On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:07 PM, John Freeman<[email protected]> wrote: > OK, so actually this is a PzKpfw lll "Afrika Corps" in desert colors. But it > was part of a sanity program. Indulge me, please, as I explain. > > My sister had a new knee installed, which meant she needed considerable care > for some time. We were it. That part was not much fun, but here is the > really bad part--she lives in Henderson Nevada, beside Las Vegas. Too hot. > Too dusty. Too dry. Too ugly. Bottom line--you couldn't pay me to live > there. Please now--no letters from those of you who live there and love it. > I am glad you love it--I am sure my beloved green, cool, Vancouver Island > would sink if you all wanted to live here. > > Anyhow, I did take along paper modeling tools and many pre-printed models as > a way to help forget where I was. This tiny Panzer Wagon in 1/72 is one of > Olli's creations. http://olli.maquettes-papier.net/ Olli has the talent to > make a very simple model, but one that is definitely recognizable. The > purists may quibble about some details, but the overall effect is accurate. > > You will find many models at Olli's site. In some of them the simplification > goes a bit too far for my tastes--square fuselages for airplanes--but many > are quite nice. They are all free, though for many of them Olli requests > that you write to him for a password. > > Home now, after two and a half months, and no less sane than when I > left--though that's not saying a lot. > -- > John and/or Marzlie Freeman > Check us out at-- > http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/
John, Glad you survived the ordeal. I can take that sort of hot weather for a very short time, but the change from Vancouver to Henderson must have been staggering. -- Mike Hungerford http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html A heinous crime, a show of force, (A murder would be nice, of course ...) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
