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Started by grumbler, March 20, 2013, 07:45:17 AM

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Neil

#30
March 21, 2013, 07:34:00 PM
The Canuck did an amazing job of what it did:  Flying around and not actually shooting anything down.  Compare that to the Su-15.
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grumbler

#31
March 21, 2013, 08:05:21 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 21, 2013, 07:34:00 PM
The Canuck did an amazing job of what it did:  Flying around and not actually shooting anything down.  Compare that to the Su-15.
:lol: Touche.
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Razgovory

#32
March 21, 2013, 08:54:33 PM
Some of those American interceptors weren't much good either.  Like the Starfighter, which had a nasty tendency to kill Germans.  Which would be good during WWII, not the Cold War.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Ed Anger

#33
March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.
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PDH

#34
March 21, 2013, 08:57:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

Just remember to not eject from the early models on takeoff.
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Ed Anger

#35
March 21, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 08:57:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

Just remember to not eject from the early models on takeoff.

It burned on the runway. There was a tragic pouring of model glue and a lit match thrown on it. Damn jap sabotage.
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Barrister

#36
March 21, 2013, 09:00:26 PM
That is such a great story I'm 100% positive it was posted on languish before.
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#37
March 21, 2013, 09:01:53 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

Couple of my favs has always been the F-5 and the Mirage III
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#38
March 21, 2013, 09:05:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 21, 2013, 09:00:26 PM
That is such a great story I'm 100% positive it was posted on languish before.

I know. My model stories are fantastic.
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Viking

#39
March 21, 2013, 09:12:04 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

I actually had a model starfighter in luftwaffe colours... my dog ate it. The whole process seemed highly appropriate.
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Razgovory

#40
March 21, 2013, 09:12:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

Bet you could stab someone with it.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#41
March 21, 2013, 09:14:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

When I was a kid, most of my modelling were aircraft carriers, but as far as airframes went, I'd grab ever F4 Phantom package I could find in any scale.  Yes, even the Kraut ICE version.

Although my room's pride and joy was a monster 1/48 scale Revell kit of a Rockwell B-1 Bomber before it went into production.  Hung it from the ceiling, it was too big to put anywhere.
Actually, it turned out being my Dad's pride and joy, as it was so maddening to put together, he assumed assembly duties personally.  :lol:

Ed Anger

#42
March 21, 2013, 09:19:18 PM
I loved Battleships. The South Dakota was my pride and joy. Except for the heavy use of glue on the aft turrets.  :blush:

The Graf Spee ended up burning in a kiddie pool in the backyard. Damn Limeys.
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mongers

#43
March 21, 2013, 09:21:48 PM Last Edit: March 21, 2013, 09:23:55 PM by mongers
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 21, 2013, 09:14:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 08:55:38 PM
I loved the Starfighter. Even had a model kit and obsessed over it.

When I was a kid, most of my modelling were aircraft carriers, but as far as airframes went, I'd grab ever F4 Phantom package I could find in any scale.  Yes, even the Kraut ICE version.

Although my room's pride and joy was a monster 1/48 scale Revell kit of a Rockwell B-1 Bomber before it went into production.  Hung it from the ceiling, it was too big to put anywhere.
Actually, it turned out being my Dad's pride and joy, as it was so maddening to put together, he assumed assembly duties personally.  :lol:

Yeah those era kits especially the Brit and American companies were often not that well made, I guess in part because of the stiff developing injection moulding technology.   

Much modern stuff, even from the mass market companies, goes together rather well.  You can get a 1/24th Mosquito from Airfix for a decent price:



http://www.hyperscale.com/2011/galleries/mosquito24js_1.htm



Yeah I also made a Starfighter, I think it was a revell.

And I also had an concept rock album about the german Starfighter scandal, I kid you not.   :cool:

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11B4V

#44
March 21, 2013, 09:25:33 PM
 :punk: Mosquito Mosquito AWESOME AIRCRAFT. Looks good.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".
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