International Bomber Command Centre

Made a visit to the International Bomber Command Centre ,near Lincoln today and even though it is not completely finished itwas still an amazing experience .The gardens and the spire are free to walk round although there is aparking fee and if you want to see the interactive exhibition centre there is a entry fee but you have the option to upgrade your entry to a years pass for free . The gardens (one of the bits that was unfinished during our visit) will contain plants from every country that contributed in any way to bomber command during WW2 either with man power or financially ,the centre piece is the Spire at 102ft its the same lenght as aLancasters wingspan the shorter part of the spire is the length of a Wellingtons wing span .Around the base of the spire are a number of walls , which eventually will have the names of all the men women and children(yes children ) lost in Bomber commands aircraft ,besides the obvious bomber crews ,test pilots ,ferry pilots and in one case a 14 yr old air cadet who won the chance to fly in a lancaster that he helped raise funds for and sadly it crashed during his prize flight . There is a ribbon of Rememberance that will run from the visitor centre to the spire which will contain names of crew members and others who perished on tiles funded by relatives or sponsors. The visitor centre contains a really nice cafe , a well stocked shop which carries lots of unusual items ,even clothing I bought arather nice jacket .The exhibition is amazing lots of interactive things such as the chance to be part of the crew of a Lancaster flying mission against Peenemunde ,how you and the other participents perform means if your mission is asuccess or not .Other things include life size hologram type figures describing their roles in Bomber command , you can use period phones to dial up and listen to real life recollections from air crews ,ground crews and civilians ,film shows and artefacts make up a wonderful display ,its amust see tribute to the crews who were mainly ignored after the war ,relying totally on public funding your visit will count .

Guy Gibsons name one of the many .

some rather disturbing statistics 

More awful stats that bring things home 

in the distance Lincoln Cathedral ,the last land mark that a lot of bomber crews would see

maybe some of these are my long lost relatives .

Scooby Doo -7TV casts

Managed to finish my casts for 7TV 's version of scooby do .

figures collected over many years except the studio miniatures jason figure far right 

Hasslefree gand and corgi van

crooked dice law men and vehicles from Antenocities workshop

S.A.S jungle Recce

My SAS jungle fighters from Spectre miniatures ,really nice figures enjoyed painting them ,done them in a mix of camp ,modern multicam and the older DPM .

Dr Who into the Time `vortex more figures

I ordered the already available set Dr Yano and Chanthos , a nice episode , the figures are nice but lots of flash and no cards as yet either , as I ordered over &5 quids worth I was sent the fisher king model as freebie ,quite alarge metal figure which carries the ridiculous price tag of £25 no idea why ,the figures not bad but loads of flash and again no cards but at least you can download them for this guy .

The king next to a few other Warlord Dr who figure for you to see the size

a close up after Id cleaned him up bit

Yana & Friend

all my order 

Dr Who into the Time Vortex new releases-pt4 -Tomb of the Cybermen

Next set is from the 2nd Doctor era and as usual contains 5 figures 1 cyber controller and 4 cybermen all in different poses ,these are really nice but alot of flash in the most awkward places to clean ,      again all cards are included which is nice as some of the earlier sets did not include them and some are not even available for down load yet .Just waiting for the second Doctor now

Dr Who into the time vortex -new releases pt 3 The Tardis

The Tardis ,the most famous police box in the world , was happy this was released but not so happy when I received it ,not the clenest resin casting I have ever seen , a bit dissapointed that Warlord chose not to have decals for the signage , the main lettering is raised in the resin but the smaller signage on the doors will need to be hand painted ,However the biggest disappointment is the fact it is more like the leaning tower of Pizza than the tardis it has an incredible lean to it and its not the base this is perfectly flat it is the actual casting which is out .I have contacted Warlords Customer service and at the moment have not heard back from them .

ITs a nice size the figures 32mm  but the lean can be clearly seen in these pics 

Dr Who into the Time Vortex ,new releases pt 2 -11th Dr and Companions

As they say ,in no particular order the next set I opened today was the 11th doctor and companions ,Mat Smith was my least favourite Dr and I wasnt too fond of his companiions either . This set include the 11th Dr in a nice pose (again this is the second version ) his missus River Song this is another nice pose , another (2nd ) version of Clara Oswald and Amy Pond and Rory Williams these latter ones are ok but the unoficial and now hard to get crooked dice versions are a lot nicer .Again cards are included.

Dr Who into the time vortex -new releases pt 1 -Voyage of the Damned

Had a few items from warlords Dr Who range arrive today most of the are new items so a first look at them , the first is a set depicting the David Tennant episode Voyage of the Damned . The figures are nicely posed ,my favourites so far ,very little flash ,the set contains 5 figures ,the tenth doctor ,Astrid Peth , Bannakaffalatta ? and 2 Heavenly Hosts the latter have seperate wings all the others are one piece castings . Also included a set of cards needed to use all these characters.This is the 3rd version of the 10th Doctor in this fairly new range as I said this set is really nice a lot better than some of the other sets but one of the missing Doctors would have been nicer.

The usual double packaging 

% figures and the required cards

This set is really nice ,the poses and casting are wonderful.

some very strange incidents in perverts gulch ?

a great fun matrix game at sheffield wargames society last night ,set in the very wild wild west .The game run by Tim Gow using his fantastic collection of toys involved a strange cowboy in a pink shirt , 2 bands of sneaky indians (one of them very sneaky) stage coach hi jackers , bank robbers and avery violent preacher with a even more violent wife , all great fun with some witty arguments ,guest appearances by burt lancaster ,jeff chandler and charles bronson and much more ....by the way noidea what the town was actually called but the name perverts gulch was coined after the antics of the guy in the pink shirt became public ...