Operation Pedestal, with Spitfires ...
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
MALTA?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II;)#German_pressure.2C_Spitfire_arrival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II;)#German_pressure.2C_Spitfire_arrival
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
Well, next year is the 75th anniversary of Operation Pedestal......the subject matter can be nicely varied, but it does commemorate a very specific (and pivotal) event in WWIIDazDaMan wrote:MALTA?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II;)#German_pressure.2C_Spitfire_arrival
(Which included Spitfires.... )
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
See? Not as daft as I look!
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
Building 20 is one thing building 20 good ones is another..Old_Tonto wrote:That sounds like a challenge.Gadfly wrote:I reckon you could build 20 Spitfires in 12 months...
Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
David asked:
35 Spitfires of varying types and scales since September last year.
35.dwomby wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many have you built in the last 12 months, Daz?
David
35 Spitfires of varying types and scales since September last year.
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
Operation Pedestal sounds good, I have a 1/700 SS Ohio to build.
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
jssel wrote:Dang. How I envy those who can think outside the box
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
Shall we make it a Malta-centric build instead then?
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
That's even more than I would have guessed. Somebody needs to buy you the James May 1/1 one next.DazDaMan wrote:David asked:
35.dwomby wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many have you built in the last 12 months, Daz?
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35 Spitfires of varying types and scales since September last year.
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
Nothing our resident Mr Spitfire can't fix.
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
I don't even know where the box is!!PaulBradley wrote:jssel wrote:Dang. How I envy those who can think outside the box
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
My therapist doesn't let me out of the box.........MarkyM607 wrote:I don't even know where the box is!!PaulBradley wrote:jssel wrote:Dang. How I envy those who can think outside the box
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
I could build a Hurricane for itDazDaMan wrote:Shall we make it a Malta-centric build instead then?
Re: So.... another Spitfire build next year?!
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