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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, December 20, 2004 3:59 AM
                        Wow, that air museum is fantasticShock [:O]

                        It may not be much, but compared to the one in Darwin, it's awesome.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, December 20, 2004 3:51 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        Tis true Mike we humans can only comprehend 3 dimensions with our eyes but that doesn't mean there is only 3
                        A new form of propulsion is already being worked on that will enable a human to travel to Mars and Back in 90 days instead of the 2 years and 6 months it would take by rocket power, They are planning on using jets of plasma to push a craft with a mylar sail......

                        Tweets here's that pic, sorry it's a little crappy but i have to take photo's of the book....




                        Thanks for the Buffalo pic JulesSmile [:)]
                        Ugly stumpy thing it is, but very practicalCool [8D]

                        As for dimensions, if I may squeeze in here, the last count I read around 4 years ago, was a theory based on 7 dimensions, of which we experience 4.
                        Height, Depth, Width, and Time.

                        As for space travel, I think there was a British corporation, united with some private investors from around the globe having an EXTREMELY close look at anti matter as a viable form of propulsion.
                        I have never seen or heard anything else, but something like that would be kept under tight wraps, and would cost some disgustingnly big dollars.

                        Ah well, back to petrol I guess.Sad [:(]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 3:44 AM
                        QUOTE: Govt has donated $2,000,000 towards


                        Man I wish they would get there act together over here and organise an aircraft museum thats big enough , so they can display the pby that they have packed in storage . the existing museum is on private land and the goverment is not allowed to put any money into it because of the private land issue, this is pritty poor effort . but some of the aircraft they have are great ..I've posted some pics for everyone..If only they spend as much money on the Aviation Museum as they did on the WA Maritime Museum it would be awesome ..









                        cheers mike

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 1:37 AM
                        Thanks Darren, you folks seem a sociable crew here! Blenheim is in the top of the South Island, so its about the middle I guess. All the warbirds to-ing and fro-ing stop in at Omaka Areodrome on the edge of town to gas up, So we hear screaming merlins and see beautiful aircraft etc at the most unexpected times.
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Monday, December 20, 2004 12:25 AM
                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the FSM Aussie forum Erin, glad you could join us. By the way where abouts is Blenheim, is it in the north or the south?

                        Also, did any of you guys notice that Eagle Strike decals have released a new decal set featuring the RAAF Green Ghost Beaufighter squadron. Here is the link if you are interested.
                        http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=155&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=es48155

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:40 AM
                        Another Kiwi here, lucky to be based in Blenheim, where there is a strong classic fighter group and the Govt has donated $2,000,000 towards a WW1 fighter museum to house and display the growing collection of restored and replica aircraft here. Will be worth a visit from any of you Aussies that have an interest in these things if you are over this way sometime around March or later 2005.. I have built kitsets on and of for many years. I like 24th scale fighters, but they have to fit around more essential expense's
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 17, 2004 7:44 AM
                        Yeah Mike it takes alot of money to accomplish these things but the good thing is that Nasa the European Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency are all starting to work together on joint projects to ease the cost burden of these projects.......
                        Realisticly speaking we should know in about 20 years whether there is life out there....
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Friday, December 17, 2004 12:59 AM
                        yep, ion drive and such like.

                        I reckon in about 100 years man will be exploring the stars. It will take that long to have the economic potential as a planet to do such a thing. Exploration of the solar system first and then further afield after that

                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:32 PM
                        Tis true Mike we humans can only comprehend 3 dimensions with our eyes but that doesn't mean there is only 3
                        A new form of propulsion is already being worked on that will enable a human to travel to Mars and Back in 90 days instead of the 2 years and 6 months it would take by rocket power, They are planning on using jets of plasma to push a craft with a mylar sail......

                        Tweets here's that pic, sorry it's a little crappy but i have to take photo's of the book....

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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:48 AM
                        as I do. I hope that when we do contact another race, that we are ready for the profound changes of the way we think of ourselves.

                        I read some really heavy science not so long ago (only understanding a third of it) that we have taken our theory of how space is formed and that certain dimensions remained compressed. The theory is that we will be able to go vast distances in little time by utilising these compressed dimensions. The theory is there now, just need to invent a system that can use it!!

