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My original Entex handheld "Defender," which I received for Christmas 1982, was the first video game playing device that I remember owning. Like many gifts from that same Christmas, it is long gone. Imagine my surprise this morning when I opened a gift from my wife containing a new (old) one. I'm going to relive the past while remembering the high score competitions that my dad and I used to have.

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GUEST PIC!: Sean's Artesania Latina 1/50th "Le Hussard" French Navy Schooner (circa 1848) by Mundster

I meet some really great guys through modeling. I sold Sean (or Siân in Welsh) a really fantastic Amati 1/72nd scale U-Boat and when I met him at his place he was relaxing outside, having a smoke, sitting in front of his recently acquired vintage 1978 BMW. A real cool cat.

But when I stepped in his place the first things I noticed, as you can't miss them, are his excellently done 1/32nd scale B-17 and his 1/100th scale Entex Boeing 747 Jumbo jet, all 28 inches of it! This man makes big models.

But Sean's finest model is long gone. He made a 1/50th Artesania Latina French schooner. Luckily he had a picture. This one, "Le Hussard", was 29 inches long and main mast came in at nearly 22 inches. It came with hundreds of parts, both wood and metal. And it ain't cheap.

The copy reads: A schooner of the French navy in 1848, Le Hussard was armed with two rotating carronades, one at the stern and one at the bow. This armament, combined with good manouvrability made Le Hussard a feared adversary.

Very impressive, Sean, very impressive indeed.

Oh, the epilogue ... Sean sold this belle for well in excess of $1000 to a collector.

Yowzah!

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Started with this early 70s era hobby shop dead stock "Entex" 1/24 plastic model kit from Evilbay. I was impressed with the small box for a big model, the crispness of detail/body shape & lines compared to the modern Minicraft iteration on hopelessly shot toolings, and how everything was so neatly packed within the less than 12in/30cm long (roughly the size of a small loaf of bread), heavy cardboard box. Only thing is, the murky picture of a crudely built kit on the box inspires little confidence.

I sealed the hood/trunk due to marginal detail underneath, detailed the interior according to guidelines from Bring A Trailer auction archive listings for both these and S-series Bentleys in "standard steel" coachwork, did basic underneath/full curbside detail, used Elmer's Glue to glue in the glass, used real steel axles from the last dregs of a wrecked AMT promo model GMT400 Chevy in place of the stock brittle styrene ones, replaced the decaying natural rubber tires with AMT Firestone Super Cushions, and detailed it in a very fitting color scheme of Humbrol Acrylic Spray "sterling silver" with vermilion red pinstripe/wheel discs and a well detailed 2-tone red interior with felt "shag carpeting", hand painted woodgrain, detailed gauges/radio/switches and US/CDN (NADA in Britspeak) lighting. Finished it off with an era correct California press photographer plate.

fiatDSC_0205 by Bill Abbott

Nitto/Entex 1/600 Boeing 2707-300 SST by Bill Abbott

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Nitto/Entex 1/600 Boeing 2707-300 SST by Bill Abbott

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NItto/Entex 1/600 Boeing 2707-300 SST by Bill Abbott

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Fiat_inst_1-9_DSC_0104 by Bill Abbott

Fiat_inst_10-16_DSC_0105 by Bill Abbott

renaDSC_0231 by Bill Abbott

renaDSC_0225 by Bill Abbott

Retrocade close-up by John Boissy

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, 1908 by MNKi

Entex, Wielka Brytania

Model pojazdu składany, malowany

Plastik, guma

Skala 1:16

MNKi/Mat/G/107

"Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost - luksusowy samochód osobowy produkowany przez brytyjską firmę Rolls-Royce w latach 1906-1926. Następca modelu 30 hp. Do napędu użyto sześciocylindrowych silników rzędowych o pojemności 7 litrów. Moc przenoszona była na koła tylne poprzez początkowo 3- a później 4-biegową manualną skrzynię biegów. Przez 20 lat produkcji powstało 7874 egzemplarzy Silver Ghosta. Samochód został zastąpiony przez model Phantom I."

Źródło: Wikipedia (http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Ghost)

Zdjęcia samochodu: www.flickr.com/search/?q=Rolls-Royce+Silver+Ghost%2C+1908

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Entex, United Kingdom

Folding model of the vehicle, painted

Plastic, rubber

scale 1:16

MNKi/Mat/G/107

"In 1906, Rolls-Royce produced four chassis to be shown at the Olympia car show, two existing models, a four cylinder 20hp and a six cylinder 30hp, and two examples of a new car designated the 40/50 hp. The 40/50 hp was so new that the show cars were not fully finished and examples were not provided to the press for testing until March 1907.[2]

The car at first had a new side-valve, six-cylinder, 7036 cc engine (7428 cc from 1910) with the cylinders cast in two units of three cylinders each as opposed to the triple two cylinder units on the earlier six. A three speed transmission was fitted at first with four speed units used from 1913. The seven-bearing crankshaft had full pressure lubrication and the centre main bearing was made specially large to remove vibration, essentially splitting the engine into two three cylinder units. Two spark plugs were fitted to each cylinder with, from 1921, a choice of magneto or coil ignition. The earliest cars had used a trembler coil to produce the spark with a magneto as an optional extra which soon became standard - the instruction was to start the engine on the trembler/battery and then switch to magneto. Continuous development allowed power output to be increased from 48 bhp (36 kW) at 1,250 rpm to 80 bhp (60 kW) at 2,250 rpm. Electric lighting became an option in 1914 and was standardised in 1919. Electric starting was fitted from 1919[3] along with electric lights to replace the older ones that used acetylene or oil."

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Ghost)

Photos of the car: www.flickr.com/search/?q=Rolls-Royce+Silver+Ghost%2C+1908

78 Toyota Celica Liftback Entex model by 84GT-S

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Entex Toyota Celica Liftback model. 1/20 scale. Model is RHD version.

78 Toyota Celica Liftback Entex model by 84GT-S

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Entex Toyota Celica Liftback model. 1/20 scale. Model is RHD version.

Raise The Devil Box Back (Entex 1980) by donald deveau

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78 Toyota Celica Liftback Entex model by 84GT-S