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rickshaw

Would they have kept the hyrdopneumatic suspension?  I always felt that was the most unusual feature of the Citroens. 
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PR19_Kit

Depends if they wanted to emphasise the Citroen bit or the Porsche bit.

The Citroen suspension gave a superb ride (it was SO good that Rolls Royce used it on the original Silver Shadows!) but wasn't the world's best handling package, whereas the Porsche suspension was the opposite.
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#332
An excellent bit of spoof box art here from Andrew Glazebook. In case you're wondering, HMS Camden Lock is the ship from the BBC comedy series Hyperdrive :




Andrew's blog is here, and looks like a good read : http://bsmbow.blogspot.se/2007_12_01_archive.html

His art blog is here : http://glazy.blogspot.se/

Hyperdrive series info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdrive_(TV_series)
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lenny100

Quote from: Weaver on December 23, 2013, 09:41:46 AM
An excellent bit of spoof box art here from Andrew Glazebook. In case you're wondering, HMS Camden Lock is the ship from the BBC comedy series Hyperdrive :




Andrew's blog is here, and looks like a good read : http://bsmbow.blogspot.se/2007_12_01_archive.html

His art blog is here : http://glazy.blogspot.se/

Hyperdrive series info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdrive_(TV_series)
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i want one
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ive never seen the series,,, and ME TOO!
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Weaver

Has anyone noticed the Camden Lock's serial number yet?  ;)
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PR19_Kit

Quote from: Weaver on December 23, 2013, 01:06:26 PM
Has anyone noticed the Camden Lock's serial number yet?  ;)

It's in the wrong camo scheme then..........
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kitnut617

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 23, 2013, 01:47:49 PM
Quote from: Weaver on December 23, 2013, 01:06:26 PM
Has anyone noticed the Camden Lock's serial number yet?  ;)

It's in the wrong camo scheme then..........

I can't even make it out let alone read the serial
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Quote from: kitnut617 on December 23, 2013, 01:49:16 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 23, 2013, 01:47:49 PM
Quote from: Weaver on December 23, 2013, 01:06:26 PM
Has anyone noticed the Camden Lock's serial number yet?  ;)

It's in the wrong camo scheme then..........

I can't even make it out let alone read the serial

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loupgarou

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 23, 2013, 01:47:49 PM
Quote from: Weaver on December 23, 2013, 01:06:26 PM
Has anyone noticed the Camden Lock's serial number yet?  ;)

It's in the wrong camo scheme then..........

It looks like a regular anti-radiation white to me..
BTW, it looks rather like a Mazinger's suppository, doesn't it?
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Weaver

Damn! Beat me to it!  ;D

I was going to say it's regulation BS4576372305 Anti-Supernova White (about as effective against supernovas as anti-flash white was against A-bombs....)
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#342
I don't want one and Hyperdrive was appallingly bad.

I'd rather have one of these - one for those with the Hobbycraft or Kitech kit?



Now imagine that scheme on this machine:

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lenny100

Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 18, 2014, 04:10:42 PM
I don't want one and Hyperdrive was appallingly bad.

I'd rather have one of these - one for those with the Hobbycraft or Kitech kit?



Now imagine that scheme on this machine:



your requset is my command, i have the kitech kit, and was looking to make it up as the red wolf (airwolf2) but now i must say this looks a lot more like something i would like to build
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Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for!!!

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If I were you, I'd do the RN Bell 222 - the Kitech copies of the AMT kit will have all the same flaws, namely the turbothruster fairings and the height of the rotor head assembly being too tall.  I'd all sand off all the surface detail as it's way too heavy, especially the lips around the windows.

Given that the Kitech kit is still available, you could do Airwolf herself later, but really the current Aoshima kit is far superior.
"It's basically a cure -  for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!"

"Visit Scarfolk today!"
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/

"Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio!"

The Plan:
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