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                        What is this? Japanese Tilt-Rotor???

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                        derekms
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        What is this? Japanese Tilt-Rotor???
                        Posted by derekms on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:09 PM
                        Is this a Japanese Tilt Rotor or just a toy? I saw this on e-bay that it is an F-toy 1/144th scale helicopter kit called Sea Bird. I couldn't find any additional information on it so I thought I would ask to see if anyone had any information on it. I think it looks pretty cool anyways.

                        Here is the link:
                        http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5983595298&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
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                        Tailspinturtle
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Connecticut
                        Posted by Tailspinturtle on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:10 PM
                        It's a) a toy and b) a tiltwing.
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                        Borg R3-MC0
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Utereg
                        Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:19 AM
                        "this is from a SF story" according to the description.

                        It looks nice!

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:01 AM
                        Fuselage looks like a modified Apache - Mix a 1/48 AH-64 kit with some 1/72 Osprey parts and you're on the road to something like this.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:03 AM
                        This aircraft is from a Japanese animated show called "Zipang," about a futuristic JMSDF group that goes back to WWII in a sci-fi timeslip.

                        This tiltwing is called Umidori. (Sea Bird in Japanese)
                        Here's pic from the show:


                        Funky link, but you can see most of it.

                        Have a poke around this site for more images from the show:
                        http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime-zipang/info/index.html
                        ~Brian
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:18 PM
                        A Japanese version of The Final Countdown? Do the Umidori chase around Corsairs?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:34 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        A Japanese version of The Final Countdown? Do the Umidori chase around Corsairs?


                        Yup, the premise is pretty much Final Countdown.

                        I've only seen a bit of it on TV, but the bits I've seen just show the crew standing around on the bridge of their Aegis frigate debating about what they should do.
                        ~Brian
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