The Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders
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I recently featured a photograph of a 1/1200th-scale model of a *Barnegat*-class
small seaplane tender. It spurred me to do some research into the class ....
27 minutes ago

Absolutely first rate! What an excellent start to the day, an antidote to pen-pushing indeed.
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ReplyDeleteVery silly...I like it
Cheers
Paul
Excellent - strongly reminiscent of the Bonzo Dog Band and Kinetic Wardrobe and associated silliness from long ago.
ReplyDeleteIntrigued by "don't like your tweed, sir" - that has such an inspired resonance that it sounds like the real thing - up there with "the cut of your jib" and similar. Worthy of adoption into the list of Genteel Insults for Wargamers.
I'm a convert!
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ReplyDeleteChin up! Pip, pip, and all that!
Best Regards,
Stokes
P.S.
Congratulations on finishing your training, Conrad.
Absolutely brilliant! A debt of gratitude for posting this. Might not have seen it otherwise.
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