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Looking good. This quote from How the Scots Won the Civil War A McCrae may be of interest. Finding an army drawn up against him, Montrose sent a letter advising the townsfolk of his terms: Aberdeen was to be given up to him entire, or all who resist were to receive no quarter. As set forth...

I'm just getting myself organised to travel back up to Aberdeen this morning and have downloaded Buchan's Montrose to my Kindle to read at sea. Once I get settled in I'll revisit the books I mentioned earlier and have a look at what is written about the sack of Aberdeen. I know there's an...

Imagine living in the House of Commons, that's the thing of nightmares. Leslie's behaviour after Philliphaugh was probably one of the things he learnt in Europe during the TYW. This little conversation is putting me in the mood for rereading those books I mentioned earlier and getting out some...

Hope you don't mind me hijacking a bit more with this as it's sort of relevant and interesting, to me anyway because I live there. :D From the House of Commons Journal Vol. 4 31 October 1646. The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Bedall and Askew in Richmondshire, in the County of Yorke...

It could be worse. Imagine scratchbuilding and rigging a model of HMS Victory and painting it only to discover this..... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11908365/Restored-HMS-Victory-raises-eyebrows-with-new-pink-shade.html

Why Steve, what's wrong with that? :troll:

Boyhood hero Marquis of Montrose? I read Crown, Covenant and Cromwell, The Civil War in Scotland by Stuart Reid and How the Scots won the English Civil War by Alisdair McRae not too long ago which is why the bells were ringing... but yes, you gave some big clues. Roger.

Absolutely Steve. In all genres of modelling, figures aircraft and AFV's etc. you usually find the internet experts very really post their 100% accurate work.... I wonder why? Don't get me wrong I find discussion on uniform/clothing etc. interesting, it's the way some people go about it that...

Bells are ringing. Was the city Aberdeen?

No, the only thing we can do as figure painters is the best we can with the available information, let those that worry about such things and pontificate on the internet stress themselves for no reason while the rest of us enjoy our hobby. Roger.

Sounds like model club night.

I remember when we were issued our No.1 and 2 uniforms it took nearly all morning to match up everyone's jackets with their trousers there was such a variation in shades. That was 1981. That's why I don't take a great deal of notice of self appointed experts. Roger.

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There's a bit too much ass chapping going on round here.... who's next? I've got a few candidates.

You don't know what aerial is the code word for do you? Leave my chapped ass out of this.