Baroness Counterpane and I had a couple of days away in historic Warwick over the weekend. Lots of interesting historical stuff to look at.
I didn't get to visit any of the three regimental museums in the town but Lord Leycester's Hospital is well worth the entry price.
The central courtyard immediately had me thinking of duelling musketeers and cardinal's guards.
In the main building there was a display of muskets, sent up from London so the Brethren (retired soldiers resident in the hospital) could defend themselves from Chartist rioters in the mid nineteenth century.
Another happy find was Metropolis Vintage Toys. I'm a sucker for an old Matchbox kit and this one caught my eye.
It's not one I remember from my childhood and it turns out that's because it's a 1983 kit. It came out after I'd gone to university and long given up making aircraft kits. Scalemates indicates that this is the original 1983 boxing of the kit.
I'll have a go at building it using the decals in the box. If they've degraded badly I'm sure I can create a fictional scheme using some from the spares box. Either way the aim is to finish it as a display model but I might have a go at including a rare earth magnet so it can appear in a game using one of my flight stands. Could be ideal if we ever do a "Sink the German battleship" game in 1/72nd scale!
2 comments:
try painting a couple of coats of varnish on the decals before trying to use them it seems to help sometimes to prevent them breaking up
Cheers Will, I'll give that a go.
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