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Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 10:33:27 AM
Nice looking B25s Waffle.  Love the early Strafer model.  Now where's Toad? :)
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 10:36:45 AM
I was thinking the exact same thing! :aok
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Post by: Avenger8 on July 27, 2007, 10:44:41 AM
Niiiiice.

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/MitchTBF/b257.jpg)

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/MitchTBF/b251.jpg)
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: hubsonfire on July 27, 2007, 10:46:23 AM
Finally! A proper twin engined fighter for the US planeset. I'm tickled.
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 10:46:43 AM
Figuring it's a D although the C and D were almost identical.
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on July 27, 2007, 10:47:23 AM
Nice!
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 10:51:53 AM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Finally! A proper twin engined fighter for the US planeset. I'm tickled.


LOL no doubt you'll need to escort bombers :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/80th38s.jpg)
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 10:53:36 AM
Hubs would ask where the escorts were for those 3 bombers.... :noid
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Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 10:54:59 AM
Guppy, why does the one in that image have the teardrop antenna, while the one Waffle's made has the mast-to-mast wire setup on top of that?
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 11:04:53 AM
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Originally posted by Krusty
Hubs would ask where the escorts were for those 3 bombers.... :noid


That's hub escorting two 80th Headhunter twin engined bombers :)
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Stang on July 27, 2007, 11:09:16 AM
Is it just me or do the wings slant down just a tad too much from the engines?  

Either way, she looks great.

:aok
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Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 11:11:48 AM
It's just camera perspective, Stang. I had a 48th scale model of it a long time ago, and noticed the same thing. They look like they're angled down, but they're pretty much flat (no angle) outboard of the engines. It's a trick of the angles (or at least, it should be)
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Post by: 5PointOh on July 27, 2007, 11:14:50 AM
(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/pearl_harbor/ben_affleck/pearlharbor3.jpg)

Ben Affleck likes it, and so do I!
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Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 11:17:17 AM
C'mere 5.0, I need to brutally murder you, for all of humanity's sake.
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Post by: 5PointOh on July 27, 2007, 11:20:06 AM
I just wanted to brighten your Friday.:aok
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 11:22:12 AM
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Originally posted by Krusty
Guppy, why does the one in that image have the teardrop antenna, while the one Waffle's made has the mast-to-mast wire setup on top of that?


Cause that's what early 25s had :)

Thinking you just can't see em in the photo I posted.
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Post by: Avenger8 on July 27, 2007, 11:22:49 AM
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Originally posted by 5PointOh
(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/pearl_harbor/ben_affleck/pearlharbor3.jpg)

Ben Affleck likes it, and so do I!


John Wayne likes the B-25 too !

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/MitchTBF/wayne.jpg)
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Post by: AKDogg on July 27, 2007, 11:31:16 AM
u guys notice on the one image with all the damage that the flaps on left side are at a different angle then the 1's on the right?  I think they fixed the flap bug when they get damaged and disappear.
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Post by: Widewing on July 27, 2007, 11:39:33 AM
The serial number on the skin is that of a B-25D-5-NA.....

41-29948 thru 41-30172

My regards,

Widewing
Title: Re: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Citabria on July 27, 2007, 11:49:42 AM
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Quitch!  We've got a strafer! :)

Nice looking B25s Waffle.  Love the early Strafer model.  Now where's Toad? :)


whats this plane called quitch you speak of? :D
Title: Re: Re: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 12:10:32 PM
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Originally posted by Citabria
whats this plane called quitch you speak of? :D


Quitch?

Never heard of it :)
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Post by: Solar10 on July 27, 2007, 12:29:12 PM
Who let Dan fly it already?

(http://www1.hitechcreations.com/images/b25/b255.jpg)
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 12:32:09 PM
Looks fine to me.  Is there a problem with that 25? :)
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Post by: evenhaim on July 27, 2007, 12:36:03 PM
dan we said no b25 for you, youve already littered enough arenas with your p38s:eek:

lol jk

btw hows that thing flying no rudders half a wing and other side no alieron , 1 elevator gone , pure throttle control?
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 12:44:06 PM
Let's clarify :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/80th38s-1.jpg)
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Post by: Viking on July 27, 2007, 12:46:56 PM
It looks really nice :)
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Post by: Saxman on July 27, 2007, 12:52:25 PM
That 38 has WAY too many pieces still attached to be yours.
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 12:53:16 PM
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Originally posted by Saxman
That 38 has WAY too many pieces still attached to be yours.


On the way to the target :)

I'm allowed to have all my parts prior to engaging the baduns:aok
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Post by: Trikky on July 27, 2007, 12:57:18 PM
Is the damage model changing?.
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Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on July 27, 2007, 12:58:40 PM
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Originally posted by Saxman
That 38 has WAY too many pieces still attached to be yours.


