From the daughter of a Soldier.

I was looking through some stuff packed away in boxes since I was a kid a few months ago and found my old Airfix catalogue. That was my bible when I was 15. I had been through and circled all the ones I wanted to get. I had half the RAF and Luftwaffe selected. Never liked the yank or Jap planes much. I had a thing for the BF 109E and the Ju 87 as well as the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster bomber. :o

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Originally Posted by silentC

Never liked the yank or Jap planes much.

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I had a model of a Corsair, which was a pretty grunty aircraft in its day. And the Lightning...P3?? with twin tail booms(empenage?) was a stylish, sleek looking thing.

Cheers,

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Originally Posted by bennylaird

If you want to help restore one?????:D


http://www.raafmuseum.com.au/

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I'd love to,but Pt Cook is a little too far to travel.
Someone in sydney is apparently restoring one,but I've never been able to track them down.
My old man was an armourer on Lincolns.There was an inspection imminent and one of the guns was u.s.,so the armourers made a replica.
After the inspection,noone wanted it so Dad brought it home for me.
It made the other kids,with their chrome plated cap guns,really jealous when I took it to school.
LOL,how long would an 8 year old last today,walking to school carrying a replica Browning .303 machine gun?

still when it comes to ugly no one beats the French.

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Originally Posted by silentC

I was looking through some stuff packed away in boxes since I was a kid a few months ago and found my old Airfix catalogue. That was my bible when I was 15. I had been through and circled all the ones I wanted to get. I had half the RAF and Luftwaffe selected. Never liked the yank or Jap planes much. I had a thing for the BF 109E and the Ju 87 as well as the Spitfire, the Hurricane and the Lancaster bomber. :o

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And when they got broken you could hang them from the clothesline and set them on fire.
Only the german ones of course.
How little we knew of the reality of aerial combat,and what brave young men they were.

Don't worry, the German's had their own ugly ducklings:

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/ww...20BV%20141.jpg

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Originally Posted by bennylaird

still when it comes to ugly no one beats the French.

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P 38 Lightning?

nice in an ugly way

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when they got broken you could hang them from the clothesline and set them on fire

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Me and a mate used to pull old TVs out of the tip and get the capacitors. If you picked the right ones, you could put a 240volt charge through them and they would explode like detonators. Somewhere I have a video that we took with my Grandfather's portable video camera (portable!! you should have seen the size of the thing) in which we inserted a capacitor into the body of a model of a Bristol Bulldog and connected it up to the power. Awesome! Well, we thought so at the time :o

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Originally Posted by silentC

Don't worry, the German's had their own ugly ducklings:

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/ww...20BV%20141.jpg

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Where's the other half?:D

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Me and a mate used to pull old TVs out of the tip and get the capacitors. If you picked the right ones, you could put a 240volt charge through them and they would explode like detonators. Somewhere I have a video that we took with my Grandfather's portable video camera (portable!! you should have seen the size of the thing) in which we inserted a capacitor into the body of a model of a Bristol Bulldog and connected it up to the power. Awesome! Well, we thought so at the time :o

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Was enjoying watching one burn in the sand pit, that is till I noticed the petrol can in my hand was on fire. Had a nice aircraft crash senario with a bushfire as well when I threw it down.

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Originally Posted by bennylaird

nice in an ugly way

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Corsair?
I know my airfix!:)
Recently read a history of the invasion of Okinawa...The marines on the ground loved the sight of these things.

Ok when I break right you break left?????:D :eek:

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Originally Posted by stevebaby

P 38 Lightning?

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Nah was thinking two things at once..... P38's are nice....

Will find some ugly French aircraft to post.

But a different slant

Was that a Dornier? Yeah the P38 was a beautiful thang. Corsair, you're right, ugly but in a nice way! One of my models was a Junkers Ju52, a bit like a Dakota, light transport, but could have been made of corro!

Cheers,

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could have been made of corro

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It was. The skin was corrugated metal. Not unlike the Ford Tri-motor the yanks used to use for transport and parachute drops etc...

Tri-motor:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...ront-Left2.jpg

Ju 52:
http://www.siegerland-airport.de/pic...lerie/JU52.jpg

Sheds with wings...I want one.:)

These are available as kits if you want to knock one up for your self. Not a lot of woodwork in them though.

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Originally Posted by silentC

Missed it. They show a bit of stuff on the History channel every so often. Most of the series off the BBC are available on DVD, so I might have a look next time I'm in the ABC shop.

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Just did a quick google, Darren, it was called Spitfire Ace, here's a link.

Only had a quick look but seems there may only be a book of the series, doesn't seem available on DVD.

Someone may have taped it if you're lucky.

Well worth tracking down if you were keen on 'em.


Cheers................Sean

Another series, from a book of the same name, Piece of Cake. Fictional but a good storyline with lots of Spits.

Thanks, I'll hunt them down.

Can't wait till my son is old enough to start building models. I'll buy him a Spit for his first go. My first was a Spit and so was my last - it was an Anniversary edition of the 1:72 kit and I bought it from the shop in the Imperial War Museum in London.

If you ever get a chance go to Duxford, so many aircraft so little time. And of course lots of Spits........