Clunkmeister
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Shhhh, Border might be listening. Every time they bring something I love out in 1970s drunk Tamiya designer scale, I want to stick my head in a blender.
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I know, but Airfix says they’ll never do 1/32 as the market is loaded with kitmakers in that scale. They pretty much have 1/24 to themselves these days
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I’m thinking if ONLY Airfix would do that Lysander in 1/24…..
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Please remember that I am a simple, if somewhat learning disabled, slow learning Yank buffoon. I see nothing past my County Line, I think that if someone doesn’t speak American English, (can you even call it English?) I only need to speak louder and they will magically understand. I lose patience with Nations that don’t have my neighborhood pub in exactly the same place as I’m useful, I get mad because people drive on the wrong side of the road, and I absolutely 100% believe that every person in the entire world should understand my need to carry an arsenal with me everywhere I go.
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Nobody minds the languages guys, but being that it’s a public forum, people from all over the world like to read this stuff and not everyone understands French as many of us do. 😂 My point being that English seems to be the default language. but then again, I’m an uneducated Yank who actually moved here from Canada, so in the eyes of many, that makes me doubly uneducated for what some would consider “poor life choices”
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Gotta grow a neckbeard, Martin.
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Thank you! You ever notice Ram drivers look a lot like their trucks?
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A lot of Deja Vu here… my wife’s 55 Tbird currently in my evil clutches, close to my torch, welder, and paint gun… the Baby Bird is a factory red car with red and white interior and full power equipment im glad she loves it because like I told Iain Ogilvie, I need axle grease and a skyhook to get me out of these tiny cars Hopefully it will look like this in a few months. She won’t let me near that Crown until her little bird is done. But I do it all myself, so it doesn’t break the bank and keeps me out of the bars.
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Nice 55 Crown Vic. Just like the one sitting in my back yard waiting its turn.
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But like they say, Mopar don’t go far…..
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That’s one serious collection of automotive art. Those bad by Mopars are something else!
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Peter, the gear will be moved BACK to take weight off the tail wheel. That was an early, and successful mod to tame it a bit on the ground. plus, as most of them were built with an O-320 and a short mount for aesthetics, they’d end up tail heavy as well, making for some interesting stall/spin characteristics. The key is to unload the tail wheel, lengthen the main gear, and use a heavy engine. I’m really liking the sound of an IO-470. It’s heavy, it’s powerful, they’re cheap and plentiful, and reliable. Plus, it’s injected, so no carb ice. I looked at two: one off a 182, and the other off a 310. The 310 one comes with a constant speed prop,.. that’s fully feathering. Feather the prop on a draggy wire braced biplane and lengthen your glide by what? 10 inches per 1000 ft?
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Just gotta find a decent Warner without breaking the bank. IO-470s are everywhere and cheap. Warners, not so much. You need an engine that weighs about 450-500 lbs with prop to keep the engine back close to the firewall and avoid the anteater look
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We’re actively looking for a Warner 165 hp Super Scarab. We have a mount for an injected 6 cyl IO-470 if needed.