                        One day perhaps Smile [:)]

                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:48 AM
                        Well as you fellas already know i beleive 100% that there is life out there, Astronomers have just discovered another heap of stars that appear to have planetary discs around them using NASA's Spitzer Infared Space telescope, of the 266 nearby stars they looked at 71 were found to have a planetary disc........
                        BTW if you find this interesting keep an eye on the Huygens Probe, it's due to descend to the surface of Saturns moon Titan on the 14 of Jan 05, Strange things are happening in the atmospere of Titan.......

                        Anyway back to modelling.........Tweets i'll post up that pic of buffalo's tonight but be warned they wear British roundelsDisapprove [V]Disapprove [V]I seem to have an aversion to building Aussie A/C in British markings.......Jules.......
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:34 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by mgbriggs

                        QUOTE: j.s.harrison Posted: 13 Dec 2004, 00:57:11
                        Briggsy is that Seti pic you have in your post refering to the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence

                        Tweety I have a pic here showing a SQD line up of Buffalo's in Malaya.....


                        j.s.harrison sure is I believe there must be something out there , so I thought I might help , when ever I have the computor on I have the program running in the back ground scanning . I've only done 144 unit so far .

                        I've ordered some decals from aeromaster for the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1/72 there's a few different types (F4U Corsair , P-40 Warhawk, TBM/TBF Avenger , SBD Dauntless , PBY Catalina) at $20.00 not to bad . I think I will be doing the SBD Dauntless for the anzac build ..

                        cheers mike




                        Good work on the Seti Mike.
                        And I reckon your right, no way we are the only one's here.

                        We have Seti running whenever the computer goes to screen saver, 193 units this time around.
                        Couple of years ago we had a dedicated one for Seti, knocked up 1000+, then it crashed big time.
                        Go Windows 98!!!!

                        Not a bad model you posted there Jules, might have a closer look at the Buffalo.
                        Tamiya eh.
                        --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 Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:28 AM
                        QUOTE: j.s.harrison Posted: 13 Dec 2004, 00:57:11
                        Briggsy is that Seti pic you have in your post refering to the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence

                        Tweety I have a pic here showing a SQD line up of Buffalo's in Malaya.....


                        j.s.harrison sure is I believe there must be something out there , so I thought I might help , when ever I have the computor on I have the program running in the back ground scanning . I've only done 144 unit so far .

                        I've ordered some decals from aeromaster for the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1/72 there's a few different types (F4U Corsair , P-40 Warhawk, TBM/TBF Avenger , SBD Dauntless , PBY Catalina) at $20.00 not to bad . I think I will be doing the SBD Dauntless for the anzac build ..

                        cheers mike

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:40 AM
                        No problem Tweety i'll post it up tomorrow for ya, just need to charge the batts in the cameraThumbs Up [tup]
                        while your waiting i found this after i did a google search, It's the Tamiya 1/48 model...







                        The colours are RAAF Dark Earth, Foliage Green and Ocean Grey......
                        Jules................
                        EDIT: red X on pic 3
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, December 13, 2004 2:41 AM
                        Would love to see that pic JulesBig Smile [:D]

                        Some nice builds you got there Jules, wonder which one is my favourite!!!!!!!

                        Good idea too take a pic of the kits you build in a year.
                        Might do the same, if I can remember which ones I made this year.
                        --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, December 13, 2004 1:35 AM
                        Well fellas iv'e almost been back into the modelling game for a year now after 5 years of inactivity, and hereis what i have to show for it..........
                        BTW i'm currently working on a P-51K in Aussie markings that should be finished by XMAS...........Jules....Thumbs Up [tup]

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 13, 2004 12:57 AM
                        Briggsy is that Seti pic you have in your post refering to the Search for Extra Terrestrial IntelligenceQuestion [?]

                        tweety i have a pic here showing a SQD line up of Buffalo's in Malaya.....
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:33 AM
                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome]to the form cossack .


