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March 31, 2025 at 11:57 am in reply to: Germany gets a Spitfire! #1115967

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More here http://www.flypast.com/view_news.asp?ID=1552

Hands up all those who fancy an Me109 in return…

:rolleyes:

We’ve got two, and a couple of ‘108s…. 😉

March 31, 2025 at 11:57 am in reply to: Your favourite WWII plane? #1115972

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I’ve also have a soft spot for the Dakota, tho I dont see that as a war plane for some reason!

Not even dropping paratroopers over France during the Normandy landings? A Bridge Too Far?

(I’m watching Band of Brothers on DVD at the moment, and I can’t help but think of the Dak as a significant combat aircraft!)

March 31, 2025 at 11:56 am in reply to: Your favourite WWII plane? #1115846

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Anyway, to answer your original question, it’d have to be a Spitfire Mk.I. The first “live” Spitfire I saw up close (as opposed to one sitting in a museum) was Mk.Ia AR213, when she was still at Booker in about 1993. She still had all her Battle of Britain film mods then (six-stub exhaust, internal bulletproof windscreen, four-blade propeller) but, to me, she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.

Failing that, though, a low-back Spitfire XVI. The first Spit I ever saw was a Mk.XVI, and it’s still in the same museum some 25 years later….

March 31, 2025 at 11:51 am in reply to: Your favourite WWII plane? #1114894

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Even though I could easily pick a dozen aircraft, if pushed I would choose the Spitfire Mk XIV lowback. I just love that Spitfire on steroids look coupled with that powerful looking Griffon stuck on the front. Can’t get enough of them!

Regards;
Steve

I like that description of the Mk.XIV lowback – Spitfire on steroids.

March 31, 2025 at 11:48 am in reply to: Spitfire Mk. T.IX (MODIFIED) #1114229

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Perhaps ‘cos PT462 & SM520 have Packard-Merlins ??

But so did PV202 (as was), and I think (but not sure) that ‘407 has an earlier-model Merlin engine fitted.

March 31, 2025 at 11:40 am in reply to: Introduction: (Robert Stanford-Tuck – Feature Film) #1112401

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Actually, I have thought of it. It’s called a “proof of concept” clip. There’s a CG company here in the States that wants to work on the project, but after seeing this, I PMed the guy who posted that video with a request for information about its creator. You may recall the film “TRON” from the 80’s? Steven Lisberger had a demo reel done, with which he approached Disney and got the project greenlighted. The exact same process was repeated with the film’s new sequel with the same result, and I know other films have been greenlighted in a similar manner.

I’m fairly sure that’s how Pearl Harbor got the green light.

Check out Dark Blue World for some brilliant combined CG/model work, though.

March 31, 2025 at 11:36 am in reply to: Introduction: (Robert Stanford-Tuck – Feature Film) #1111635

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I know it looks bad, but you have to take a few things into account:

1) It’s a foreign-language film. Subtitled, too. It’s a known fact that the vast majority of cinema-goers won’t see a subtitled film as it’s “too much effort to read what’s being said”!! :rolleyes:

2) It made quite a bit worldwide, especially in its home territory. And, of course, there’s things such as DVD sales to be taken into account. A film still recoups some of its costs by home media sales.

3) It’s low-budget (if I remember rightly, the total budget was less than $10,000,000).

4) It didn’t have many/any big names in it (Charles Dance aside, and Tara Fitzgerald has been in a few small indie films).

Having said that, I don’t think the recent Amelia Earhart (Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in the lead role, no less) did very well, either. But then, I haven’t seen it, so can’t comment on how good a film it is! 😮

March 31, 2025 at 11:36 am in reply to: Spitfire " Second Seat " Flights #1111639

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Several threads on backseat Spitfire rides already exist, listing the hows and whys. Look ’em up.

March 31, 2025 at 11:30 am in reply to: Wooden Spitfires #1110428

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There is/was a French-built, all-wood Mk.IX replica flying around a few years ago, also Allison-fitted. Not sure if it’s still kicking about, though.

March 31, 2025 at 11:30 am in reply to: Wooden Spitfires #1110436

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It has an Allison, hence the P-40 sound. 😉

I’ve seen video of this one flying, and I’d love to know figures for it, as it easily outstripped a Mustang!

March 31, 2025 at 11:27 am in reply to: "Force 10" Lancaster #1109817

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I know the BBMF Lanc was used in the Guns of Navarone

Really? I’ve got “Guns” on DVD, and I don’t remember seeing it. :confused:

March 31, 2025 at 11:21 am in reply to: Wooden Spitfires #1108605

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Here’s the French machine with its then-new engine (previously fitted with a 690hp Hispano engine)

I’m fairly certain (about 90%) that the engine is an Allison, but the nose profile certainly looks Griffon. I suspect that, with the original engine, there were some design changes to the location of the firewall, and this might not have been changed when the new engine was fitted, but I’m happy to be proved wrong.

March 31, 2025 at 11:21 am in reply to: Henschel 129 & Family History #1108536

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I’m right in thinking there are no surviving Hs.129s, aren’t I? Shame, as when I built a model many years ago, I thought it was a cracking looking aircraft, what with that big gun slung beneath the fuselage…

March 31, 2025 at 11:18 am in reply to: Random DX photo #1107795

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I’ve now just looked again, and got 22! :rolleyes:

March 31, 2025 at 11:18 am in reply to: Random DX photo #1107827

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I’m getting 20, also…
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