I caught the Cretin. More accurately, Dryden caught the Cretin, probably to make up for the Tiger slip up. (Good dog!)
He was on my back deck with a few RevellAG kits in his hands. No way man, not this time, Snap it pal! Make with the Trumpeter T-34, all 751 pieces.
Turns out he’s a Australian Billionaire. He handed me the kit for my troubles. After I checked that all the parts were there, we had a pint and I sent him on his way.
Here’s a hull comparison between it, the M4 and Tiger. Seems like it would take some work to change over to RC, not to mention losing all that gorgeous interior detail.
Yup. He sure likes a pint. Good dog. (mine likes dogs too, in fact the other day the rascal bought my Mum a puppy, even though my Dad told me not to. [}:)] Funny how Dad didn’t find the idea of a miscievous dog delivering cretin nearly as wonderful as Mum!)
The R/C tiger, I had to repair one of these when they first came out, I ran it up and down the road, down a series of steps, [wouldn’t climb up thow]. chewed up the back yard and gave it back to it’s owner.
The owner of this monster had the control leads in the wrong places and the wrong radio control system and didn’t read the instructions when building it in the first place.
Hmmm. No. She called her Penny. Didn’t feel Cretin suited a female Jack Russell. Dad, in between telling me I’d ruined his retirement, said he wanted to name her Normandy, (I delivered Penny on D-day!) but Mum had a remarkably similar opinion on that.
After watching Band of Brothers, I thought the perfect name for a canine is ‘Dog Company’. It became Dryden’s nickname.
If he’s asleep and it’s time for a hike, I give him a gutteral, ‘Dog Company! On your feet!’ or if he’s too far ahead, ‘Dog Company, Halt!’
Keep in mind guys, the only thing painted on these two hulls are the roadwheels. I put them together temporarily to test some stuff. I got a lot of work ahead. I got get this guy some sandbags,
Sorry Phroosh, I know he creeps you out.
Ok I have asked this before. Can you please show him the way to Denmark. We have good beer and pizza, so there should be no problem there. I need the 1/16 King Tiger full option, and all the PE for the 1/16 Tiger I. Please.
Phroosh, were you explosed to Gumbi as a lad in Australia? That pic reminds me of an episode where he ended up in an Iron Lung. That really creeped my out, even as an adult. It still creeps me out.
I tried to find a pic of Gumby in the Iron Lung, no luck…I remember, horribly, that it had to do with building a ladder to reach the moon and he ends up in the Lung, talking to Pokey with that little mirror set up in front of his face.
That ranked up there with the Bugs Bunny episode where an old Bugs digs his own grave as Ehlmer stands over him. He’s crying as he lowers himself in…Cripes, I’m getting Goosepimples just typing this.
Man those flippin freaked me out!
I’m still emotionally scarred from the - jelly roll - episode ! Where the evil jelly rolls chase him and pokey and swallows them up. Gumby ends up in the jelly roll and pokie in the pie. Then Gumby’s parents almost eat them !
