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Andy's Modelmaking Misadventures
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Very much so, in fact I doubt the "Haftung" (Liabiliy) is as much "Begrenzt" (limited) as Non-Existent: anyone coming to Ascension is basically signing a waiver for their pseronal safety. I think the unoffial motto for the Island could well be "Welcome to Ascension: you might survive."
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Missed this post. Yes, that's an issue: I'm having to use a few little tricks to make sure I allow enough space for the rather large bases, while still haviong a vaguely "realistic" model, or at least a model that doesn't look too obviously like a wargaming model.
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From the previous episode…
The Royal Navy Air Service Police have once again rescued the mysterious Ivory Falcon from the Forty Elephants street gang. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the smooth operation they had hoped for; Alice Diamond and Florrie Holmes saw them, and are in hot pursuit of Captain Bryant and Sergeant Williams.
Backup has arrived in the form of Sergeant Coulson and the dashing Lieutenant Cain, who have tried to ram the Forty Elephants car with an armoured van…
Partly because of this, our heroes are able to pull away from their pursuers, and it looks like they may be able to being the Ivory Falcon to Safety…
However, The Forty Elephants gang are also ready in support of their leader, and the other members of the gang are setting up an ambush. Unfortunately for our heroes, they have chosen the exact spot Lt. Cain and Sgt.Coulson were planning their own ambush on the Forty Elephants, as the Lieutenant discovers when he stumbles on the gang’s preparations….
Lt. Cain’s first feeling was that this was most unfair: not that there were three against one: he had been in many a brawl with worse odds, and Mary Carr for some reason had elected to run towards him instead of shoot, so she wasn’t going to be any trouble for a few seconds. It was rather that using force on a woman as petite as Florrie was like shooting a puppy, even if she was grabbing a dainty six-shooter from her handbag and clearly intending to use it. He sighed.
“Put it down Florrie, I don’t want to hurt you” he tried.
It didn’t work; Florrie pointed and squeezed the trigger. The bullet smashed the window in the van.
“If ever you learn to aim, you might be dangerous” Said Cain. He’d let go of his rifle from his right hand and now unclipped his standard issue police truncheon, and threw it straight at Florrie, who took it to the chest and collapsed like a deckchair.
This done, he turned his attention to the next threat: Jim, but he was apparently still several seconds behind events. Mary Carr on the other hand was approaching furiously and at speed. Cain lifted his rifle again, butt first, and let her run into it, as she folded over it, he followed this up with a blow to the back of the neck.
Now there was just Jim, who had finally got up to speed.
“Right, copper” said Jim. “How do you think you’ll do fighting a real man?”
“Dunno.” Replied Cain, looking at his watch. “When will he get here?”
Perhaps fortunately, Sergeant Coulson had got the van started, and it roared around the corner at this point.
“When will who turn up?” asked Jim, looking around confused. Then it dawned. “You…” He raised his gun, but Cain had been ready for that and plugged him in the leg as he jumped on board…
Bryant and Williams rounded the corner to find the street full of vehicles, barricades, and a groaning Jim Bullock. Bryant swore, then looked at Williams. “You didn’t hear that, sergeant.”
“Didn’t hear anything, sir.”
Bryant leaned out of the window, “Sergeant, what are you doing? Move out of the…” he glanced back towards Williams, rolled his eyes, and added “…way”
“Well done sir” said Williams as his captain slid back inside.
“Shut up Sergeant.”
“Yes sir.”
Coulson didn’t need telling twice: he pressed the accelerator and the van juddered down an alleyway, just in time for the police car to roar past…
Coulson immediately reversed, blocking the road behind his commanding officer, as Alice and Florrie rounded the corner. Alice, being Alice, leaned out of the car and unloaded her pistol at the van. Fortunately, the owners of the vehicle knew what sort of environment it would be used in: the van was unharmed.
Inside the van, Lt. Cain fired back a couple of shots, forcing Florrie to swerve. “Go Forward!” He yelled at Coulson. Coulson looked confused. “Sir?”
“Trust me”
Coulson shrugged and obeyed orders. Florrie recovered and raced past, or did her best: the car was running on rims on at least one wheel, and the engine was bleeding smoke: several possibly essential engine parts were now on the roadway…
“Now what sir?” Coulson asked, as they watched the gangsters pass behind them.
Cain pointed through the windscreen. “Wait”
A few seconds later and the blue police car passed the end of the Alley.
“Go!” Shouted Cain, but the Sergeant was already accelerating. They emerged from the alley and blocked the main road, just in time…
Once again, Alice screamed and leaned out of the window, pistol in hand…
Click… click…click…
She looked at the gun, horrified.
“You need to reload occasionally.” called Cain “Shall we arrest you now, or later?”
There was a “clang” as the empty pistol bounced off the door of the van, followed by Alice giving her opinion of the police operation. They listened for a while.
“I don’t think they have a swear box” said Coulson at length.
“If they do, It’ll be full this evening. Do you think the Captain got away properly?”
“I reckon.”
