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What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

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What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by onemac » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:00 pm

As the wife bangs and crashes her way through the production of today's gastronomic challenge, the kids have ensconced themselves in their child-caves to battle with the video games. I sit here having donned my ear defenders (the wife is singing), supping my christmas pressie from santa - two crates of beer. Windswept no less and produced less than 400m from where I sit. Yummy.

So what did you get? Anything connected with aviation? Go on, you know you want to tell...........

Al

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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:14 pm

Opened what i though was a new joystick for my PC, but turned out to be my old joystick box with 4 cans of beer inside! hahaha. Had 2 add ons for flight simulator, F-4 Phantom and F/A-18C, oh yeah and i finally did get a joystick!!!

Merry Christmas!
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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Mark Owen » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:42 pm

I got my usual Vulcan to the skys calendar and desk calendar I also got a Red Arrow DVD and book set as well as a Red Arrow notepad.

Regards.

Mark.
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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Mike » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:32 pm

A nce pottle of bort, it was smashin hic.

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Post by Mike » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:43 pm

Mike wrote:A nce pottle of bort, it was smashin hic.
I thought it looked expensive, it even had a cork in it.................http://www.cotswoldport.co.uk/viewprodu ... tAodsg4AFw

£89.95. EEEEKK !!

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Post by EGDR » Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:30 pm

Well I am very lucky this year!! Canon EOS 1100D camera with 18-55 and 75-300 lenses and bag. Also got an iPad dock and a few books, including a brilliant one on the Royal Air Force given to me by my Great Uncle, who "indoctrinated" me into aviation :P. Also got the traditional bits of clothing :lol:

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Post by MRTT » Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:01 pm

Got quite a few things today. Liked all of them lots

Usual 2014 Vulcan Calendar
Airfix NATO Ground Crew

I was happy with the amount of plane models I got though

Airfix 2013 RAF Tucano
Airfix 2013 RAF Tornado Dambusters
Airfix 1.48 Supermarine Spitfire
Revell Lockheed F16 Fighting Falcon
Revell Red Bull B-25 Mitchell
Revell Red Bull Corsair
Airfix Helicopter Support Gift Set
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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Unknown74 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 2:23 am

DVD of Iron Eagle 2 movie and the AFM Special Airbase USA.

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Post by Typhoon2 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:50 am

I got a 1/32 airfix spitfire MK VB, a 1/32 tiger moth, red arrows box set, a great book on the stories of pilots in world war 2, and a 35mm prime lens! A brilliant day!

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Post by flyingslug_0 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:05 am

My wife never fails. This year I got 12 months subscription for AFM. However it was my youngest son that surprised me the most, he had found and bought me 5 old "commando" comics dating back to the 70's. Took me right back to when I was a spotty little kid... Brilliant :thumbs:

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Post by Victor5 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:39 pm

Did very well this year, aviation related pressies included the Anigrand 1/72 Sentinel and a book about the Alize.
Non aviation highlight was a bottle of my fave aftershave.

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Post by nick197 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:03 pm

I got a few aviation related pressies like aTop gun mug and a Flypast mag, I mainly got car cleaning stuff though which i've been putting to good use today :thumbs:
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Post by pan trash » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:59 pm

Managed to get wifi acces to Skype call the wife and she had our 4 month old grandson on her knee. Cheered me up massively. Only two more weeks of sand and Taliban to go,WAHOO.

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Post by andygoole » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:18 pm

First base station. An old but good pro-2006.
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Uniden UBC3500XLT
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Realistic Pro-2006
Alinco DJ-X3e
Watson W-881 and WMSA-889
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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by aviationcafe » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:30 pm

From the immediate family:
Airfix 1:72 F-51D Mustang
1:72 Airfix Spitfire F22
1:72 Airfix Focke Wulf FW190

From the extended family:
1:72 Revell Avro Lancaster B.III "Dambuster"
1:72 Airfix English Electric Lightning F2A
Expo AB652 Starter Airbrush set with a 750ML Canister of propellant!

Best present of all was spending time with the family though!

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Post by Blackcat1 » Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:46 pm

Also got flight sim X on my birthday on boxing day! takes some getting used too compared to FS9!!
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Post by airfixpilot » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:14 pm

I got nowt :( :( :'( :'(
WATCHING & LISTENING IN LINCOLNSHIRE
Keep Calm & Carry On, Stay Positive & Chill.

Chill to Military Airband in the background with a coffee & Biscuits.
Listening into airband on the east coast of Lincolnshire.





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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Typhoon73 » Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:43 pm

My pressies :D :

3 RAF Mugs
Mirage Phone case
Mirage F1 Diecast model
RAF Calendar
Money for 50D
RAF Water Bottle
Few Aviation T-Shirts.

So all in all a cracking Christmas.

T73.
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RIP Len. Always missed. Never forgotten.

Jacob, 18.

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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by Mike » Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:31 pm

airfixpilot wrote:I got nowt :( :( :'( :'(
What, nothing at all?

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Re: What!!! No "What did you get for Christmas" Thread???

Post by welshmonitor » Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:42 pm

Just the usual, jumper & shirts for me ;)

But with the xmas money off my family I have just ordered a uniden BCT15X from Nevada Radio :thumbs:
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