The June issue of Airfix world has a build thread on the mk22 1/72 kit

My next Spit is the 1/48 mk12
For my sins I am trying to prove that an Airfix Battle can be made to resemble an aircraft at the moment! It is close to leaving a first floor window at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

CIRCUS 6, I don’t know but it is to early for speculation. I would rather we did not go down that path again but wait for the AAIB report.

Having visited you in the past. I received a warm welcome and a patient answer to my damn fool questions! Health now prevents me from visiting again,but I wish you all the best in what has not been the best year for you.

Good Luck(and good weather)

Paul

R.I.P. Trevor. My thoughts are with with your friends and family. Another blow for Shuttleworth as well.

My contribution is this

TOMMY

by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

I went into a public-‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer,
The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.”
The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I:
O it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”;
But it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but ‘adn’t none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-‘alls,
But when it comes to fightin’, Lord! they’ll shove me in the stalls!
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, wait outside”;
But it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide,
The troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide,
O it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide.

Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap;
An’ hustlin’ drunken soldiers when they’re goin’ large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin’ in full kit.
Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?”
But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll.

We aren’t no thin red ‘eroes, nor we aren’t no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An’ if sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints;
While it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, fall be’ind”,
But it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind,
There’s trouble in the wind, my boys, there’s trouble in the wind,
O it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind.

You talk o’ better food for us, an’ schools, an’ fires, an’ all:
We’ll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don’t mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow’s Uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!”
But it’s “Saviour of ‘is country” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
An’ Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool — you bet that Tommy sees!

The loss of USS Indianapolis was an absolute c&ck up by the US Navy. So many mistakes such as letting her go unescorted. Lack of concern over her being overdue and ignored distress messages caused the tragic death of so many lives. It need not have happened but in war so many things look different in hindsight. Still a sad loss to a fine ship with an illustrious war record.

The view of ARRSE on this all 27 pages so far. The language is mainly pretty obsene in parts.

So if you are bored
http://www.arrse.co.uk/intelligence-cell/183938-bar-coventry-turns-away-soldiers-1st-battalion-royal-welsh-before-funeral.html