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What Sacrilege
CRS
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 02:46 AM UTC
I know this isn't new, but Mal should have one :-)
lampie
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 03:06 AM UTC
Haha :-)
I can hear Mals teeth grinding from my end of the M42!
Heres a suggestion.
When Merlin finishes his Halifax,,(theres optimism!),instead of eating his shorts Mal should do an online build of this monstrosity
I can hear Mals teeth grinding from my end of the M42!
Heres a suggestion.
When Merlin finishes his Halifax,,(theres optimism!),instead of eating his shorts Mal should do an online build of this monstrosity
modelcitizen62
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 03:10 AM UTC
What's the sacrilegious part- a German engine on the Spit, or the use of the Fujimi 1/48 Mk. V? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Merlin
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 03:33 AM UTC
Hi Chuck
It's a conversion I've always wanted to model! See also the Fusion Models resin set. Sorry Mal... :-)
That is being optimistic! But life would be so dull without the prospect of Mal with a mouthful of shorts... :-)
All the best
Rowan
It's a conversion I've always wanted to model! See also the Fusion Models resin set. Sorry Mal... :-)
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When Merlin finishes his Halifax,,(theres optimism!)
That is being optimistic! But life would be so dull without the prospect of Mal with a mouthful of shorts... :-)
All the best
Rowan
JPTRR
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 04:04 AM UTC
Ok, the question nobody wants to ask: how much better did the Spit perform? 
jetprovost
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:22 PM UTC
I've mentioned this idea to mal in the past be he just turns red and starts foaming at the mouth! Strange. :-)
Holdfast
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:40 PM UTC
I'll eat my 'king shorts before I build one of these. The sacrilage is destroying the lines of this aircraft and putting crosses on it.
How much better did it perform? Who was it said, "give me a Squadron of Spitfires" (or something like that) You can't change perfection
Yes it's true that "You just can't have too many Spitfires", but this one doesn't count.
Mal
How much better did it perform? Who was it said, "give me a Squadron of Spitfires" (or something like that) You can't change perfection
Yes it's true that "You just can't have too many Spitfires", but this one doesn't count.
Mal
CRS
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 10:46 PM UTC
Thanks Mal, for giving me just what I wanted a good Chuckle :-) :-) :-)
When I saw that conversion, I was sure your response would be just as you posted it. I had a good laugh reading it and I hope you had a good laugh writing it.
All the Best and you are right "You can't have too many Spitfires"
When I saw that conversion, I was sure your response would be just as you posted it. I had a good laugh reading it and I hope you had a good laugh writing it.
All the Best and you are right "You can't have too many Spitfires"
Holdfast
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:19 AM UTC
My shorts were begining to look good enough to eat
Mal
Mal
betheyn
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:23 AM UTC
So what wrong with it then,German engineering and British aerodynamics, a match made in heaven 
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Now i'm going to hide as i think Mal is about to explode :-) .
Andy (++)
.Now i'm going to hide as i think Mal is about to explode :-) .
Andy
(++) 
DaveCox
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:29 AM UTC
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So what wrong with it then,German engineering and British aerodynamics, a match made in heaven
Andy
That's the kind of statement that could (should) earn you an early morning appointment with 12 good (Enfield = British!) rifles!!! LOL
:-) 
almonkey
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:32 AM UTC
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How much better did it perform? Who was it said, "give me a Squadron of Spitfires" (or something like that) You can't change perfection
adolf galland during the battle of britain (one of my favourite scenes in the 1969 film) who later became general of fighters
and on the subject of this film, where do the merlin engined 109's stand in all this?
CRS
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:32 AM UTC
:-) :-) Laughing so hard about these responses, I just painted my entire left forearm metalic silver :-) :-)
By the way, for those of you who have acces, "Oxi Clean" takes fresh paint right off skin with out taking any skin.
By the way, for those of you who have acces, "Oxi Clean" takes fresh paint right off skin with out taking any skin.
Henk
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:41 AM UTC
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"Oxi Clean" takes fresh paint right off skin with out taking any skin
Oxi Clean.... is that not a denture cleaning agent?
Holdfast
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:52 AM UTC
Ah, well there would be absolutely nothing wrong with putting a Merlin engine in anything, the Merlined Messe is one example. The one aircraft that would have really benefited was the Whirlwind. Now what an awesome machine that would have been, we might (might) even have be hearing:
"You just can't have too many Whirlwinds" (but not in Florida, of course )
Mal
"You just can't have too many Whirlwinds" (but not in Florida, of course
) Mal
CRS
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:53 AM UTC
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Oxi Clean.... is that not a denture cleaning agent?
Maybe so, but this is what I mean
http://www.oxiclean.com/default2.asp Merlin
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 01:39 AM UTC
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I'll eat my 'king shorts before I build one of these.
Hi Mal
We can't have that... you'll need a spare pair when I finish my Halifax! :-) :-)
As regards performance - apparently, the hybrid proved excellent! The extra power gave it superior speed and altitude over a standard Mk V - and the view for taxying was much improved by the lower nose profile.
But here's something to give Mal nightmares:
Don't worry - it's not a German secret squadron... the RAF painted up some Spits to play the role of Bf 109s for a display at Farnborough in 1950.
All the best
Rowan
lampie
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 04:05 AM UTC
Hi all.
Thank heavens for that!!
For a very nasty moment I thought that Germany had won the Battle of Britain and nobody had bothered to tell me
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Don't worry - it's not a German secret squadron... the RAF painted up some Spits to play the role of Bf 109s for a display at Farnborough in 1950.
Thank heavens for that!!
For a very nasty moment I thought that Germany had won the Battle of Britain and nobody had bothered to tell me
propboy44256
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 04:48 AM UTC
Wow, what is the price tag for this?
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