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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nopoop on January 10, 2004, 02:05:47 PM
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I didn't want it to come to this, I love my family..
But it has gotten to the point that I can't sit down and fly a sortie without being interrupted for some mundane task.
They are armed and have strict orders to shoot on sight. Yes the guns ARE small but they can draw blood at 10 feet..
You DON'T wanna mess with the machine gunner.
I have two family members sporting bandaides as a result of a recent attack.
It's drastic I know, but it works.
The grenades are on order..
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid98/p6b4a40e9502a75178ba3b0050e52e51a/f9ff06cf.jpg)
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These nazi toys freak me out... I saw a bunch of them ovcer the holidays at Toys R Us, what kind of a kid wants a Waffen SS Hauptsturmfuhrer with a Sturmgewehr..... Whats next? Bruno the camp guard?
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Lol, what kind of kid Grun ??
Ahh...me ???
What kind of kid has WWII airplanes with 2 foot wingspans hanging all over his ceiling ??
Guilty.
What kinda kid in this day and age has even a grasp or a passing interest in WWII aircraft ??
Very few.
Where is there input to spark and interest ?? A couple of movies maybe, no TV shows ??
Don't think it's targeted at "kids" in the age sense. Although it is targeted at kids..
It's as apolitical as flying in a German squad. I've had an interest in German militaria since I watched Combat, or Rat Patrol when I was a kid. I started collecting in 1967 in highschool. That has stayed with me to this day through modeling and collecting.
My wittle nazis are sporting new M35 and M40 uniforms that Santa gave them for Christmas. If you'd like to discuss the differences between the M35 and 40 ?? I'm the man. I have wittle decals ordered for their wittle helmuts..
I have reeeeeely wittle nazis in a diorama that was fun to build.
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid14/p62ab01bbba81bbb3fee5f8a9eea5205e/fddcfe67.jpg)
I have a helmut shell that's in the process of being finished by "the helmut painter" that is similar in appearance to this:
(http://www.thehelmetpainter.com/heer%20plain%20thumbs/heer-m42sd1a.jpg)
Have a small collection of militaria to display with it.
Have a M40 shell on order so I can try to duplicate his work, matching paint, fiddling..Decals inroute.
I also am collecting original Combat TV shows on tape..
What kind of kid ??
I'm a kid, though I am now forced to use fiber supplements in my diet..
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LOL :)
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I throw Nazi dolls in the prop arc of my r/c airplane. Its fun for the whole family.
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In the interest of balance Grun, Santa sent a 2 foot monster 4th Fighter Group Jug that I use to guard my Franz Stigler signed prints.
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid98/p097ad00356b9598f1256d854696321e7/f9fea8ce.jpg)
Great stories from that gentleman. He was shot down eleven times. Flew with Marseille when he was in JG 27. Flew 262's with JV 44 in the late war. What he has seen, what he has experienced. Makes the imagination go..
Though in person, he is very small in stature.
You might even call him wittle nazi :D
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Originally posted by SunTracker
I throw Nazi dolls in the prop arc of my r/c airplane. Its fun for the whole family.
The AMA would not approve... :)
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considering alot of people glamorize war.. I'm sure they sell like hotcakes.
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Sunking, good point of discussion.
Taking into account your statement.
What are we doing by "playing" this game ?
MS flight simulator would be much more politically correct..
We could have squads shooting ILS approaches instead of other pilots..
Playing and doing are two different things, I've done both.
They have no relation to each other. One is a hobby, one is a passion, whether it's collecting, modeling or "playing". Or putting up wittle army men to look at.
Playing is playing.
Playing is fun. That's all it is. It's not a statement of politcal affiliation, or a glorification of anything.
Thinking like a nine year old keeps one young. But on occasion, it is embarrassing to the family when we're out to dinner and I start shooting spit wads at the waiter out the straw that came with my umbrella drink..
Grandsons just about got it down.
Sometimes the umbrella drink comes with that cool wittle sword stuck in the cherry.
But that's another story..
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What I find interesting is that if I had three US Army Rangers from the Normandy campaign on top of my toybox, would we be discussing the glorification of war ?
Or would we be playing ??
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Nopoop I don't see having replicas or relics as an issue. Now if you idolized the Germans of that era to the extreme as some do then I'd be worried. Some still follow that way of thinking by the Germans during that era and frankly it's scary.
