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Piston Perfection GB entries

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kitbasher

February 01, 2008, 02:31:31 PM
My stabs at Piston Perfection.  More on the GB thread.

Gloster Mercury F.3.....

.....and Supermarine Sweptfire FR.1
;D ;D
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

HOG

#1
February 01, 2008, 04:06:30 PM
Very nice Kitbasher.
Wonder what the Mercury would have looked like with a Mosquito nose? ;D
H-O-G = Head Out of Gestalt-hands on autopilot
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nev

#2
February 01, 2008, 10:29:39 PM
That Mercury is a thing of beauty  :wub:
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


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John Howling Mouse

#3
February 02, 2008, 10:21:51 AM
and the Sweptfire is a bold statement....going over to the GB thread to see more.

Thanks for the reminder!
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

K5054NZ

#4
February 02, 2008, 06:13:26 PM
That Mercury has literally taken my breath away, dude! WOW! Ok, right, going to the GB thread, must read backstory.


WOW!

SPINNERS

#5
February 03, 2008, 01:23:00 AM
Chapeau!

That Gloster Mercury is a wizard kite and just the job for giving those Hun jets a bloody nose. Tally Ho!

kitbasher

#6
November 17, 2008, 06:23:18 AM
I was hoping to enter my Fairey Falcon (a twin-engined Battle) into the What If? class at Scale Modelworld this weekend but it was never going to be ready in time.  Instead I entered my Gloster Mercury, and to my surprise I ended up getting a 'Commended'!

;D ;D
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

ysi_maniac

#7
November 17, 2008, 07:40:14 AM
 :cheers: congrats :drink: :party: :thumbsup:
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Taiidantomcat

#8
November 17, 2008, 08:31:28 AM
That is really cool! I think we all can appreciate how special it is to get recognition at a contest- especially when its a Whif!
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Weaver

#9
November 17, 2008, 10:50:16 AM
That is one seriously pretty aeroplane - congratulations!  :thumbsup:
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Martin H

#10
November 17, 2008, 01:51:39 PM Last Edit: November 17, 2008, 01:56:05 PM by Martin H
what he hasnt told you on this thread, is that he also won silver in the same class with his spitfire autogyro.
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

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Brian da Basher

#11
November 17, 2008, 01:53:24 PM Last Edit: November 17, 2008, 02:08:14 PM by Brian da Basher
Well earned! Congratulations! That Spitfire autogyro is a prize-winner all the way!
:cheers:
Brian da Basher

van883

#12
November 17, 2008, 01:55:06 PM
Lovely-well done!

Van
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