Author Topic: Old Model kits (Read 1054 times)

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2007, 08:53:50 AM »

Holy crap there's 209 web pages of models on that site?

FiLtH · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2007, 10:24:08 AM »

Ya thats the B17!

As yes I remember it showing how to make it look like it came in on one wheel and bending back the props on the low wing. Really looked cool. I never built it though.

Jester · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2007, 12:59:12 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Hey Jester, did the one you got come with a pamplet in it with a diorama of a built kit that was battle damaged? One of the kits I bought had that in it and I used to stare at the damn thing for hours, drooling over that diorama. Oh man, the memories.

Yea, had the ones for the B-24, C-47 & B-29, Sherman and several of the German Tanks as well. The Dioramas made by Shepard Pane were just master works of art. Tried several myself but never had any come out looking like his.

cpxxx · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2007, 02:05:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
From 1978 until 1985 I had the wild idea that I was going to build one of every type plane that had ever been in the USAF inventory since 1947. I was young then and didnt realize what huge project that would be. Some of them werent even available in kits.

I tried to do something similar with the Irish Air Corps, luckily there were only about 47 types in their entire history. In fact they the total number of aircraft that ever flew with the Air Corps since 1922, comes to about 328.

Trouble was they always seemed to have some obscure type you had to scratchbuild or an odd variant of a popular type you had to convert and had hardly any American types. No US military assistance or lend lease for Ireland.

Needless to say you could never buy a kit of an Irish Air Corps aircraft. Still can't.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2007, 07:19:37 PM »

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Originally posted by cpxxx
I tried to do something similar with the Irish Air Corps, luckily there were only about 47 types in their entire history. In fact they the total number of aircraft that ever flew with the Air Corps since 1922, comes to about 328. Trouble was they always seemed to have some obscure type you had to scratchbuild or an odd variant of a popular type you had to convert and had hardly any American types. No US military assistance or lend lease for Ireland.

Needless to say you could never buy a kit of an Irish Air Corps aircraft. Still can't.

thats because they couldnt get american planes to run on whisky

Irish arcraft however did come equipped with a fully operational keg of Ale

cpxxx · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2007, 07:36:02 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
thats because they couldnt get american planes to run on whisky

Irish arcraft however did come equipped with a fully operational keg of Ale

Yeah it was a design flaw with US aircraft that really needed fixing. BTW it's spelt WhiskEy:cool: None of your Scotch please.
Only the Brits flew with ale:eek: Strictly Guinness:p

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2007, 07:47:57 PM »

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Originally posted by cpxxx
Yeah it was a design flaw with US aircraft that really needed fixing. BTW it's spelt WhiskEy:cool:

You obviously havent had enough to drink yet tonight
I hereby find you guilty of being Irish and sober. You should be ashamed of yourself
You are hereby sentanced to 3 day confined quarters in the local pub with nothing to eat or drink but whiskEY and sodabread

Come back when your more drunk and spell it coeectly again

cpxxx · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2007, 08:07:57 PM »

Guilty as charged your honour. But in mitigation, I am on baby duty tonight. I have to give my wife the occasional night off and trying to feed little Jack while intoxicated is not good for either of us. Plus I'm flying tomorrow and a hangover mixed with a 160hp Lycoming is not to be experienced twice.

So I'll have to defer the sentence until tomorrow night. (Except for the soda bread)