But then again we still have people in the US that follow the way of thinking of the South from the Civil War which is just as bad. I'd be a bit worried about them too.
Cool diorama though. I'm thinking of making a modern one with an F-15E and a hardenend aircraft shelter from RAF Lakenheath. The hangar would have working doors, lights, ect...I wanted to wire the aircraft models lights too but the light assemeblies are way too small for anything I can find.
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Try Radio shack (locally), or search the web, for LED light for your model / diorama...if those are still to big - try fiber optics...if you get crazy enough you can even light a cockpits guages with Fiber optics...lol
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Thanks Waffle..I was looking at using some of the doll house lighting. They've got some very small setups that could possible work for the aircraft itself. The hangar is no problem. I just have to do a mechanical drawing to figure out how to get the doors to more and stuff.
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Cobra hit the local oak furniture store. A "lawyers" bookcase is inexpensive and begs to filled with dioramas. Each shelf is big enough for a scene. Lighting is cheap and the case is narrow and tall and really presents well.
No dust no muss and they don't fall apart after being on top of a stereo speaker for a year. Case it, and it doesn't get broken, dusty or dropped.
Only took 40 years for me to figure it out.
Fun stuff, and the miniture lighting available as waffle said can do some great things for presentation.
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Originally posted by Cobra412
But then again we still have people in the US that follow the way of thinking of the South from the Civil War which is just as bad. I'd be a bit worried about them too.
Yeah, that 10th Amendment is a b*tch.
You're thowing a mighty big blanket, there, Cobra.
**thread hijack mode off**
Splash1
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Hey Dennis...Before you come in spouting off at the mouth take a second and think of little thing called slavery. It was a major issue and had alot to do with the Civil warand is now ILLEGAL. Is that clear enough for you to understand or should I say it again?
I could give watermelon if you southern boys wanna run around in little white hats and sheets. But slavery is gone and you can be racist if thats your choosing because yes it is your right but hey no one said that being ignorant was against the law.
My point wasn't in regards to the south wanting to be independent it was directed towards slavery.
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Originally posted by Cobra412
My point wasn't in regards to the south wanting to be independent it was directed towards slavery.
So why didn't you just say that?
Personally, I'm for a constitutionally limited federal government, and more power in the hands of states and individuals. That also puts me in lockstep with "the way of thinking of the South from the Civil War." That scares you?
Well, being from California, I see how you could be frightened by more power in the governor's hands. :rofl
Yeah, I figured you were basing your condemnation of mid-19th century Southerners on an over-simplistic view of the Civil War. I just thought I'd call you on it.
It just gripes me when people make blanket statements like that. Particularly comparing Southerners to Nazis. In point of fact, there weren't very many states North or South you could call poster children for race relations in the 1860s.
Off soapbox.
Splash1
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Dennis I didn't figure someone would my statement as being against allowing a state to be independent. Thats why I didn't say slavery directly from the beginning. Even Texas has fought to be there own independent state and there's nothing wrong with that.
My only issue would be if folks (a government)went to the extreme as in slavery and segregation again. I've lived in a southern state and saw and heard how some thought and that in fact disturbed me. You'd think they wanted to go back days of castles and dungeons.
I should have said some of the people and been more specific about the subject. And I wasn't directly relating Nazi's to Southern folks. I was speaking about the thought processes of some from the each era. To be more specific the whole perfect race thing. I've ran into my fair share of KKK followers and some of them were to the extreme as believing in a master race. Maybe it's those individuals that are giving the South a bad name. Problem is there seems to be awhole lot of them. It only takes a few to ruin or damage something for everyone. And believe me I'm fully aware that the South isn't the only place with people like that. But again I was referring to a major event in our past only as an example. I just wasn't specific enough in what I wrote.
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I watched Combat, or Rat Patrol when I was a kid
Poop ... I think you and I would get along just fine.
Those were 2 of my most favorite shows when I was a kid. Combat more than Rat Patrol.
Sgt. Saunders was the bomb and Cage with his BAR .... ouch !!!
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Slap go here:
http://www.rareserials.com/tv.htm
It had been thirty years since I saw an episode. Purchased 2 tapes or six episodes. I had forgoten how good the shows were as far as story line etc. Definately stands the test of time. The list of guest stars is amazing.
Then I found a fan site that reviews each episode. I have a couple that Vic Morrow directed. REAL good stuff.
Combat fan site (http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/main.html)