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Old 12-08-2010, 03:26 PM   #1
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Well after a message from ltd explaining the qantas threads disappearance I have decided to start an aviation thread. This thread is for aviation news, photos and general talk. Please refrain from airline bashing. Nothing wrong with talking about an airline or manufacturer but please don't trash talk them. I am hoping there will be enough of us to keep this topic going. I am on my iPhone at work so will post some pics of my latest models when I get home.

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Alright so as stated I had some new arrivals. Some of you have seen my collection. Here is a photo of the latest arrivals.

1:200 QF A380



1:200 QF A330



My top shelf



My Small international collection. 1 is a JAL Dream Express 747, another is a Boeing 747-100SR which was the demo plane.



Finally a picture to show you just how big the 1:200 A380 is. The aircraft on the left is the 1:400 scale version. I was a little surprised by the size myself and wondered where it could even go.

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Heh, I was going to post this pic elsewhere, but this is a much better spot for it.

McDonnell Douglas F4E Phantom - RAAF No 6 Squadron in SE Asia livery



I've also got a No 6 Squadron General Dynamics F111 on order too...should be good
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one day i'll go to the effort of getting out all my old planes and taking photos for you, i've got quite a collection stored safely in the shed.
I'm impressed by your late model ansett ones, i haven't had any new planes added to my collection since about 1996
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You all have some really cool looking planes!

I used to have a very small Qantas replica (smaller than some on your top shelf EDfutura25) however after various collectibles being knocked off my shelves like some of my video game memorabilia (read: mother dusting), I decided I would postpone my collection and have nice things when I moved out instead
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McDonnell Douglas F4E Phantom - RAAF No 6 Squadron in SE Asia livery



I've also got a No 6 Squadron General Dynamics F111 on order too...should be good

That picture brings me back to my days before my dad left. He was an airplane nut, had over 1500 models. He had turned the spare room into his room with air compressor etc to paint etc. I personally was not into military aircraft as you can tell lol. I remember him building a U.S refeulling plane, re fuelling a B-52. he mounted it on Jarrah. Sadly when he left he seemed to not give a **** about them and mum sold them all for 10g. None of the 1500 he had left were built. I wanted them but mum said no. I have an F-4 phantom here that is still in primer from when he left and we never finished it.
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That's a shame mate...

I prefer the military planes as they go faster and can blow more stuff up!
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I prefer the military planes as they go faster and can blow more stuff up!
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An F-4 shear magic.
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OR, an F-16 loaded up:



and launch:





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I am still waiting a 1:200 QF 787, Ansett DC-9, Custom made 1:200 TAA, Australian and QF A300's and a 1:200 Trans Global Airlines (Fantasy model from movie Airport). I think that will have to be it for the year lol. My mrs is ****ed as it is.
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Love it Simon, thanks for sharing. The Yanks offered to sell the leased F4's to us in lieu of the F111, but obviously we declined.

I've been meaning to get down to Pt Cook in Vic to check out the F4 they have down there.

edit - nah an F16 is a bit lame, just like the F35....
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You'll like this too:



And the only flying example left:





And our only flying example of one a' these:





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I happen to know you like this:







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What they look like now -





What they should look like.....

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Love the pig shots mate.

Anyone know why they painted them flat grey instead of keeping the jungle camo?

p.s.

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Love the pig shots mate.

Anyone know why they painted them flat grey instead of keeping the jungle camo?

p.s.

that's alot of ordinance...

They changed the paint when a possible Afghanistan deployment was on the cards. There was a chance of some low level stuff..... Didn't happen.
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Was that for Desert Storm or Iraqi Freedom?
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I've always like this one, ever since one broke some windows at home:





The F-86 that is not the FA-18.

The Canberra, we have the only flying version of one of those to:

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Oh Yes, my mistake, Desert Storm
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Whats the attack 'chopper Simon.
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Some great photos boys. Good idea having this thread up and running since the 'qantas employees' one was really just a hijack in the end into gen. av. stuff..... Some of my all time fav. aircraft in here already. Love the FA 18...always have, such an underated aircraft given it true multi role capability. Canberra bomber and sabre, both great machines. And of course the F111, and best of all.....F4!!!

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An F-4 shear magic.
Shear magic indeed. What a tank...gotta love it. Nothing did or has or will ever look anywhere as menacing as one of these things from just about any angle...
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Tiger mate. It is made by eurocopter but the aus version (22 of them) are assembled right here in Brisbane...more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger

Quite a little fighter it is too...
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True, however I'm talking original version, ours, at Temora, is an English job, still in original condition.
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An F-4 shear magic.
Owned by the Collings Foundation, I'm pretty sure that it is the only privately operated F-4 in the world.

Check out the rest of their staggering collection of all things automotive and aeronautical .

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Here's a couple of pics of mine from my recent trip to Hawaii. Was soooo stoked to get to see an F-14 Tomcat. This is an F-14D tomcat aka the BombCat. It was the sec ond biggest highlight of my trip after doing the 2 hour tour of USS Missouri



















Also they had one of these Beauties, The McDonnel Douglas F-15 Eagle. this is an early one without the massive fuel tanks in the fuselage. Little pub fact: The F-15 and the F-4 Phantom both have power-to-weight ratios greater than 1. meaning they can climb vertically and accelerate straight up at 90 degrees



Going to Hawaii is worth the trip just to go to Pearl harbour and see the Missouri, The Arizona and the Pacific Aviation Museum
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Love the Aussie Sabre. Built by CAC at fisherman's bend, they have a rolls royce avon engine (same as the hawker hunter) and instead of 6 x .50 Cal machine guns that the american version had, we had 2 x 30mm canons in ours. (my old man was in the RAAF from the age of 16 as an armourer and has ridden in all sorts of aircraft including orions, hercs, a 2 seater mirage, a winjeel and a canberra.)

I really need to go to Temora Aviation museum again soon. I could live there nothing beats the smell of burning av-tur!!!

Oh and if you can spare an hour, do yourself a favour and watch this doco about the rescue of a B29 Bomber from the frozen wastelands of the arctic

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I have quite a few in my collection of RAAF.....

How low can you go??

Canberra low passes, unknown locations






RAAF Short Sunderland, with two engines feathered flying low over the crowd!



Roulettes flying over RAAF F4s



F-111 REALLY low over the ground (Amberley 2006):



Our only Phantom which ruined the no claim bonus on the lease:
It was eventually repaired here in Australia and was the last to return to the USA.


PPE anyone?



Rarely seen photo of an aussie F4 armed with AIM7 and AIM9B.
This load was for an airshow and would be impossible to fire off as the fins would hit each other.





Rare shot of Sabre being loaded with an AIM9B





US ARMY UH-1B over south east Asia....



Well ok I lied! Was actually taken on the strand at Townsville. The Huey belongs to Dywers Aviation and is painted in authentic US ARMY markings from 1969....
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Some nice models there. I only have a ME 109 and a p51 C left. My jolly Rogers tomcat was knocked of the shelf along with my su35. Love the Russian fighters.

My biggest collection is of naval ships. Models of the Scharnhorst, Bismarck and some smaller ones.

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