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Old 17th October 2006, 21:30
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...............For instance, Noch advertise 'Sunbathers (Realistic look)' and 'Sunbathers (Good looking)'. I'm at something of a loss as to understand why any modeller would need to know the distinction! Preiser advertise 'Malicious Glee' in G scale, whatever malicious glee would be I haven't a clue................. .
Curiosity got the better of me and I decided to do a bit of research. The "Realistic look" sunbathers are middle-aged, flabby and rather rotund whilst the "Good looking" sunbathers are young, bronzed and in the case of the girls.......pneumatic I can imagine your choice of figures would depend on the location of your layout.......Southend or the South of France
"Malicious Glee" is nothing more than a man laughing at an unfortunate woman who has fallen on the floor .........I sometimes wonder how the German mind works

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Originally Posted by Trev
But the one that really struck me was the Preiser G scale figure of the Pope. I mean...why? ...........................
As I said..... "I sometimes wonder how the German mind works"
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