He either borrowed or stole it, and he has not yet seen action in it. They never give him a new one, and the old ones that actually belong to him look like Frankenstien's monster all patched and pieced together. How do you think the SAPP disposes of beer cans? We recycle them as patches for his derelicts. Now you know why SAPP guys are always half drunk. They have to keep up with the demand.
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Post by: PanzerIV on July 27, 2007, 01:37:22 PM
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Originally posted by Avenger8
John Wayne likes the B-25 too !

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/MitchTBF/wayne.jpg)


woot, John Wayne would swallow Ben Affleck whole then regurgitate him once the stomach acid burnt his flesh off, then Ben's wife would leave him.
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Citabria on July 27, 2007, 02:00:09 PM
can't resist posting a pic of quitch since cats outa the bag on the B25 :)

heres your bird Toad. it couldnt be default skin as it has straffer specific details but I am submitting it as a player submitted add on skin :)

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x205/p38fester/quitch.jpg)

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x205/p38fester/quitch2.jpg)
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Post by: Souless on July 27, 2007, 02:05:15 PM
As per usual great work fester:aok
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 02:05:29 PM
Beauty!
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Post by: Avenger8 on July 27, 2007, 02:11:55 PM
Looks great !
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Post by: kennyhayes on July 27, 2007, 05:36:32 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Solar10
Who let Dan fly it already?

(http://www1.hitechcreations.com/images/b25/b255.jpg)


wtf no tail gun
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Krusty on July 27, 2007, 05:39:19 PM
"wtf it's a C/D version."

They didn't have tail guns silly :D
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: AWwrgwy on July 27, 2007, 06:11:13 PM
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Originally posted by Krusty
"wtf it's a C/D version."

They didn't have tail guns silly :D


Add the optional broomsticks.


wrngway
Title: Quitch! We've got a strafer! :)
Post by: Fencer51 on July 27, 2007, 06:24:39 PM
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Originally posted by Citabria
can't resist posting a pic of quitch since cats outa the bag on the B25 :)

heres your bird Toad. it couldnt be default skin as it has straffer specific details but I am submitting it as a player submitted add on skin :)
 


Good for you Fester, well done.
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 06:38:17 PM
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Originally posted by Krusty
"wtf it's a C/D version."

They didn't have tail guns silly :D


Jeez I wish some folks would do a little research of their own now and then :)
Title: Where is the issue?
Post by: TalonX on July 27, 2007, 06:43:38 PM
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Originally posted by Solar10
Who let Dan fly it already?

(http://www1.hitechcreations.com/images/b25/b255.jpg)


Next time I land and it DOESN'T look like this, I will have a party.

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Post by: Toad on July 27, 2007, 09:47:28 PM
Just got home.

This is a very welcome event, even it it does not come as a surprise.

My deepest thanks to all those that voted for the B-25 and supported it with posts.

Waffle, thank you very much for a great model. I truly appreciate it.

Cit, special thanks to you for a beautiful skin. I can't wait to show him.

I will be contacting him tomorrow and telling him for the first time. I didn't want to say anything until it was a reality.

It comes at a very good time. He's in damn good shape for a soon to be 87 year old man. Nonetheless, father time is taking it's toll. He still gets out now and then in his PT-26 although we don't let him go solo anymore.

Just recently though, my mom, his life partner since 1943...what a story that wedding makes. They had a agreed to wait to marry until he returned from the war. He was afraid of making her a war widow. In those early years of the war, the life expectancy of a combat pilot wasn't that great. (Of the 8 guys in the replacement group that shipped over, only he and one other came home.) She went with his sister to visit him in Columbia, SC just before he was due to ship out. They changed their minds and got married against the wishes of her family. They've been together without a hitch ever since.

Anyway, Mom was just diagnosed with her second bout of breast cancer. She survived the first one 37 years ago after a brutal surgery. It was all they knew at the time. She's due for another operation, although this one won't be nearly as severe. She's tough; I have high hopes for success.l

So, this comes at a good time. It will give them something to talk about instead to the 800 pound gorilla in the corner of the room.

My thanks to you all. HT, Pyro, Waffle, Cit ...all the gang. This means a lot to me.
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Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2007, 09:51:32 PM
Best wishes to both your mom and dad Toad.

Still hoping the 80th 38s can escort him some day in Quitch :)
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Post by: Stoney74 on July 27, 2007, 09:56:36 PM
Did anyone notice the oil smeared on top of the engine nacelle where its been hit?  Combine that with the obvious stepped up damage graphics, and I think it gives you a sneak peak at the future of Aces High.  Well done HTC!  :aok