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Whiffs on Ebay

Started by GTX, June 03, 2011, 03:00:07 PM

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Dizzyfugu

Stumbled upon this, err, colorful (but not unsexy) ebay offering - from Germany, but, strangely, posted in UK:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-72-Matchbox-Avro-Vulcan-built-painted/382312526618?hash=item59039a331a:g:PzcAAOSwy0JaIu9c

Old Wombat

Obviously camouflaged for an estuarine tidal delta region with grey-white sand & mangroves.

So, either a very limited operating area; or operating on a completely different planet; or in a different space-time continuumumum.

;)
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NARSES2

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 19, 2017, 05:37:13 AM
Obviously camouflaged for an estuarine tidal delta region with grey-white sand & mangroves.

So, either a very limited operating area; or operating on a completely different planet; or in a different space-time continuumumum.

;)

Neat looking though  :thumbsup:
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sandiego89

Actually the Vulcan is pretty close to some Cuban color schemes....
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McColm

I never knew Matchbox did a 1/72 Avro Vulcan kit, or is it the Airfix kit?

Weaver

Not so much a What If as a What The FFFF?



I'm almost tempted to buy this just to get it into our world. Next time you fly on a four-engined 757 and the pilot cuts the power and does a dead-stick landing at 200+mph, you'll know which model somebody bought him as a kid...
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Scotaidh

Quote from: Weaver on March 16, 2018, 10:34:28 PM
Not so much a What If as a What The FFFF?



I'm almost tempted to buy this just to get it into our world. Next time you fly on a four-engined 757 and the pilot cuts the power and does a dead-stick landing at 200+mph, you'll know which model somebody bought him as a kid...

;D ;D ;D
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I like "SPECIFICATIONS COLOURS AND CONTENTS MAY VARY FROM ILLUSTRATIONS". Given the state of the artwork, you'd probably open it up to find that it's a British Racing Green Ferrari submersible T-72 tank...
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loupgarou

Shame that the (noble) lady seller doesn't include a photo of the content. Maybe we could raise funds to buy it, just to see..... :banghead:
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Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 14, 2017, 05:43:10 AM
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Caveman

Is it perhaps a Grigorovich E-2 Kometa? An aircraft of Russian design but "inspired" by the dh88.
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Quote from: Caveman on July 11, 2018, 12:55:51 PM
Is it perhaps a Grigorovich E-2 Kometa? An aircraft of Russian design but "inspired" by the dh88.

Aye Right! as we would say in Glasgow.
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