“Me too, let’s go back and arrest those idiots back there. We’ll have to take them to hospital first, mind…”
Once again, the RNAS police have -just- managed to save the day. However, with the amount of cash at stake, I doubt the Forty Elephants will stop trying to capture the artefact. Will they succeed? Find out in the next episode of “The Ivory Falcon“…
The Royal Navy Air Service Police have once again rescued the mysterious Ivory Falcon from the Forty Elephants street gang. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the smooth operation they had hoped for; Alice Diamond and Florrie Holmes saw them, and are in hot pursuit of Captain Bryant and Sergeant Williams.
Backup has arrived in the form of Sergeant Coulson and the dashing Lieutenant Cain, who have tried to ram the Forty Elephants car with an armoured van…
Partly because of this, our heroes are able to pull away from their pursuers, and it looks like they may be able to being the Ivory Falcon to Safety…
However, The Forty Elephants gang are also ready in support of their leader, and the other members of the gang are setting up an ambush. Unfortunately for our heroes, they have chosen the exact spot Lt. Cain and Sgt.Coulson were planning their own ambush on the Forty Elephants, as the Lieutenant discovers when he stumbles on the gang’s preparations….
Lt. Cain’s first feeling was that this was most unfair: not that there were three against one: he had been in many a brawl with worse odds, and Mary Carr for some reason had elected to run towards him instead of shoot, so she wasn’t going to be any trouble for a few seconds. It was rather that using force on a woman as petite as Florrie was like shooting a puppy, even if she was grabbing a dainty six-shooter from her handbag and clearly intending to use it. He sighed.
“Put it down Florrie, I don’t want to hurt you” he tried.
It didn’t work; Florrie pointed and squeezed the trigger. The bullet smashed the window in the van.
“If ever you learn to aim, you might be dangerous” Said Cain. He’d let go of his rifle from his right hand and now unclipped his standard issue police truncheon, and threw it straight at Florrie, who took it to the chest and collapsed like a deckchair.
This done, he turned his attention to the next threat: Jim, but he was apparently still several seconds behind events. Mary Carr on the other hand was approaching furiously and at speed. Cain lifted his rifle again, butt first, and let her run into it, as she folded over it, he followed this up with a blow to the back of the neck.
Now there was just Jim, who had finally got up to speed.
“Right, copper” said Jim. “How do you think you’ll do fighting a real man?”
“Dunno.” Replied Cain, looking at his watch. “When will he get here?”
Perhaps fortunately, Sergeant Coulson had got the van started, and it roared around the corner at this point.
“When will who turn up?” asked Jim, looking around confused. Then it dawned. “You…” He raised his gun, but Cain had been ready for that and plugged him in the leg as he jumped on board…
Bryant and Williams rounded the corner to find the street full of vehicles, barricades, and a groaning Jim Bullock. Bryant swore, then looked at Williams. “You didn’t hear that, sergeant.”
“Didn’t hear anything, sir.”
Bryant leaned out of the window, “Sergeant, what are you doing? Move out of the…” he glanced back towards Williams, rolled his eyes, and added “…way”
“Well done sir” said Williams as his captain slid back inside.
“Shut up Sergeant.”
“Yes sir.”
Coulson didn’t need telling twice: he pressed the accelerator and the van juddered down an alleyway, just in time for the police car to roar past…
Coulson immediately reversed, blocking the road behind his commanding officer, as Alice and Florrie rounded the corner. Alice, being Alice, leaned out of the car and unloaded her pistol at the van. Fortunately, the owners of the vehicle knew what sort of environment it would be used in: the van was unharmed.
Inside the van, Lt. Cain fired back a couple of shots, forcing Florrie to swerve. “Go Forward!” He yelled at Coulson. Coulson looked confused. “Sir?”
“Trust me”
Coulson shrugged and obeyed orders. Florrie recovered and raced past, or did her best: the car was running on rims on at least one wheel, and the engine was bleeding smoke: several possibly essential engine parts were now on the roadway…
“Now what sir?” Coulson asked, as they watched the gangsters pass behind them.
Cain pointed through the windscreen. “Wait”
A few seconds later and the blue police car passed the end of the Alley.
“Go!” Shouted Cain, but the Sergeant was already accelerating. They emerged from the alley and blocked the main road, just in time…
Once again, Alice screamed and leaned out of the window, pistol in hand…
Click… click…click…
She looked at the gun, horrified.
“You need to reload occasionally.” called Cain “Shall we arrest you now, or later?”
There was a “clang” as the empty pistol bounced off the door of the van, followed by Alice giving her opinion of the police operation. They listened for a while.
“I don’t think they have a swear box” said Coulson at length.
“If they do, It’ll be full this evening. Do you think the Captain got away properly?”
“I reckon.”
“Me too, let’s go back and arrest those idiots back there. We’ll have to take them to hospital first, mind…”
Once again, the RNAS police have -just- managed to save the day. However, with the amount of cash at stake, I doubt the Forty Elephants will stop trying to capture the artefact. Will they succeed? Find out in the next episode of “The Ivory Falcon“…
Punkawallah
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