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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:16 AM
                        Hey tweety, I was just flicking thru the Jan issue of FSM and I noticed you've got a mention in the From the Forum section. Nice one Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Jules there's also a good article on detailing a Ju-87. If you don't subscribe I would be happy to scan it and send it to you.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:28 PM
                        That would be great DarsonThumbs Up [tup], i probably won't get the Jan issue until the last week in Jan....
                        I'll send you an email with my address....Thanks again Jules.......

                        Tweets your famous again mate.........or is it infamousWink [;)]
                        Can't figure out why they havn't put one of my Kitty pics in the From the forum sectionConfused [%-)]Confused [%-)]Confused [%-)]Tongue [:P]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:44 AM
                        Wow!

                        Lil' ol' me me in a magazine.......scary huh.
                        Well, when Jan rolls around, I'll grab it.

                        Thats pretty cool actuallyBig Smile [:D]

                        Jules, I am always infamousEvil [}:)]
                        But I can never recall why...Confused [%-)]

                        And your right, they should put your Kitty pics in!
                        Don't know why they haven't, it's just not cricket!
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Chris_in_Japan
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.
                        Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:23 AM
                        The RAAF certainly did use Vampires.. I grew up next to Amberley Airforce Base, and if anyone can remember the old Gate. Then they would remember the old sign in office.. It used to have an old Vampire up on a stand in the front!.. Many years later, and the new gate, they have a Canberra bomber.!.....

                        Chris in Japan

                        On the bench:

                                                  1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

                                                  1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:57 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        Hey, did the De Havilland Vampire ever get consideration for the RAAF?
                        Or is just in my head...



                        Tweety, Yes, the RAAF did operate Vampires in both the single seat and double seat (trainer) types, I also believe that the Navy also operated them, but Im not a 100% sure of this. As Chris in Japan has said there was one outside Amberley many years ago, in fact quite a few of them ended up on sticks for display around Australia.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:45 PM
                        We have a Vampire trainer version here in the Western Australian RAAF musuem in Perth. I have a walkaround if anyone is interested.

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:21 PM
                        I've just raised a new thread in the group build folder for the 2005 group build. I haven't put a completion date as of yet as this is still open to discussion.

                        Although I have put a proposed start date of 26 Jan 2005 I fully believe this will be the start date from replies already received.

                        Please consider these dates and let me know what you think, I am also open to any comments on the rules as I fully believe that this is our group build and all who take part have ownership of it. Use the Group build thread to discuss this matter and by all means continue the discussions from the last group build in either the old folder or the new one. I would personally prefer the new folder, but this is up to you.


                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2004 2:08 AM
                        Hey Tweety is this your volleyball teamQuestion [?]

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, November 26, 2004 2:48 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

                        We have a Vampire trainer version here in the Western Australian RAAF musuem in Perth. I have a walkaround if anyone is interested.

                        cheers

                        Mike


                        Mike that would be great!
                        I plan to build a Vampire, maybe even for the Aussie GB.


                        Jules, they promised they would never release that pic.Tongue [:P]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 26, 2004 3:44 AM
                        Hey this is the 1000th post for this topicParty [party]Party [party]Party [party]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, November 26, 2004 4:56 AM
                        Hey, this is the 1001 post!!!!!


                        Sigh [sigh]doesn't have the same ring as 1000th, does itDisapprove [V]

                        Wink [;)]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Friday, November 26, 2004 7:34 AM
                        I get number 1002!!!!.Party [party]

                        Not quite the same as 1000, or 1001 for that matter.Sigh [sigh]
                        -Daniel
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                        ChrisJH666
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Brisbane Australia
                        Posted by ChrisJH666 on Friday, November 26, 2004 7:36 AM
                        1003!!! Big Smile [:D]Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]

                        In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

                         

                        Chris

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, November 26, 2004 10:37 PM
                        1004th!!!!!!!!!!!!Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        This could take a while..................
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:41 AM
                        [:0][:0]1005 posts!!! - 51 Pages[:0][:0]
                        Confused [%-)]what did I start way back on 5 Dec 2003Confused [%-)]
                        Blindfold [X-)]never expected it to be still be going nearly a year latter, let alone the number of postsBlindfold [X-)].

                        Smile [:)]The success of this thread is because of all those take part, whether they are based in Aust, NZ or other parts of the world and I thank you all for your participation. Big Smile [:D] Lets hope that this time next year that this thread is still going just as strong.



                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:55 AM
                        OK.....................................1006Laugh [(-D]Propeller [8-]Tongue [:P]
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Saturday, November 27, 2004 4:54 PM
                        Hey, did any of you guys catch that show "The Color of War - The ANZACS” on the idiot box the other night? Part one featured WWII and had some amazing images that I had never seen before; there were Beaufighters, Spitfires, and B-24 Liberators. Great reference material!

