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Postby Fly2e » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:30 am

I wanted to show you this pretty neat model of a Spitfire made out of Mahogany!
My brother gave it to me for Christmas.
It is beautiful and sits right in my office!
Jealous Mark!
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A little Photoshop edit!

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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby F3Hadlow » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:31 am

Excellent ;D
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby 61_OTU » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:49 am

Jealous Mark!


I bet I can guess what he'll say ::) ;)
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:52 am


I bet I can guess what he'll say ::) ;)

It's a Griffon. ;D
Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!

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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby 61_OTU » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:04 am

Glad it's not just me, although I think that Dave put particular emphasis on the 'nosejob' in pic2 for that very reason! ;)
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:06 am

All the same it's not a bad model. ;D
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Tweek » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:05 am

I bet I can guess what he'll say ::) ;)


It's a Griffon. ;D


That's what I was going to say! ;D
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby C » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:23 am

Nice little addition to the desktop... :)
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Wind-Farmer » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:00 pm

Very nice christmas Present, saw those were selling for $50...it was made in Vietnam.  A single Vietnamese family makes many models like that, all hand made.
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby cspyro21 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:20 pm

For some reason I find that really cute :D
If it had a Merlin engine, Mark would be round to your house as soon as he could Dave.... :)
Great little model! 8)
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:05 pm

If it was a Merlin engined jobbie Dave would have come home to find someone had broken in and nicked it ;D
I have to say it is a beautiful rendition of the XIV however ;)
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Fly2e » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:13 pm

Posted by: Wind-Farmer Posted on: Today at 12:00pm
Very nice Christmas Present, saw those were selling for $50...it was made in Vietnam.  A single Vietnamese family makes many models like that, all hand made.  

You are quite right!
I removed that little white "mad in Vietnam" sticker 1st thing.

My brother found this with many, many other types of aircraft at a state fair somewhere in the mid-west!
The guy had no website, no business cards.. etc..  :(

I wish I could find out where I could purchase them from.
My brother said the guy had about 2 dozen vintage/ war bird aircraft, helicopters, tanks, commercial airliners, etc...

Can anybody tell me where I might be able to find more?

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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Fly2e » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:14 pm

I may have just found it!

http://www.canadianflight.org/giftshop/mod_type.htm

They are painted though...

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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby Fly2e » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:17 pm

Jeez,
My brother only paid $35 and if he bought 2, he got them both for $60!!!!  :o  :o
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Re: Mahogany Spitfire!

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:18 pm

Why would any philistine paint such a beautiful piece of wood? :o
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