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Carl Hackman

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Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Children's

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Born in Folkstone, England in 1961, Carl grew up in many different locations, including Zambia, Africa. He spent most of his school years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, where his extended family lived. He will be the first to admit that he was never a great student, but he did love reading. The last thing he would ever have imagined during his time at school was that he would achieve his dream of seeing his name on the cover of a published novel.

After serving eighteen years in the British Royal Navy, Carl was medically discharged with a broken back and started his first novel. He had almost completed it when he had to put it aside to earn a living wage. He taught himself Visual Basic and became a computer programmer. Although it paid enough to l ...more

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Airfix Chipmunk T10 1:48 – Full Build – Part 1

In this, the first in the build series of the Airfix Chipmunk T.10 in 1:48 scale, we construct and install the cockpit. There are some issues, but it may also just be me being new to scale modelling.

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