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15/07/2018 6:08 am
Dambusters and Royal Maces
These two saved diecast F-18 Hornets in 1:48 scale came from a Goodwill store. They are thirteen inches long and ten inches wide and were made in 2003 by Motor Works/Toy Zone/MotorMax. The first one I bought, "Royal Maces", was three dollars. It was missing both vertical stabilizers, its two exhaust nozzles and a couple of ordinance under its wings. The second model, "Dambusters", was given to me gratis at the same store a few weeks after the first one was purchased. It was missing its pilot, the canopy, everything underneath its wings and body, and both vertical stabilizers. To get both models back together to reasonably resemble F-18s was both fun and challenging. The most difficult job by far was fashioning a clear canopy. This was done by putting a portion of a clear soda bottle over the good canopy on the Royal Maces model and gently heating it to conform to the shape of it. Sounds easy but difficult to form, especially when higher heat couldn't be applied because it would have damaged the good canopy. Overall I'm happy to have these even though they are flawed and not completely accurate.
Thanks for looking...
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15/07/2018 6:32 am
Good restoration! It's always fun to bring life back. (pic)
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15/07/2018 7:58 am
bouncing bombs..........that's what they called the bombs that were dropped during WWII to break the dams.
See the picture I got from the internet.
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15/07/2018 9:06 am
There was a movie made about that in the ‘60s, very interesting.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
15/07/2018 10:55 am
The original Dambusters film was made in the '50s David...
although there may well be another made later.
15/07/2018 7:22 pm
There has been talk of a modern treatment of the original
Dam Busters Movie. If modern remakes of classic movies so far released is any guide to how this venture my turn out, then I hope the production halts at the gestation period. Steven Fry has been tipped to write the screen play which means that hopefully, if the movie does come to pass, then it wont look like anything from the pen of JR Tolkien with all it's pixies and fairies and wizards - the more recent subject matter of film maker, Peter Jackson whose production house in Miramar, New Zealand will produce the new Dam Busters movie. Jackson may be tempted to include a Foo Fighter as a nod to his previous movie styles - who knows.
One of the roadblocks reported as being experienced by the films producers is that Wing Commander Guy Gibson who at twenty six lead the whole damn raid - an incredible feat - a very special young man - had a black Labrador dog. He named his dog in a way that while acceptable in those days to describe the shades of either black or brown and was back then without the racial connotation this name possesses today - it is an unacceptable racial epithet in these more modern times. For the films producers this presents a problem. Because the dog played an important role in Gibson's life and for authenticity needs to be included in the film - the dog can't really be skipped over. So, what would be a suitable and politically correct alternative that doesn't seem ridiculous or contrived?
16/07/2018 3:57 am
If it's historically accurate then I would say that's OK...
A few years ago the iconic photo of I K Brunel standing in front of the chains of the Great Eastern was altered...no cigar as it was no longer politically correct. As for the name of Gibson's dog I find the term offensive but not in this context. The same name was used for Michael Caine's character's dog in the film Battle of Britain - no doubt Gibson's dog inspired this.
I thought Jackson made a good fist of the JRR Tolkien books! They are very close to the original text which I've read too many times.
Not sure I'd be in favour of a remake of the classic Dambusters film though. Some things are best left as they are.
16/07/2018 5:59 am
If they make a movie or a re-make of a previous movie, they should use the exact historical features that the original event had. No idiotic and dishonest "PC" exceptions.
To do otherwise would be dangerous and utterly wrong and would promote a philosophy that cannot handle truth and instead wants to hide or alter it.
16/07/2018 8:55 am
I probably saw it on tv in the 60’s.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
16/07/2018 8:55 am
I probably saw it on tv in the 60’s.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
16/07/2018 11:32 pm
Agree absolutely Mike.
16/07/2018 11:33 pm
It gets aired fairly frequently on TV here David!