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  • May 23, 2005 at 3:27 am in reply to: General Discussion #388683
    Corsair166b
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    Dude, hate to break it to ya…the Queen was there three years ago when I went to see her….and here’s a hint…with all the breakwater rocks around her, I don’t think she’s going NOWHERE…

    M

    May 23, 2005 at 3:27 am in reply to: Whos going to see Star Wars? #1950870
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    Dude, hate to break it to ya…the Queen was there three years ago when I went to see her….and here’s a hint…with all the breakwater rocks around her, I don’t think she’s going NOWHERE…

    M

    May 22, 2005 at 6:50 am in reply to: USS America sunk #2048014
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    Just read this too and was gonna dig up the other thread on the America sinking, but this is easier…no photos released as yet, but she was sunk May 14th off the North Carolina coast (same place they sank my Coast Guard Cutter) in about a mile of water…it’s over on Yahoo if you want to check it out. Apparently she lasted 25 days before going under.

    M

    May 22, 2005 at 6:45 am in reply to: New documentary on F4U & Memphis Belle #1383527
    Corsair166b
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    Hmmmm…the Corsair one interests me (actuially they All do), but this might be a good one to add to my ‘Corsair Experience’ DVD which I will be ordering soon..

    M

    May 20, 2005 at 2:07 am in reply to: 1/32 Bristol Beaufighter #1387134
    Corsair166b
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    Revell AND Monogram (of course they are one now) just don’t make ’em like they used to, too much flash and gaps and badly fitting parts, and they’re getting their butts kicked by the Japs and some British/European kits….they need to re-do some of their molds and get things to fit better….only kit I found to be decent recently was the 1/48 scale Mustang painted up as either ‘Big Beautiful Doll’ or ‘Miss Marilyn’, the fit on that kit was pretty good…for only $8!

    M

    May 20, 2005 at 2:03 am in reply to: Who Was the Greatest Ace? #1387137
    Corsair166b
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    Hartmann, no contest….352 kills if I recall correctly…

    M

    May 18, 2005 at 4:58 pm in reply to: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress being looped #1389887
    Corsair166b
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    I heard from a B-17 guy out our way when visiting the B-17 ‘Sentimental Journey’ one evening that he saw a B-17 looped twice…before the wings came off…he said that’s how he knew (as did the rest of his crew) how many times a B-17 could be looped…

    M

    May 18, 2005 at 5:47 am in reply to: General Discussion #389967
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    The Piano man is obviously Elton John’s estranged son, so distraught over dear old Dad marrying another man that he tried to drown himself but obviously had second thoughts and has now decided not to talk to anyone….

    makes sense, does’nt it? 🙂

    Mark

    May 18, 2005 at 5:47 am in reply to: Who is the Mystery Piano Man #1951511
    Corsair166b
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    The Piano man is obviously Elton John’s estranged son, so distraught over dear old Dad marrying another man that he tried to drown himself but obviously had second thoughts and has now decided not to talk to anyone….

    makes sense, does’nt it? 🙂

    Mark

    May 18, 2005 at 4:58 am in reply to: Prospective Avro flying line-up? #1391100
    Corsair166b
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    AND the Boeing model 247…

    May 18, 2005 at 4:56 am in reply to: Prospective Avro flying line-up? #1391103
    Corsair166b
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    Someone with more knowledge than me do a Grumman list….

    And I know for a fact someone forgot the soon to be Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’…

    M

    May 18, 2005 at 2:23 am in reply to: 1/32 Bristol Beaufighter #1391113
    Corsair166b
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    I might give the Beaufighter in 1/48 scale a go here some day…but unfortunately my modelling is at a temporary end due to an unfortunate accident the other night…I was driving home with the air tank that I use to power my airbrush and took a corner too fast (no top on the Jeep in summer, no doors either) and the tank launched itself out the side of the Jeep, and of course busted off the nozzle that the airbrush line screws into…so until I fix that or get a proper compressor or whatever, no more models for me…besides, gotta save my money for my upcoming Corsair Gathering trip, and have you looked at the price of 1/48 scale high quality (Tamiya/Hasegawa) models lately? You’re LUCKY if you can find one for around $25, more often they get up near $40…but when I continue, a Focke Wulf 190, a Zero and a Macchi 202/205 are in the wings along with that Beaufighter…

    Mark

    May 18, 2005 at 2:11 am in reply to: La Ferte Alais pictures 15/05/2005. #1391116
    Corsair166b
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    Great shots ALL of them, the Cub is insane….take it the P-36/Hawk did’nt make it over?

    M

    May 17, 2005 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Two Bf109 F4s being restored to fly #1391465
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    Yep….looking forward to seeing Gordon’s new place later this summer…

    M

    May 17, 2005 at 3:37 am in reply to: Aviation Books that would make good films? #1393759
    Corsair166b
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    Not Affleck…he has no regard for WWII planes…heard him bitching that the WWII plane owners on ‘Pearl Harbor’ were too possessive and protective of their mounts for his liking…apparently ol’ Ben does’nt seem to know that THEY DON’T MAKE THESE BIRDS ANYMORE….well, most of ’em anyway…

    M

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