Model airplanes!

[DEMPSEY]

Marks Models is the shop in hawkin street. I have a dual kit got from santy last christmas with a messr 109 and a spit. Favorite is the Mustang cadilac of the sky.

[LordEoin]

yeah, back to the topic at hand. Airfix models...
We've a mark's Models in Cork too, but he's closed on mondays
I need balsa cement for my glider! 

[Dunkel]

Never realised how many nerdy guys are on this forum. 

Now where's my stamp collection?

[DEMPSEY]

Speaking of stamp collections had me one of them.

[Dara]

+1 on the lancaster. Although was more into the tamaya kits in my day - tanks and shit, lots of bits, glued fingers.

Dara

[DEMPSEY]

Now what would a looney doctor make of the fact I went for the lone hunter plane and ye went for carpet bombers

[LordEoin]

My favourite bmber was always the Stuka dive bomber.
Damn pretty machine


and whoever decided to make them scream at their victims was an absolute genious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZZ504TGDpE

Although for general airplane models the spitfire is great for painting because of the distinctive cammo designs


Christ! How did we do this without Google? books and things??

[LordEoin]

This is bringing back all sorts of flashbacks from 20 years ago, carefully painting exhaust smear around the outlets and wear marks on the leading edges... 

[DEMPSEY]

What about the Thunderbolt AKA the jug ugly plane but you could pepper it with bullets and it would still bring you home. I think it weighed 8 ton. Stukas without fighter cover were easy targets for hurrys and spits

[DEMPSEY]

Ye hsve me remembering other great WW2 planes. Voight Corsair was american fighter with a gull wings. Japs could not beat it. More crashed then ever shot down by the Japs.

[Will_D]

I like heli's both in kit form and also RC.

Here' a kit I did of the Cobra AH as flown in the first gulf war it was sponsored ny Malahide Rugby Club. I am down as gunner and my mate Steve (real Heli Pilot) is in the rear seat flying it!

[LordEoin]

The blades drooped on helicopter model I ever made

[lordstilton]

Last year I got to fulfil my childhood dream to fly a WW2 fighter..T6 Texan..lived up to all expectations

[DEMPSEY]

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i1cJIwE7M

[DEMPSEY]

Hey Will do you remember a Clint Eastwood/Richard Burton film "Where eagles Dare". 1968 in which the Nazi's had a mountain top castle and in true film story writing someone decided the best way the German Officers could get up there quickly was by Helicopter. But the Germans had no working models as this technology was only developing."No one will notice" say's the Director. Caused a mini storm among model buff's trying to find out what model it was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOFzswp9LEs