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A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby Fozzer » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:57 pm

Ozzy will be impressed....>>>>

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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:14 pm

I've been hearing about this on-and-off for a while. I've now just blown my boxer-short elastic clean across the room :o ;D 8-)
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby Sir_Crashalot » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:51 pm

This is not normal. What an amazing piece of work. And that's a weak expression........

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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby dcunning30 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:54 pm

Awesome!!!!!!

Regarding his comment about the experts being critical, If I were him, I would just invite the experts to create their own model with all the error's corrected!   8-)
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby Saitek » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:53 pm

Impressive is an understatement. :o
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby MWISimmer » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:24 pm

I wish I had the skill, time & patience to even THINK about starting a project like that.
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby expat » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:44 pm

Now This is a treat. A 1:8 scale WORKING Merlin XX. It is a case of, "Honey I shrunk the engine". The video is really worth downloading.

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PS This  is worth a look too, also 1:8

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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby beaky » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:16 pm

Stunning... and to think I've been whining about the 100 or so rivets I'm squeezing to build my simpit (which is a sorry hunk of crap compared to this masterpiece)!!
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby cspyro21 » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:16 am

Crikey! That's a good piece of work! :o
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Re: A treat for all Mitchell enthusiasts...

Postby FLYING_TRUCKER » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:57 pm

All I can say is he has a lot more patience than me.   ;D

Wonderful model.

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