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mental, i love this thread, more WW2 stuff.
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as awesome as modern fighters sound they have nothing on these babies...
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here is a tiger that was at work
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Have always loved the MH53 what a beast of a helicopter
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Top speed due to the low ratios (8th is not real high) is about 80-90 km/h and a strange little quirk is you can get more speed out of them on a highway if you use the hand throttle. They are primarily RWD with selectable 4WD that gives a 50/50 torque split, they also have diff lock which locks both diffs and the transfer case solid for crawling up or through just about anything. Australian unimog were an excellent vehicle although their cross country capability were limited by the tyres fitted. The australian army was too tight to spend the cash on the drive on flat balloon tyres that were originally fitted. Instead they fitted a more conventional cross country truck tyre similar to what was fitted to the Mack R series that we also had. |
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Even since I got a model kit of the HMS Ark Royal when I was young, I've had a soft sport for her. The Ark Royal was the one responsibe for the aircraft attack on the Bismark which evidently sank her.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Ark_Royal.JPG http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/irootoko_...b/ab784fff.jpg http://www.wrecksite.eu/img/wrecks/swordfish.jpg |
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I have a few scale model WW2 tanks - would anyone mind my posting them?
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I can't access my Photobucket at work, but here's one from my webspace.
It's a mini-vignette of an abandoned Sherman, from an old 1/72 scale Airfix kit (I know, the coaxial MG on the turret should be in line with the main gun). https://www.freewebs.com/chrisnavarr...ed_Sherman.jpg |
The Republic P-47. A Monster of a Fighter / Bomber. 15,800 were built during WWII.
It had eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded the P-47 could weigh up to eight tons. This one is a P-47D called "Tarheel Hal" - talk about colorful ! These are the markings it flew against the Germans in ! https://i189.photobucket.com/albums/...axr8/P-47D.jpg Love ' em... :notworthy |
Awesome thread guys!
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Got this in an email a couple of years ago from another forum member (sorry cant remember who).
Thought it fitting for this thread, even though they have been posted on the forum before. PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A SAILOR WHO WAS ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF-11O. PEARL HARBOR December 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attackagainst the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii . By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack. When it was over, the U.S. losses were: Casualties USA< /st1:country-region> : 218 KIA, 364 WIA. USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA. Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA. TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA. ------------------------------------------------- Battleships USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss whe n a bomb hit her magazine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor. USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired. USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired. USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage. USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage. USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage. USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cruisers USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage.. USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage. USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage. USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired. USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage. USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage.. -------------------------------------------------------- Destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Cassin - (DD-37 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged. USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage. USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minelayer USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seaplane Tender USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repair Ship USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Harbor Tug USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired. ------------------------------------------------------------ Aircraft 188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.) https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...r/image001.jpg https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...r/image002.jpg https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...r/image003.jpg https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y1...r/image004.jpg |
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holy, theyre incredible photos
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Look at the smoke pouring from the Arizona!
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I can't imagine what that would've been like!
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The photos ARE the real deal, however, they weren't found in a long thought lost Kodak Box Brownie. Refer http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp
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Edwards AFB
Check out these photos from an Edwards AFB open day. Pretty Cool:
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Not a military machine, but impressive
million rounds a minute machine gun !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEu9LLQpOF8 |
I watched that "Boneyard" show on 7mate the other day, and they did a feature on US Navy ships and they said that the only ship, not salvaged after Pearl Harbour is the Arizona, all the rest where salvaged, repaired and put back into service before the end of the war.
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Good Job Fled74... A lot of nice builds there.... The Sherman was probably hit by an 88., so that hole would be about 4.5 inch in scale :) It's a little big... |
Those photos of Pearl Harbor are horrific, poor people who were there. WW2's biggest lesson is you can't become complacent.
Someone was telling me that the WW1 landings at Gallipoli the ANZACs were escorted by 2 ships from the Japanese navy, could not find anything on it, is this correct? I know the British used Japanese mortars but it's the first I have heard of Japanese warships? |
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Yeah, I exaggerated the size of the entry hole on the Sherman. It's such a small model (about 70cm long), so a scale-sized hole would be a bit on the "weenie" side. Call it artistic licence. :D I'm rendered speechless by those Pearl Harbor photos. I can't begin to imagine what it was like. |
Some great small scale work there Fled74, especially the Airfix Tiger, that was a truly awful kit to make & needs a lot of work :notworthy
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Yeah japan was our allies in ww1. They did A bit took German positions in china and a few islands and escort duties |
Some German re-enactors on a Tiger replica built on a Russian T-55 chassis.
The Tiger replicas used in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers were based on the smaller T-34. It appears this replica was the basis for the Airfix kit (or maybe it's the other way round). I wish I'd had these photos when I was building my model! https://flederschwein.webs.com/milit...nk-assault.jpg Another one: https://flederschwein.webs.com/milit...b8d46ba05b.jpg |
I'm no tank expert, but I do rather like this one:
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aaah Metalstorm,, brilliant concept & execution. An Aussie company that has a contract with the U.S. Navy for 'close support' to replace the 'vulcan'. Although the Vulcan is a great weapon, it doesnt even come close to what Metalstorm is capable of. AND,,, they make handguns too, & other sizes, based on the same principal. No longer using fulminate of mercury [or similar compounds] but an electric trigger. Ya,, i`ve know about them for a few years now & a good mate has shares in the company. Aussie Tech at the 'bleeding edge'. Well worth checking out if you have some spare cash btw. Some interesting vids if your interested.
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Apache AH-64D Longbow
https://i222.photobucket.com/albums/...1081268991.jpg This is every tankers nightmare, with radar guided (fire-and-forget) Hellfire missiles that can reach out to 8km, 70mm FFAR's for taking out un-armoured targets and the deadly 30mm chain-gun which can drop shells within a 10m radius at 3500m !! |
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There's 8 different gears available when you drive it regardless of the box configuration.
We'll agree to disagree. :evill Heap of junk gearbox anyway. I've lost count of the number I've replaced/repaired over the years. |
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