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Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by MikeT View PostBut you'll miss em when they are gone. Trust me I've heard it all while standing behind the counter. While maybe you could do the mod to that caboose but trust me 99% of the people that walk through the door that think they could do it but will bring it in and expect me to do it for them and of course fro free. Here's a example of one of our customers handy work and this guy was a engineering professor at the university here.MikeI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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It's somewhat ironic that the B-17 will always be the iconic American WWII bomber, while there were nearly half-again as many B-24 bombers built during the war. Roughly 12,700 B-17 bombers were built, and about 18,500 B-24 bombers.
Interestingly, three Liberators actually saw service with the German military during the war, after being captured by the Germans. These planes were used by a clandestine unit, KG200, which evaluated and sometimes used for operations, captured enemy aircraft. At one point, one Liberator was used to infiltrate RAF bomber formations at night, despite wearing Luftwaffe markings. In an odd twist of fate, though, this plane was lost to German anti-aircraft fire on April 6th, 1945.
That would be fun model to get some folks spun up at the flying field - the B-24 in WWII Luftwaffe livery.
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View Post
Loved the movie with Gregory Peck and always watched the TV series as a kid that I think starred Robert Lansing (man, talk about someone who was always Mr. Serious). That's why I gotta get a B-17. When FL came out with the B-24, I was sure they would follow it up with a B-17. Bought the B-24 in the meantime, kinda of hoping it would have been a B-17 :Angry:, but liked it so much I ended up buying both schemes. :Cool: So image how fast I'd buy a large FL B-17. Get to work boys, the clock is ticking, it's way past 12 o'clock high! :Bomb:
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I guess The Lanc is just too ugly and heavy to be reproduced in foam. It would have to be 2000mm or more. HK had one for awhile but it wasn't big enough and the CG wasn't correct and they ditched it. The sound of 4 Merlins must have been intoxicating. After the war they were used as coastal search planes for a short time. With no bomb payload they could fly really low....
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The Lanc looks related to the B-24 and I always -respectfully - thought it was homely. Hell, many of the men who flew and flew in them did too. The B-17 is just gorgeous to me. It's why I continue to hope for a FlightLine 2000+mm version.My YouTube RC videos:
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Originally posted by Aros.MotionRC View PostThe Lanc looks related to the B-24 and I always -respectfully - thought it was homely. Hell, many of the men who flew and flew in them did too. The B-17 is just gorgeous to me. It's why I continue to hope for a FlightLine 2000+mm version.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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LOL LOL
Brother, trust me. I do try. :Silly:My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by Aros.MotionRC View PostThe Lanc looks related to the B-24 and I always -respectfully - thought it was homely. Hell, many of the men who flew and flew in them did too. The B-17 is just gorgeous to me. It's why I continue to hope for a FlightLine 2000+mm version.
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View Post
Loved the movie with Gregory Peck and always watched the TV series as a kid that I think starred Robert Lansing (man, talk about someone who was always Mr. Serious). That's why I gotta get a B-17. When FL came out with the B-24, I was sure they would follow it up with a B-17. Bought the B-24 in the meantime, kinda of hoping it would have been a B-17 :Angry:, but liked it so much I ended up buying both schemes. :Cool: So image how fast I'd buy a large FL B-17. Get to work boys, the clock is ticking, it's way past 12 o'clock high! :Bomb:
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Originally posted by Hoomi View PostIt's somewhat ironic that the B-17 will always be the iconic American WWII bomber, while there were nearly half-again as many B-24 bombers built during the war. Roughly 12,700 B-17 bombers were built, and about 18,500 B-24 bombers.
Interestingly, three Liberators actually saw service with the German military during the war, after being captured by the Germans. These planes were used by a clandestine unit, KG200, which evaluated and sometimes used for operations, captured enemy aircraft. At one point, one Liberator was used to infiltrate RAF bomber formations at night, despite wearing Luftwaffe markings. In an odd twist of fate, though, this plane was lost to German anti-aircraft fire on April 6th, 1945.
That would be fun model to get some folks spun up at the flying field - the B-24 in WWII Luftwaffe livery.
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Originally posted by Valkpilot View Post
Did you know that Robert Lansing was going to star in the first Star Trek spinoff, based on the episode "Assignment Earth"?
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Originally posted by downwindleg View Post
Not to mention Memphis Belle, Tora Tora Tora(small part), and many others. Gregory Peck rocked it though. Robert Lansing was also great in the series. The man had great eyebrows! Still loved it even after he was replaced by Paul Burke.:Cool::Cool:
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