Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Swank Force One wrote: Holy E36 M3 i love this i love this i love this I LOVE THIS

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In reply to Flight Service:

That's what it looks like to me...

It's an updated RE Amemiya kit to the best of my knowledge.

They're also responsible for this:

Not to be confused with RS Active, who does this to Miatas:

aircooled wrote: Is it bad that I am pretty sure I know most of those planes? 1st is a Mustang, second looks to be a B24 or one its derivatives, 3rd one I am not really sure, but looks semi-modern (the apparent dihedral in the wing is curious, some sort of patrol plane?), last one is a P-47 with the exhaust modified to exit behind the engine (stock runs the exhaust to behind the tail wheel since the turbo is back there). In honor of the Thud, here is another Republic creation:

Yep, P-51, Miss America perhaps? B-17, Likely "Chucky" (yellow engine cowlings) I was gonna say Corsair for #3.... P-47 And the Republic Thunder Screech. Quite possibly the loudest aircraft ever built.

aircooled wrote: Is it bad that I am pretty sure I know most of those planes? 1st is a Mustang, second looks to be a B24 or one its derivatives, 3rd one I am not really sure, but looks semi-modern (the apparent dihedral in the wing is curious, some sort of patrol plane?), last one is a P-47 with the exhaust modified to exit behind the engine (stock runs the exhaust to behind the tail wheel since the turbo is back there). In honor of the Thud, here is another Republic creation:

No. 4 is not a P-47. It's in navy 3 tone camo, which the P-47 never wore. Also, the wing is mounted too high to be a P-47, the jugs was flush with the bottom of the fuselage.

It's an Avenger (TBM/TBF)

ThunderCougarFalconGoat wrote:

aircooled wrote: Is it bad that I am pretty sure I know most of those planes? 1st is a Mustang, second looks to be a B24 or one its derivatives, 3rd one I am not really sure, but looks semi-modern (the apparent dihedral in the wing is curious, some sort of patrol plane?), last one is a P-47 with the exhaust modified to exit behind the engine (stock runs the exhaust to behind the tail wheel since the turbo is back there). In honor of the Thud, here is another Republic creation:

No. 4 is not a P-47. It's in navy 3 tone camo, which the P-47 never wore. Also, the wing is mounted too high to be a P-47, the jugs was flush with the bottom of the fuselage. It's an Avenger (TBM/TBF)

No. 4 is this P-47:

Yes, I'm a total airplane nerd!

BTW, I read somewhere that the Thunderscreech was so loud that ground crews would get nauseated during engine runs on the ground.

Ok, I'll play. My favorite:

I should not be looking at Miata based body conversions, but I am. This is my favorite so far:

I'm also digging this:

N Sperlo wrote:

I was just working on one of those!

The problem with replicas (see the Ferrari 250 GTO above) is that they often fall into the uncanny valley. Close enough to be recognizable, but...off. The lower of the Miatas isn't trying to be anything it isn't, so it works better to me. The Catfish, of course, is just trying to be a Catfish.

Best body kit EVER!

It's that season again...

Had some time to kill this afternoon, SWMBO and I went to the mall, saw this in the parking deck. After some investigation, found out that the wheels were repossessed. I hear the lease-to-own "Rimz" ad on the radio, hadn't thought about what would happen if you didn't pay for them, I guess I know now.

Flight Service wrote:

Toyman01 wrote:

914Driver wrote: Wish I could weld.......

If you can solder, you can do that. The preferred way to build bicycles. It used to be a common way to assemble cages as well. I learned brazing before I learned welding. Like anything else in the world, it takes practice. It's much easier to squirt it on with a mig.

The journey is for you, for the rest of us it is the result.

Sweet!!! KUKA LBR.

In July, I will have two of these little guys on my line at work. The first ones ever placed into a production environment. Can't wait!!!

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