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March 20, 2025 at 4:34 pm in reply to: General Discussion #254817

GEK
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Cheers Jim, but I’ve tried searching for suitably sized mailing boxes (including the post office website) without success.

Was it Corgi aircraft that you sent by post, and do you (unlikely I know) remember which box you used for which aircraft?

Geoff

March 20, 2025 at 4:34 pm in reply to: General Discussion #254698

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Had a look at your link Tony, but unfortunately I can’t see boxes of a suitable size for the aircraft I have to send, also I don’t need more that 2 of any one size, and online mailing boxes often come in multipacks which would be a waste.

Anyway, thanks for the link.

Geoff

March 20, 2025 at 4:34 pm in reply to: General Discussion #254666

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Use corrugated cardboard to wrap the boxes, then wrap that in Kraft paper. I use that method for plastic kits on a regular basis.

Cheers Bruce, I think that’s what I’ll do for the aircraft that are in their own cardboard boxes.

Geoff link was just to give you an idea, ask at your local corner shop, they probably bin lots of boxes you could use.

Single boxes

http://www.staples.co.uk/search?keywords=Postal+Boxes&x=-721&y=-207

Good idea, for the aircraft with clear plastic uppers, think I’ll have to get some large boxes & then make my own box slightly larger & then fill the gap with something to stop the plastic getting staved in.

Geoff

February 6, 2021 at 5:29 pm in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765176

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Thanks

February 6, 2021 at 5:27 pm in reply to: Mystery relic #765177

GEK
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If the date and cause are right, how the location came to be wrong is a puzzle. But as we all know, these things happen.

February 5, 2021 at 8:09 pm in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765185

GEK
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dhfan – I normally forget to change the clock on my camera when the clocks go back/forward, not something you think of is it!

Trumper – do you have links to their FB pages please?

February 5, 2021 at 5:22 pm in reply to: Mystery relic #765189

GEK
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Spent an idle evening doing some Google research on this incident recently & came up with something interesting. Could this piece of fabric have come from a B-24H 42-50347, from the 703rd BS, 445th BG, which was lost with all 24 on board when it exploded in mid-air near Liverpool. Apart from the location written on the fabric, the rest of the inscription fits.

I did find an image on Google which is said to show 42-50347. The image shows the upper surfaces which are olive drab except for the flying surfaces on the wing which are silver.

Any thoughts?

Geoff (formerly von Perthes)

February 5, 2021 at 4:44 pm in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765194

GEK
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Think the first photo was just a general Duxford visit, but I may be wrong.

The second and third photos were taken at the Duxford ‘Merlins Over Malta’ event in May 2004.

Geoff

February 5, 2021 at 11:17 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765200

GEK
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Hi, nice to see you’re still around. JDK moved to Australia while I was still here, and I remember Steve’s accident. I remember Rob starting his own forum, but I think that folded.

Geoff

February 5, 2021 at 10:04 am in reply to: How the mighty has fallen (Quiet) #765202

GEK
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I used to be a regular contributor on the old forum in the early to mid-2000s as ‘von Perthes’, and I’m just wondering if any of the old gang, Rob Leigh, Andy in Beds, JDK, Snapper etc. are still around here, or have they decamped to pastures new? Anyone have an idea where I might find them these days?

February 5, 2021 at 8:52 am in reply to: What, where and when! #765209

GEK
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Many thanks for your response. The person in the photos is me, and as far as I can remember it was some sort of ‘open cockpit’ pass that we had. I also had it in mind that it might be Newark, but wasn’t at all sure.

Just to show how bad my memory is on this, for a long time I’ve thought that the first photo was the Vulcan too. I can remember being in the Vulcan cockpit, and getting in/out, but have no other memories of the visit.

I think the visit was organised on the old forum, but I can’t remember who else was on the trip. Would be nice to see some more photos from whoever else was there, but I guess none of the others are around here any more.

Cheers

Geoff

May 26, 2015 at 2:54 pm in reply to: First post – research about a Halifax #903140

GEK
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Will be interested to see how this thread unfolds, as the pilot of another 427 Sqn Halifax (DK225)lost that night, F/Lt Keith Webster RAF, came from the same town as me.

May 12, 2015 at 11:46 am in reply to: Marham Cemetery help required. #913211

GEK
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Sqd Leader, George Visan & Wing officer, Suzanne Visan, June 1998.

http://gazette.uk.globe24h.com/0/0/london/1998/11/27/55323-0-2903.shtml

Geoff

June 2, 2014 at 8:49 pm in reply to: Posting Corgi etc. diecast aircraft – advice needed re how to pack. #1852298

GEK
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Use corrugated cardboard to wrap the boxes, then wrap that in Kraft paper. I use that method for plastic kits on a regular basis.

Cheers Bruce, I think that’s what I’ll do for the aircraft that are in their own cardboard boxes.

Geoff link was just to give you an idea, ask at your local corner shop, they probably bin lots of boxes you could use.

Single boxes

http://www.staples.co.uk/search?keywords=Postal+Boxes&x=-721&y=-207

Good idea, for the aircraft with clear plastic uppers, think I’ll have to get some large boxes & then make my own box slightly larger & then fill the gap with something to stop the plastic getting staved in.

Geoff

June 2, 2014 at 7:02 pm in reply to: Posting Corgi etc. diecast aircraft – advice needed re how to pack. #1852343

GEK
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Had a look at your link Tony, but unfortunately I can’t see boxes of a suitable size for the aircraft I have to send, also I don’t need more that 2 of any one size, and online mailing boxes often come in multipacks which would be a waste.

Anyway, thanks for the link.

Geoff
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