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Yo, Kevin! Pt. II

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:48 am

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Post by klr » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:56 am

I recognise most of those :smoke:. Hell, one of the very first kits I built was of the B-25H, with the 75mm cannon. That was only "experimental" in the sense that some poor unfortunate Japanese were the subject of "field trials". :demon:

And these are only American aircraft. Now, if you saw the crazy things the Germans got up to ...
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Re: Yo, Kevin! Pt. II

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:59 am

klr wrote:I recognise most of those :smoke:. Hell, one of the very first kits I built was of the B-25H, with the 75mm cannon. That was only "experimental" in the sense that some poor unfortunate Japanese were the subject of "field trials". :demon:

And these are only American aircraft. Now, if you saw the crazy things the Germans got up to ...
Asymmetrical aircraft, anyone?
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Re: Yo, Kevin! Pt. II

Post by klr » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:05 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:I recognise most of those :smoke:. Hell, one of the very first kits I built was of the B-25H, with the 75mm cannon. That was only "experimental" in the sense that some poor unfortunate Japanese were the subject of "field trials". :demon:

And these are only American aircraft. Now, if you saw the crazy things the Germans got up to ...
Asymmetrical aircraft, anyone?
The B+V 141, obviously:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_141

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The main fuselage is offset to port. The centreline runs down the starboard wing root.

I am currently building a kit of this. :tea:

... at also a kit of the P.194:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_P.194

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Asymmetrical and mixed propulsion. No surprise that (unlike the B+V 141) it never reached the flying stage ...
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Re: Yo, Kevin! Pt. II

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:10 pm

klr wrote:I am currently building a kit of this. :tea:
...and every other aircraft in the known world. :coffee:
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Re: Yo, Kevin! Pt. II

Post by klr » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:12 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:I am currently building a kit of this. :tea:
...and every other aircraft in the known world. :coffee:
Believe it or not, I don't yet have a kit of the B-52 ...

... but I do have a B-36. :dance:

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