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Anyone else randomly started getting the Spectator delivered? I created an account to access an online thing for work but don’t have a subscription! Getting them every week or whatever now.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 22h

Can I just shock you? I don’t know what the fuck is going on.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My dad & his ship - the Otaio (New Zealand Shipping Company). Probably about 1967 at a guess.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Show us your tanks (and tank adjacent 😜)

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Actually, I’ll include this as “stash” although it’s more of a sentimental thing. My late dad bought me this when I was a teenager from a model show which I suspect was SMW at Telford but I can’t quite remember. I don’t think I’ll build it.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And last but not least I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with Aerosans! Got 2 so far & may well get more. SIG anyone? 🤣

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My son bought me this & I’m leaving it until I retire 🤣 MiniArt SU 122 Interior kit.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And was pleased to get one of these on the recent reissue- Tamiya M16.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cheap & cheerful dopamine hit - Tamiya Pink Panther (watching what @adamwatkinson1.bsky.social is up to with his).

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Same vein: MiniArt engineers transport & workshop.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

& an Allied equivalent- M32B1 Armored Recovery Vehicle from Italeri

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m a bit of a fan of utility vehicles so I saw this somewhere & got it fairly cheap. ICM Bergepanther.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next up, & inspired by the same action, a Dragon Sexton which I will do as 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In no particular order, next is the AFV AVRE. Inspired to get this by the story of the attack on the sanatorium/WN37 at Le Hamel on Gold Beach. Additional photo of said bunker as visited last summer.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As I’m up, I’m going to do a 🧵 on my stash! Up first - Tamiya 88mm. Did this one as a kid. I’m going to do this one on its bogies.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Got the Krupp build as far as I can without paint. Plus - here is the MASSIVE pile of shame. All need either primer/base/detail/varnish/weathering/finishing. I’m going to TRY not to start something else until I’ve done all seven (7). Ffs 🤣

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fucking hell. I thought Donny was mad but fuck me. You need this lad to sort you out.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What I'd really like to do is open a fruit & veg stall. But that is unrealistic on very many level. But a nice fantasy. Here's the logo I did when I should have been looking for a job.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have googled. Brought this to mind.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@warmovietheatre.com so I didn’t actually own this movie! Thanks you maggots.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cunt alert! Fresh pictures in! 🚨🚨🚨🚨

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There are people who don’t think Detectorists isn’t an apogee of culture. These people probably also don’t like cats. Such people should be launched into the sun (according to Fudge, a heritage aligned cat - pictured).

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don’t like normal tea. Nor infusions. Nor green tea. But this isn’t dreadful?

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever done a deep dive on the ships from 2000AD ACE Trucking Co?

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Floribuda Pamplemoose feels she has a kindred spirit here. (Fudge).

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#histscalemodels fair bit of progress on the 6x4 Krupp Protze.

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John B @johnbc74.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Questions here Ian in relation to this comment. Who DID the Telegraph think had commissioned the poll? OR do people like JL Partners do polling on spec for selling on to the papers? And did the Telegraph pay for the poll from JL? Or if it was given freely, in whose interest was this? etc etc

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