A friend showed up with a Dragon M1A1 AIM kit with all the IOF 3ID goodies.

What's wrong with socks, they make great feet warmers.

Z. :-)

A Dragon M1A1 AIM -

Season 1 & 2 of Sliders (DVD), pair of Jeans, 2 nice shirts and.......



AFV CLUB M40

DRAGON SHERMAN MKIII


Excellent Christmas

No socks! Five pack of T-shirts, after shave and deoderant, a hooded, insulated shirt, hat, DVD's Kelly's Heroes, the Dirty Dozen and a 3 DVD set of Dune.

A Grabhandeler and a copy of Mig Jimenez's book F.A.Q. painting techniques for AFVs found it's way to my house.

Tamiya Sturmtiger
Tamiya 7.5cm Anti-Tank Gun
1/35 scale figure accessories
...and I finally have some rank insignias from Verlinden! It was really a drag having to paint chevrons on!
My wife and kids also got me some great shirts for work. It was pretty good this year. Now I have to go make plans for our anniversary at the end of the month.

Semper Fi!

Tamiya Char B1 bis & German Mortar crew. Yes I did buy them myself while out shopping with SWMBO. I'd already bribed her with jewelry. Also the replacement tailpiece for my Norton Fastback arrived (1/1), I wasn't expecting it until the New Year (but that was really from my insurers LOL). I got socks from my parents! Also DVD set about WW2 battles - let's just say it's got a slightly German slant to it! Plus broken mirror & dented wing courtesy of White Van Man...

Well no socks although I wanted some this year...
Extratech 1/72 M4A3E2 Jumbo
PST 1/72 KV-220
MAC 1/72 Einheits-Diesel truck
2 x RoG 1/144 F-14A Tomcats
RoG 1/144 F-14D Tomcat.
Oh a couple cans of stuffed vine leaves and a box of chocalates.

Ciao
Luciano

Socks (of course) but I need some anyway.
Fine Molds 1/72 X-Wing Fighter
Pre-Set Handle for my Iwata air brush
Dragons 1/35 Sherman III
Tamiyas 1/48 T26E3 Pershing

my lovely fiancee treated me to tristars excellent 38T and the guns of navarone DVD, thats me fixed in front of the telly for a couple of hours

Well, I got some socks too.....

and also got "Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944 - 1945" by Max Hastings.

Its been a while since I've sat down and read a full book on WW2. I can't remember who long ago its been when I read "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Last Battle". So far this book has been a great read. I didn't realize that there have been some revisionist views of what all happened during the War. Guess I'll have to go back and check out his "Overlord" book as well.

cn

no clothes, models, model related anything. Just some X-Box 360 games I had asked for and money. Both my Grandfathers served in WW2. One died 1998, the other (my Mom's Dad) apparently decided to start talking about it and other things while visiting my Aunt over Thanksgiving - they recorded it. I started listening to the CD yesterday morning while driving to work and continuing on this morning.

No hobby stuff, but herself is sending me off for 2 days at the hotel/casino up north of us, with spending money!! What a gal!

Art

One of the members of the site, Robert Burnside (aka Alpenflage), sent me some 1/72 Dragon kits (T-34/76, T-34/85, JdPz IV, M4A3, SdKfz 251/1) for Christmas.

My wife bought one of those fancy all-in-one remotes that hook up to the computer and are programmed through the internet to control all the electronic devices (TV, VCR, DVD, CD, radio, etc.). Very nice, but more expensive than what I would have bought for myself.

No socks or aftershave, but did OK anyway.

Cordless rechargable Dremel and accesories from the wife
Tamiya M1025 from one of my brothers

and ONE OF MY HOLY GRAIL KITS!!!! 1/25th AMT 1979 Ford Bronco. Even got rereleased with a Mercury Cougar dragster and auto trailer.

Dave S.

No model stuff but then my wife doesn't like buying me that stuff, she never rmembers what to get
No socks YAY!!!!( i'll buy my own socks thankyou!! )
But I did get a new rifle I,ve had my eye on for quite awhile so I'm happy!!
So as soon as it stops raining I'm hitting the firing range.

Humbrols going out of business

Well my wife got me a $1500.00 High Def Camcorder which I promptly returned for a DML M2A1 Halftrack and saved myself $1450.00.

I’m Happy.

Highlights were:
A new copy of COD United Offensive to replace my bad one
A DVD of "Kellys Heroes'
Two books;
"The Fall of Berlin" by Anthony Beevor
"Sniper on the Eastern front; The story of Sepp Alberger"
A new Poker set (sweet)
A leather jacket
A gift certificate to Lowes (thinkin in terms of a new Dremel!)
And a check for $100.00 I'm planning on spending at Hobbytown USA tomorrow.

you too, huh? Yeah, the wife told me I have to finish the ones I have before buying anymore.....I didnt tell her about my back orders thru VLS....

A slight update to my christmas presents (which arrived Wednesday)......my dad decided he wasnt going to build anymore. Hes got Asbestosis and the fumes from paint and glue really bother him. So, he gave me his entire stash, plus paints, tools, etc. I now have 2 magnifying lamps, tons of model clips, two sets of micro drills for my pin vise, a new dremel, a miniature sabre saw (although I still dont know how to use it or where to put it), more model master paint then I could use in 5 years, and some interesting colors I dont think are even in production anymore, 2 sets of razor knives, maybe a dozen air models, a turn table, a paasch air brush, and more then I can list. I really wish he wouldnt give up the hobby, but I guess when your health is involved, you have no choice. I'll be saving all his built models as heirlooms for future children and grandchildren etc. So, while it was a lousy way of getting these things, they were really great gifts.

No Modeling stuff what so ever this year, Got socks though i got some vouchers for the local Tackle shop ( My other Hobby ) How many do i need swmbo says and some other vouchers that will go towards some DVD'S

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