From the daughter of a Soldier.

[silentC]

Don't worry, the German's had their own ugly ducklings:

[stevebaby]

still when it comes to ugly no one beats the French.

P 38 Lightning?

[bennylaird]

nice in an ugly way

[silentC]

when they got broken you could hang them from the clothesline and set them on fire

Me and a mate used to pull old TVs out of the tip and get the capacitors. If you picked the right ones, you could put a 240volt charge through them and they would explode like detonators. Somewhere I have a video that we took with my Grandfather's portable video camera (portable!! you should have seen the size of the thing) in which we inserted a capacitor into the body of a model of a Bristol Bulldog and connected it up to the power. Awesome! Well, we thought so at the time

[stevebaby]

Don't worry, the German's had their own ugly ducklings:

Where's the other half?

[bennylaird]

Me and a mate used to pull old TVs out of the tip and get the capacitors. If you picked the right ones, you could put a 240volt charge through them and they would explode like detonators. Somewhere I have a video that we took with my Grandfather's portable video camera (portable!! you should have seen the size of the thing) in which we inserted a capacitor into the body of a model of a Bristol Bulldog and connected it up to the power. Awesome! Well, we thought so at the time

Was enjoying watching one burn in the sand pit, that is till I noticed the petrol can in my hand was on fire. Had a nice aircraft crash senario with a bushfire as well when I threw it down.

[stevebaby]

nice in an ugly way

Corsair?
I know my airfix!
Recently read a history of the invasion of Okinawa...The marines on the ground loved the sight of these things.

[bennylaird]

Ok when I break right you break left????? :eek:

[bennylaird]

P 38 Lightning?

Nah was thinking two things at once..... P38's are nice....

Will find some ugly French aircraft to post.

[bennylaird]

But a different slant

[Andy Mac]

Was that a Dornier? Yeah the P38 was a beautiful thang. Corsair, you're right, ugly but in a nice way! One of my models was a Junkers Ju52, a bit like a Dakota, light transport, but could have been made of corro!

Cheers,

[silentC]

could have been made of corro

It was. The skin was corrugated metal. Not unlike the Ford Tri-motor the yanks used to use for transport and parachute drops etc...

Tri-motor:


Ju 52:

[stevebaby]

Sheds with wings...I want one.

[bennylaird]

These are available as kits if you want to knock one up for your self. Not a lot of woodwork in them though.

[scooter]

Missed it. They show a bit of stuff on the History channel every so often. Most of the series off the BBC are available on DVD, so I might have a look next time I'm in the ABC shop.

Just did a quick google, Darren, it was called Spitfire Ace, here's a link.

Only had a quick look but seems there may only be a book of the series, doesn't seem available on DVD.

Someone may have taped it if you're lucky.

Well worth tracking down if you were keen on 'em.


Cheers................Sean