                        Oh yeah, 1007 Big Smile [:D]

                        Darren
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, November 27, 2004 5:25 PM
                        I'm trying like buggery to remember an ABC show I saw around 6 months ago that gave a pretty good listing of the a/c used by Aus and NZ, kind of a documentary based mainly on awareness.

                        It will come to me one day.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Saturday, November 27, 2004 5:27 PM
                        Yeah mate, there was some great footage on that show. I've never seen the footage of the beaufighters before, or most of the stuff for that matter. I'll have to check out the next bit on the cold war and Vietnam.

                        And while I'm here...............................1009!!!
                        -Daniel
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 7:41 PM
                        QUOTE: I'm trying like buggery to remember an ABC show I saw around 6 months ago that gave a pretty good listing of the a/c used by Aus and NZ, kind of a documentary based mainly on awareness.

                        If you have an ABC shop near you have a look in there they have most of the doco's on DVD or VHS that they show on TV..here's a few that I remember..
                        maybe they might jog your memory..

                        World at War set
                        Australians at War
                        War File
                        Clash of Wings - Vol 1
                        Clash of Wings - Vol 2
                        Clash of Wings - Vol 3
                        Clash of Wings - Vol 4

                        almost forgot -----------1010

                        cheers mike
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, November 27, 2004 7:56 PM
                        Ah, World at War!!!!

                        That was a fantastic doco.
                        Remember watching that with my Dad when I was much much younger.
                        Australians at War, never seen that one, will hunt it down though.

                        War File and Clash Of Wings rings a bell, but the one I am thinking of was PURELY about Aus and NZ a/c.
                        It's there, in the clutter I call my mind, just have to push ALOT of crud out of the way first.


                        Might as well stick with the trendCool [8D]
                        1011
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        ChrisJH666
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Brisbane Australia
                        Posted by ChrisJH666 on Monday, November 29, 2004 5:09 AM
                        Hurry up and remember the name of it will you? I want a copy!!! Big Smile [:D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Sign - With Stupid [#wstupid]

                        100.......oh drat!!! Lost count!!!

                        1

                        In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

                         

                        Chris

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, November 29, 2004 8:28 AM
                        I am beginning to think the name of this doco is lost forever.
                        I even asked the knowledge bank on legs, my Dad, he has watched every war doco on tele since, well, pretty much since tele was invented, and recorded those that showed at the same time so he didn't miss anything.(when they invented the VCR that is, he is weird that way, kinda spooky actually.)

                        Ah well, back to using booksYuck [yuck]



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                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 29, 2004 9:37 AM
                        What are we up toQuestion [?] ahhh thats it...............3.............
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:34 AM
                        I watched a doco on 9 the other night ,the colour of war the anzacs , the korean and the vietnam wars . I don't know if they done one of the anzacs in WWII..hope they have , would be good to see that one..

                        cheers mike..
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:18 AM
                        QUOTE: I watched a doco on 9 the other night ,the colour of war the anzacs , the korean and the vietnam wars . I don't know if they done one of the anzacs in WWII..hope they have , would be good to see that one..

                        cheers mike..


                        Mate, there was a colour of war the anzacs on TV a few days before the vietnam and cold war one. It was pretty good too. If you missed it, it'll probably come out on DVD eventually, or someone might have taped it and can lend it to you.

                        -Daniel
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 1:41 AM
                        A lot of that Beaufighter footage in New Guinea was filmed by Damian Parer, who got an Oscar for a war doco he made.

                        There are a lot of good plane docos on the History Channel, for those who have Foxtel. They had some fantastic footage a few weeks ago (an episode of 'Planes That Never Flew') which included footage of a 163 taxying & taking off (talk about smoke!), I think it was 'White 6', not sure. Last night - an hour of Sabres in Korea. You can usually pick up a lot of the Discovery Channel specials on cheap DVD (HobbyCo in Sydney stock a range). recent tapings include a great doco on the Lanc & one on the Warthog.
                        Carl
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 2:29 AM
                        yeah i've picked up some good doco's from those stalls you see in the middle of shopping centre's......There usually about 10 bucks but the downside is there video tapes not dvd's , the last one's i got were U-boats and the SAS........

                        Here's some recommended veiwing, BBC's The Planets......very interestingThumbs Up [tup]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 9:08 AM
                        The Planets, we got that on DVD. Cost an arm and a leg.
                        The missus is hardcore into astrology, and I don't mind it either, so I didn't argue (maybe she could take a hint when I order model bits!!!)

                        Discovery channel released DVD's of various planes etc, Phantom, Mustang, that sort of thing.
                        Got most of them, but nothing REALLY interesting aside from the standard fare of over modelled aircraft.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Friday, December 3, 2004 1:39 AM
                        Those Anzac doco's were on Channel 9. Now if only the Kiwi's would bat for long enough I'm sure Tony Grieg would make us an offer. (Just as well they weren't telecasting the NSW-SA game, heh heh.)
                        Carl
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