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  • in reply to: When was the last Spitfire Scrapped? #1263001
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    The father of one of my friends,who was an engine mechanic in RNoAF quite a bit ago told me that he had been witnessing a line of Spits parked outside being drained of all liquids, stripped of some parts,then a truck came with a few guys with blowtorches and they just cut the engine carriers right off,so the Merlins just plunged into the tarmac… The image in my mind thinking of it is horrifying! 😮

    in reply to: When was the last Spitfire Scrapped? #1263161
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    Mackerel…. I reckon you have been sniffing the etch-prime again!

    If so,he’s not the only one. There’s a reflection there with a fleeting image vaguely resembling a Spit… 🙂

    in reply to: Mosquito for BBMF? #1275139
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    There is a 1/24th scale Mosquito kit on the market, have a look here:
    http://www.heritageaviationmodelsltd.com/124_kits.htm
    Check out the big Vulcan to on the page. Most scary is the 1/24th Lancaster, its huge.

    Ollie,
    Thanks for that. Now I just found my Christmas present.. 😀

    in reply to: Mosquito for BBMF? #1277338
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    So Revell will bring out a Mosquito soon?
    The did a completely new Lancaster which will be out now, perhaps they will do a Stirling as well,

    Cees

    Fingers crossed for 1/24 scale.. 😀 (wishful thinking…but a bigger one than the 1/48-scale I have would be nice…:) )

    in reply to: Me 109 red 7 update #1285493
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    Couldn’t be in better hands, in my opinion. What a stable that would be – 3xBf109G, Bf108, Me262…. 😀

    Imagine the fly-by they could do… then you would really see a thing or two you haven’t seen before.. 😀

    in reply to: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE! #1285514
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    A little late,but… Happy Birthday Bruce. 🙂

    in reply to: Dambusters filming at Scampton #1308789
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    Huge? You could say that

    http://www.heritageaviationmodelsltd.com/124_kits.htm

    They also do a Mossie in that scale

    A must-have. Where’s my credit card?? 😀

    in reply to: Mosquito Aircrew Memorial stolen! #1312366
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    Throw them in jail and let them rot there till they die:diablo: 😡 But if forgion throw them out the country.

    I have a better preposition: You cannot throw them out of the country,as most will without doubt be born British. And,as previously said,Australia just doesn’t work anymore. But, why make prisons where they are now,i.e.centralized? Why not just find some small islands (preferably with miserable weather conditions :diablo: ) and make new Alcatraz’es…with good-old proper manual labour (after all it’s called punishment,not “hotel”). And make sure each “petty theft” they happen to do just add up…I.e. you steal a car,you get 6 months there. You steal (organized) 50 cars,you get 300 months off at a location NOT to your liking… As soon as word comes out of “that northern hell you get to” the fear factor comes into play.:diablo:

    in reply to: XH558….Today was the day #1317107
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    She wasn’t taking off,just look at the video… The old girl LEAPED into the air,eager to be where she wants to be! :D:D:D:D

    in reply to: Old pix -Beau,Mosquito and Tempest in London #1241685
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    I think the Mossie still exists… 🙂 ..I have it somewhere that she’s preserved at RAF Museum Cosford…

    in reply to: Valkyrie #1242240
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    His resemblance to Herr Stauffenberg is actually quite remarkable…especially with that somber look. 🙂 …I guess a must-see.

    in reply to: Gathering of Mustangs in the USA! #1243252
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    Got sunburned from the good weather Friday Sat Sun and blisters on me feet thru pushing Mustangs around . Will add photos as I get over the jet lag 😉

    this was taken Sunday Afternoon around 1pm

    http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k198/go4b17/Line-Sunday.jpg

    Is that the Scandinavian Historic Flight’s “Old Crow” or someone else’s? 🙂

    in reply to: Project for Divers? #1243882
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    a sub bottom profiller that can look through 40 meters of silt

    Interesting. Does this bit of kit tell you how far into the silt the target may be,too..? 🙂 And,does it handle sand/mud banks,too? There’s possibly a Halifax up here… almost with certainty silt covered,as the river feeding the lake in mention usually deposits quite a bit of material during the spring thaw… (although,from where it’s said to be it might be far enough away from the main depository of silt/sand/mud to only be lightly covered..)

    in reply to: Gathering of Mustangs in the USA! #1244202
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    Who cares about the number? 😀 Just LISTEN…! Close your eyes and you’re suddenly camping at the cliffs of Dover in ’44 with the boys going out… :diablo:

    RF769
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    Will a Hurrican do, taken by mi lad a couple of years back:D

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/Bruggen/IMG_7782.jpg

    Yet another awesome photo… 🙂 …but a FW or ME a little out in the distance coming in head on would make us get a view some had,but not all lived to tell about it…

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