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Quote from: kerick on October 08, 2022, 07:02:01 AMFirst pic looks like Marines in the latest camo uniforms that don't blend in with anything.

At least its not as bad as either the Army's UCP or the Air Force's ABU tiger stripe.

Then the Navy had a camo uniform uniform too. They are sailors on a ship for Pete's sake. They could wear a three piece suit and it wouldn't matter. No big deal until you add up the billions spent replacing something that was working just fine. Government at work. Rant mode off now.

Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

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Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

The cars are "pure passenger carriers" inside another "pure passenger carrier".

Presumably if the plane got abducted by a UFO mid-flight, they'd be pure passenger carriers inside a pure passenger carrier inside a pure passenger carrier. Unless it was one of those combi passenger/mail UFOs, of course...

I think you need to sit in an armchair with a generous single malt and have a little sleep, Weaver old chap!

Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2022, 02:41:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

There goes my dream of convertying a Frog-spawn Britannia in a

Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2022, 02:41:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

There goes my dream of convertying a Frog-spawn Britannia in a Carvair-style plane...

Have it used solely as a cargo plane.

Here's a Canadair CL-44D4 in 1963 preparing to leave Heathrow to fly cars over for the US and Mexican GP.
BOAC leased the aircraft from US carrier Seaboard World Airlines and this was the debut trans-Atlantic
flight BOAC service. The CL-44 was derived from the Brittania.
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The Conroy CL-44O Skymonster is a converted CL-44D.
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Some of us will be doing an 'F1 car recognition contest' on the cars in that pic. 

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Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2022, 02:41:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

The cars are "pure passenger carriers" inside another "pure passenger carrier".

Presumably if the plane got abducted by a UFO mid-flight, they'd be pure passenger carriers inside a pure passenger carrier inside a pure passenger carrier. Unless it was one of those combi passenger/mail UFOs, of course...

I want some of those meds you're on. H   

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 10, 2022, 04:29:23 AMSome of us will be doing an 'F1 car recognition contest' on the cars in that pic. 

Are you sure they aren't scale replica F.1 cars ?    It does remind you of how small they were

Quote from: jcf on October 09, 2022, 02:47:46 PMHave it used solely as a cargo plane.

Here's a Canadair CL-44D4 in 1963 preparing to leave Heathrow to fly cars over for the US and Mexican GP.
BOAC leased the aircraft from US carrier Seaboard World Airlines and this was the debut trans-Atlantic
flight BOAC service. The CL-44 was derived from the Brittania.
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The Conroy CL-44O Skymonster is a converted CL-44D.
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I've got two Air Vac Form Britannias in the stash, for one I've got the AiM CL-44 conversion to do that swing tail the other my plan (was my plan) to build the Conroy CL-44, got all the parts to do it too, just need to find a local machine shop to resize a bit of 2" ABS pipe for the fuselage.

I've got a Carvair vacuform in the stash too ----

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 10, 2022, 06:18:25 AMAre you sure they aren't scale replica F.1 cars ?    It does remind you of how small they were

Definitely not, they're from the 1961-1965 1.5 litre engined period, and almost all the cars from then were tiny, specially in comparison with today's monsters, which ironically have the same size engine, or the piston powered part of it anyway.

The ultimate 1.5 litre car was the Lotus 25, the first monocoque chassied F1 car, but that pic pre-dates the 25, and two of its predecessor, the Lotus 24 (now there's a surprise... ) are on the right hand end of the front row.

The then World Champion's car, Graham Hill's BRM P57, is at the right hand end of the rear row, #1 of course, with his co-driver Jackie Stewart's car, #2 being 4th from the right in the front row.

I could go on and on, but I won't. 

Quote from: kitnut617 on October 10, 2022, 06:16:18 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 09, 2022, 11:04:40 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2022, 02:41:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

The cars are "pure passenger carriers" inside another "pure passenger carrier".

Presumably if the plane got abducted by a UFO mid-flight, they'd be pure passenger carriers inside a pure passenger carrier inside a pure passenger carrier. Unless it was one of those combi passenger/mail UFOs, of course...

I want some of those meds you're on. H   

Given that I'm currently on the bowel-prep meds for a colonoscopy, be careful what you wish for...    

        

Mog
>^-.-^<

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Quote from: kitnut617 on October 10, 2022, 06:16:18 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 09, 2022, 11:04:40 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on October 07, 2022, 02:18:33 PM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2022, 02:41:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 06, 2022, 08:05:57 PM1950s plans for a cross-channel car ferry helicopter for Silver City Airways.
Not sure if this qualifies in it's original form since it's a civilian "passenger" vehicle, but you could easily adapt it to freight or military use...

It carries cars as well as passengers therefore it's allowed.
Hmmmmm, I sense a loophole. 

No, 'fraid not.  The cars belong to the passengers, and are therefore glorified 'carry on' items.

The cars are "pure passenger carriers" inside another "pure passenger carrier".

Presumably if the plane got abducted by a UFO mid-flight, they'd be pure passenger carriers inside a pure passenger carrier inside a pure passenger carrier. Unless it was one of those combi passenger/mail UFOs, of course...

I want some of those meds you're on. H   

Given that I'm currently on the bowel-prep meds for a colonoscopy, be careful what you wish for...    

 

I was thinking about the Range Rover vans.


I don't think that the moderators will allow me to use one of these;


There's always the 1/24 Italeri Range Rover Police or Rally kit.