                        mike

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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, December 11, 2004 1:13 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        I had no idea the Buffalo was in RAAF serviceShock [:O]

                        Guess it would help if I stopped working so hard, and did some light reading.



                        Evil [}:)]be careful with the light reading tweety you might find that we also had Kittyhawks and Catalinas.Evil [}:)]


                        Onya Southy, now look what you gone 'n' dun!!!!!Evil [}:)]

                        QUOTE: Ahhhh speaking of kitties and the like, Here's one BRAVE CAT.......



                        Jules was doing so well too, off his meds and not a cat post for agesSad [:(]

                        Then YOU come along with your red typing keyboard and plonk him back on the horse!!!Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]

                        Shame, shame, shame

                        Propeller [8-]Propeller [8-]Propeller [8-]




                        All I can say is the Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]devil made me do it.
                        Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]I will try to resist the tempation in future.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:36 AM
                        It's a long story Carl........
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:04 AM
                        What is this, the Geelong Fan Club?
                        Carl
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 10, 2004 11:40 PM
                        Yep all those therapy sessions just gone to wasteDead [xx(]

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, December 10, 2004 5:20 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        I had no idea the Buffalo was in RAAF serviceShock [:O]

                        Guess it would help if I stopped working so hard, and did some light reading.



                        Evil [}:)]be careful with the light reading tweety you might find that we also had Kittyhawks and Catalinas.Evil [}:)]


                        Onya Southy, now look what you gone 'n' dun!!!!!Evil [}:)]

                        QUOTE: Ahhhh speaking of kitties and the like, Here's one BRAVE CAT.......



                        Jules was doing so well too, off his meds and not a cat post for agesSad [:(]

                        Then YOU come along with your red typing keyboard and plonk him back on the horse!!!Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]

                        Shame, shame, shame

                        Propeller [8-]Propeller [8-]Propeller [8-]

                        --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, December 10, 2004 2:31 AM
                        Paul i just picked up the November issue of FSM and in the new products section there's a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura 1n 1/48 made by Fonderie Miniature...
                        This one is a multi media kit with resin and metal parts, markings appear to be Spanish...Its available from Squadron mail order NO. FN6040 for $64.95 USD.....
                        Cheers Jules.......
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Thursday, December 9, 2004 10:53 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by cossack

                        Thanks guys for the welcomes ... and the Aussie GB is tempting ... but a Kiwi building an Australian model Tongue [:P]!!

                        I have an RNZAF Skyhawk that I have plans for ... I might do some research into its history ... it might be an ex RAN aircraft???

                        Cheers ...

                        Paul


                        Paul, there is a good possibility that it is, be brave and build it for the group build even if you have to put RAN decals on it, just convince yourself that the roo in the centre of roundal is a Kiwi.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Thursday, December 9, 2004 10:35 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        Ahhhh speaking of kitties and the like, Here's one BRAVE CAT.......




                        or a very stupid one ready to test the theory that cats have nine lives, pity he also can't count the number of dogs.
                        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 Thursday, December 9, 2004 6:51 PM
                        yep!

                        level two trained attack cat Smile [:)]

                        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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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 5:48 PM
                        Ahhhh speaking of kitties and the like, Here's one BRAVE CAT.......

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                        cossack
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                          April 2004
                        • From: Sydney
                        Posted by cossack on Thursday, December 9, 2004 5:17 PM
                        Thanks guys for the welcomes ... and the Aussie GB is tempting ... but a Kiwi building an Australian model Tongue [:P]!!

                        I have an RNZAF Skyhawk that I have plans for ... I might do some research into its history ... it might be an ex RAN aircraft???

                        Cheers ...

                        Paul

                        Paul

                         

                        http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af53/raiderpilot/smprop_gb.jpg

                         

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                        madmike
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                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Thursday, December 9, 2004 8:10 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        I had no idea the Buffalo was in RAAF serviceShock [:O]

                        Guess it would help if I stopped working so hard, and did some light reading.



                        Evil [}:)]be careful with the light reading tweety you might find that we also had Kittyhawks and Catalinas.Evil [}:)]


                        not to mention TIGERmoths!

                        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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