Mozzie...!

Started by Highlander, September 30, 2012, 01:45:20 PM

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Highlander

September 30, 2012, 01:45:20 PM
Yep, for the first time in 15+ years there's one back in the air... the last one to fly was lost at an airshow in '96

 

 
engine start at 1:55 on this one

This one last flew in 1945 and had clocked up 3 hours of flying time when this was filmed yeaterday... this one is scheduled to go to the USA...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

TBird1958

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September 30, 2012, 01:48:19 PM


Pretty Badass plane!  :)
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Big_Stu

#2
September 30, 2012, 01:56:47 PM
NOW - you did it!
Where's my DVD of 633 Squadron!  :P

Highlander

#3
September 30, 2012, 02:08:57 PM
Da da da, da da da, da da...; da da da, da da da da...  ;D



Quote from: TBird1958 on September 30, 2012, 01:48:19 PM
Pretty Badass plane!  :)

... and you're getting the beast... not the UK...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

clankenstein

#4
September 30, 2012, 04:25:31 PM
wow thats cool.i wish i had been there.
Louder bass!.

Big_Stu

#5
October 01, 2012, 05:14:56 AM
I think it was a '70s thing, but did you guys Stateside get comic books such as "Commando", "War Picture Library" or "Battle"?
Eg.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14-Commando-Comics-4028-4299-VGC-/130772474949?pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item1e72a59c45

Out of them all Commando was my favourite, I had stacks of them. One of my top ones was IIRC called "Lone Wolf" about a pilot who was grounded from a squadron of Mosquitos for whatever reason, so he cannibalised all the wrecked ones to build his own 'plane, which he painted all black and flew on solo missions.
I was about 12 at the time & bought an Airfix Mosquito to paint up as the comic book. It was the type with 4 machine guns and 4 cannons in the nose.

godofthunder

#6
October 01, 2012, 05:44:19 AM
  I have been following this through some aviation mags. Great to see one back in the air! 633 is on of the best aviation movies of all time. I thought the Mosquito's nick name was Mossie ????? I was absolutely fascinated with this plane when I was a kid. Certainly one of the most beautiful planes ever built.
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Highlander

#7
October 01, 2012, 11:15:41 AM
Quote from: godofthunder on October 01, 2012, 05:44:19 AM
I thought the Mosquito's nick name was Mossie ?????

U say pot-ah-toe, I say pot-a-toe...  ;D

Moss-E would be the literal pronounciation, as in "a north facing roof will get mossie", but I believe either way has been used... as for the esthetic beauty of this aircraft, I'm torn between this and the Spit'
There is a great 1/24 Airfix kit with a ridiculous level of detail but the cost is ridiculous too... :o

Stu - a couple of great Chindit books in those series of books have passed along my field of view during my research too...

Tony... how far is that field from you...? I have your addy squirreled away somewhere but not to hand to check... if you get the chance you have just got to get there - I'm sure there will be some more proving flights before she gets shippped out Stateside...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Big_Stu

#8
October 01, 2012, 11:25:26 AM
Quote from: HERBIE on October 01, 2012, 11:15:41 AM
There is a great 1/24 Airfix kit with a ridiculous level of detail but the cost is ridiculous too... :o

Yeah, saw one in a shop in Yorkshire £115!!! Doubtless it'll be higher now. My other half was with me and I got a  :rolleyes: "Don't even think about it look".
I did have the 1/24th Me109 as a kid, the detail is fantastic.

Highlander

#9
October 01, 2012, 11:29:02 AM
I had the 1/24 Spit'; also the Harrier, and a beautiful 1/32 F86 - I'm starting to build up a collection of unbuilt kits again - seriously troubling - recently got the 1/72 XB70 which is an absolute monster... If SWMBO susses this out I'm for it... ;D
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

godofthunder

#10
October 01, 2012, 02:44:11 PM
  My little stash of kits..........................it has grown since this pic.
Maker of the Badbird Bridge, "intonation without modification" for your vintage Gibson Thunderbird

godofthunder

#11
October 01, 2012, 03:09:19 PM
Quote from: HERBIE on October 01, 2012, 11:15:41 AM
U say pot-ah-toe, I say pot-a-toe...  ;D

Moss-E would be the literal pronounciation, as in "a north facing roof will get mossie", but I believe either way has been used... as for the esthetic beauty of this aircraft, I'm torn between this and the Spit'
There is a great 1/24 Airfix kit with a ridiculous level of detail but the cost is ridiculous too... :o

Stu - a couple of great Chindit books in those series of books have passed along my field of view during my research too...

Tony... how far is that field from you...? I have your addy squirreled away somewhere but not to hand to check... if you get the chance you have just got to get there - I'm sure there will be some more proving flights before she gets shippped out Stateside...
As for beauty it's like comparing Redheads and brunettes both have their charms. ;)
Maker of the Badbird Bridge, "intonation without modification" for your vintage Gibson Thunderbird

Highlander

#12
October 01, 2012, 04:24:38 PM
Mozzie's have a nice pair... ;)

I missed all those Hawk kits last time you posted that one - nice Hellcats too... (where's Mark hiding...? :P)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Aussie Mark

#13
October 01, 2012, 06:18:07 PM
Quote from: Big_Stu on October 01, 2012, 05:14:56 AM
I think it was a '70s thing, but did you guys Stateside get comic books such as "Commando", "War Picture Library" or "Battle"?
Eg.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14-Commando-Comics-4028-4299-VGC-/130772474949?pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item1e72a59c45

They were popular downunder too - I bought heaps of those comic books
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Big_Stu

#14
October 02, 2012, 06:57:18 AM
Me too! My dad had a workmate who collected them; so he used to take mine that I'd read a few times & swap them with his mate.

I bought a book about the cover artists a few years ago for a project I was working on; and it was part-written by James May off Top Gear, who also collects them.
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