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Tango0123 Sep 2026 1:40 p.m. PST

"On the run into Xmas, I have allotted my current modelling time to working on some projects for friends and fellow naval enthusiasts, which for one of them has seen me embark on some work to produce some seventeenth century fireships for my pal 'Captain Steve' whose company I have enjoyed on several of my own French Revolutionary and Napoleonic projects, but whose real passion is for an earlier period in the age of sail that has seen him dallying with Mr Barry Hilton's amazing models that accompany his Mad for War rules, and which I have enjoyed seeing up close at shows like Partizan in previous years…"

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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP24 Sep 2026 10:39 a.m. PST

Very interesting. One of my former high school students wrote his PhD dissertation on fireships.

Tango0124 Sep 2026 5:43 p.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my good friend…

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