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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 waste Dead [xx(]

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Bandha Boy

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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 Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:36 AM

It's a long story Carl........

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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 service

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

be careful with the light reading tweety you might find that we also had Kittyhawks and Catalinas.

Onya Southy, now look what you gone 'n' dun!!!!!

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 ages

Then YOU come along with your red typing keyboard and plonk him back on the horse!!!

Shame, shame, shame

All I can say is the Evil [}:)]

devil made me do it.
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 6:33 AM

to the form cossack .

mike

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Anonymous

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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 Intelligence Question [?]

tweety i have a pic here showing a SQD line up of Buffalo's in Malaya.....

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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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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 Jules Big 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 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 camera Thumbs 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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Anonymous

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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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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 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 roundels Disapprove [V]

I seem to have an aversion to building Aussie A/C in British markings.......Jules.......

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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

Member since
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 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

Member since
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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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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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, December 20, 2004 12:25 AM

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 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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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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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 Jules Smile [:)]

Ugly stumpy thing it is, but very practical Cool [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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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 fantastic Shock [: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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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:08 AM

Like everything, we are on the cusp of solving a lot of stuff including viable forms of interstellar propulsion. Scientists have even developed magnetic shielding that can keep atmosphere in but spacecraft can fly in and out no problems at all, We siply do not have the power yet to generate the fields effectively yet. Crikey, they have even teleported atoms from one side of the room to another!!

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

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 9:54 PM

Yeah i've been watching discovery science channel a fair bit lately and it's amazing what we humans are coming up with especially when you consider 10 000 years ago we lived in caves.......

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Bandha Boy

Member since
September 2004
From: Australia

Posted by Bandha Boy on Monday, December 20, 2004 10:10 PM

I've added the Bankstown Sabre & Mirage to my home page for reference: http://bandha.customer.netspace.net.au

Dimensions: The current word comes from the String Theorists, whch promises to unify qantum theory & relativity. There were 5 versions og string theory. all resulting in 11 dimensions, then some genious came along (thought by many to be Eienstein's successor) & took the theory up a notch, unifying the 5 theories but at the cost of setting the # of dimensions to 18 (or was it 19?). I once wrote some code dealing with a 5 dimensional array & after a few days my head was spinning, it's pretty hard when you just can't visualise a model.

Carl

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harvs73

Member since
March 2003
From: Melbourne, Victoria

Posted by harvs73 on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:21 AM

Does anyone know if the RNZAF decals are being produced in 1/48 again? I ask as I am after the Avenger decals as I don't want to do the acft in US markings. Last I heard was that they had been discontinued and were very hard to come by.

Dave Harvey

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:40 AM

Dave, Chris mentioned a few pages back that Ventura made a set of Decals for RNZAF Corsairs, I was planning on finding out whether or not they did a set for NZ P-40's but i havn't gotten around to it yet.......

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:55 AM

Back in 82 my science teacher showed me a technology vs time graph. It was a log graph with 2000 right at the base of the really steep portion of the graph. Seems to be true, there is going to be massive breakthroughs in medicine alone in the next 5 years, including cures for most forms of cancer!

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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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:37 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by harvs73

Does anyone know if the RNZAF decals are being produced in 1/48 again? I ask as I am after the Avenger decals as I don't want to do the acft in US markings. Last I heard was that they had been discontinued and were very hard to come by.

Dave the only decals that I can find for RNZAF Avengers are actually packaged with a kit. The Accurate Miniatures TBM-1C Avenger "Geroge H. W. Bush" comes with markings for 30 Squadron, RNZAF. The old Aeromaster sheet you are looking for (if you can find it) is 48-10

http://www.accurate-miniatures.com/catalog/480120.htm

Cheers
Darren

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:46 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Erin Boyd

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

Erin, I know its a little late but, Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

to the FSM forum and the Aussie modellers discussion forum.

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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