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Old 4th Nov 2020, 8:47 pm   #26
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I'd spend ages setting up a lego town in the lounge with loads of the little Airfix toy soldiers, then after making some rudimentary gunpowder and placing it at stategic points in the town I'd go to Dads valve box and smash all the valves I needed to extract the heaters. (ECC82s were good - two heaters) Next the heaters were wired to a WW2 bomb panel, one heater per switch, all to a power supply. Next the heaters were inserted into each pile of gun powder. Must have taken an hour or two.

What's that film where the helicopters go in with music blaring? I was years before that as I threw each switch to give a satisfying blaze and the joy of a 30 second battle! Could never get the smell away before the parents got back.

Never enough explosions....


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