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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:23 pm
Post subject: What the mailman brought today
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....an Airfix scale model of the Saunders Roe SR.53!
I met a chap (Dave Montgomery) at the Scale Modelworld, who had one on
display. When I mentioned I hadn't been able to find a kit of this
aircraft, he offered to send me one. It turns out he collects old Airfix
kits, and he had a few SR. 53's (finished kits) lying around.
One of those arrived here today, built but unpainted, so it'll be a nice
project. When finished, it'll go in the 'weird stuff' section of my
collection, along with e.g. the SR. 177. Woo hoo!
(I later found out that the LH-shop does have an SR. 53 kit in stock (a
copy of the old airfix kit, apparently).
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:23 pm
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:23:31 +0000, Harro de Jong wrote
(in message <1g5i6ka.18a9kbk1rpelz8N%hcdejong@zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid>):
> ...an Airfix scale model of the Saunders Roe SR.53!
> I met a chap (Dave Montgomery) at the Scale Modelworld, who had one on
> display. When I mentioned I hadn't been able to find a kit of this
> aircraft, he offered to send me one. It turns out he collects old Airfix
> kits, and he had a few SR. 53's (finished kits) lying around.
> One of those arrived here today, built but unpainted, so it'll be a nice
> project. When finished, it'll go in the 'weird stuff' section of my
> collection, along with e.g. the SR. 177. Woo hoo!
>
> (I later found out that the LH-shop does have an SR. 53 kit in stock (a
> copy of the old airfix kit, apparently).
>
>
I built one of those models back in the early 70's. I'm ashamed to say that I
binned it when I got married in 83 :-(
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:23 pm
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in article 1g5i6ka.18a9kbk1rpelz8N%hcdejong@zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid, Harro de
Jong at hcdejong DeleteThis @zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid wrote on 12/5/03 8:23 AM:
> ...the Saunders Roe SR.53!
You wouldn't just happen to have any pics (of the real thing) lying around
would you?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:23 pm
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in article 0001HW.BBF66B1B00836196F02845B0 DeleteThis @news.demon.co.uk, Gordon Laurie
at glaurie DeleteThis @diespammingscum.mac.com wrote on 12/5/03 9:04 AM:
> I built one of those models back in the early 70's. I'm ashamed to say that I
> binned it when I got married in 83 :-(
Lust makes us do crazy things.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:33 pm
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emrys RemoveThis @olypen.com (Michael Emrys) wrote in
<BBF618E4.1B618%emrys@olypen.com>:
>in article 1g5i6ka.18a9kbk1rpelz8N%hcdejong@zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid,
>Harro de Jong at hcdejong RemoveThis @zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid wrote on 12/5/03 8:23
>AM:
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>> ...the Saunders Roe SR.53!
>
>You wouldn't just happen to have any pics (of the real thing) lying
>around would you?
>
>Michiael
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>
Yep:
<http://www.gsansom.demon.co.uk/vfaero/oneoff/sr53b.jpg>
<http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/aircraft_info.cfm
?aircraft_id=64>
The RAF museum at Cosford has the single surviving example.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:33 pm
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in article 9448D5BFCWile.E.Coyote.RemoveThis@194.134.193.23, Harro de Jong at
hdejong.RemoveThis@zonnet.nl.invalid wrote on 12/5/03 12:33 PM:
> emrys.RemoveThis@olypen.com (Michael Emrys) wrote in
> <BBF618E4.1B618%emrys@olypen.com>:
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>> in article 1g5i6ka.18a9kbk1rpelz8N%hcdejong@zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid,
>> Harro de Jong at hcdejong.RemoveThis@zzz.wanadoo.nl.invalid wrote on 12/5/03 8:23
>> AM:
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>>> ...the Saunders Roe SR.53!
>>
>> You wouldn't just happen to have any pics (of the real thing) lying
>> around would you?
>>
>> Michael
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> Yep:
> <http://www.gsansom.demon.co.uk/vfaero/oneoff/sr53b.jpg>
> <http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/aircraft_info.cfm
> ?aircraft_id=64>
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> The RAF museum at Cosford has the single surviving example.
Oooooo, what a pretty plane. That almost looks too good to be British. I
don't believe I ever came across that before.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:37 am
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Michael Emrys <emrys.DeleteThis@olypen.com> wrote:
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> Oooooo, what a pretty plane. That almost looks too good to be British. I
> don't believe I ever came across that before.
We discussed it here a while ago. There's a series on the Discovery
Channel, "Planes that never flew"; the SR. 53 and 177 are the subject of
one of the programmes. Other programs in the series talk about the U.S.
nuclear-powered bomber program, and the Lockheed L-133 (the first U.S.
jet fighter design, from 1939).
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:03 pm
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:15:14 +0000, Michael Emrys wrote
(in message <BBF61942.1B619%emrys@olypen.com>):
> in article 0001HW.BBF66B1B00836196F02845B0 RemoveThis @news.demon.co.uk, Gordon Laurie
> at glaurie RemoveThis @diespammingscum.mac.com wrote on 12/5/03 9:04 AM:
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>> I built one of those models back in the early 70's. I'm ashamed to say
>> that I
>> binned it when I got married in 83 :-(
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> Lust makes us do crazy things.
I know, I should have kept my 1/24th scale Mirage III though, what a beauty
that was :-(
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:03 pm
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in article 0001HW.BBF759D4008D3C16F02845B0 RemoveThis @news.demon.co.uk, Gordon Laurie
at glaurie RemoveThis @diespammingscum.mac.com wrote on 12/6/03 2:03 AM:
> I know, I should have kept my 1/24th scale Mirage III though, what a beauty
> that was :-(
How come you chucked everything? Not enough room in your flat for two
people? Could you have put them in storage temporarily someplace, like with
your parents? I know, I know, this is trying to mop up the milk after it has
dried, turned to dust and blown away, but I can't help drawing lessons for
future reference.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:55 pm
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:36:47 +0000, Michael Emrys wrote
(in message <BBF7297F.1B634%emrys@olypen.com>):
> in article 0001HW.BBF759D4008D3C16F02845B0 DeleteThis @news.demon.co.uk, Gordon Laurie
> at glaurie DeleteThis @diespammingscum.mac.com wrote on 12/6/03 2:03 AM:
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>> I know, I should have kept my 1/24th scale Mirage III though, what a beauty
>> that was :-(
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> How come you chucked everything? Not enough room in your flat for two
> people? Could you have put them in storage temporarily someplace, like with
> your parents? I know, I know, this is trying to mop up the milk after it has
> dried, turned to dust and blown away, but I can't help drawing lessons for
> future reference.
I thought they were just a load of dust collectors. TBH I always enjoyed
building them and painting them mostly, I wasn't that interested in them when
they were finished.
I had a nice deal with my local toy shop, they gave me models for free and
paint & glue, I built them and they displayed them in the shop. Every now and
then they would sell a bunch off for a nice profit as well, so everybody won.
I did keep a bunch of my favourites in a lockup in my parents place, but it
got broken into and they were stolen.
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