When the A-10 was the meanest thing around, I started to think about a replacement in form of an even meaner machine. Due to my (sick ?) fanatsy this machine should be something which one could call a flying tank. To really fulfill it’s role of close air support (and I thought of really close) it had to be a VTOL aircraft. And off course it should be able not only to withstand almost any kind of hit’s but most of all it should have been armed with almost everything you could think of.: machine guns/cannons (for the trigger happy gunner)), anti-tank missiles, (against the bad guys in their earth bound vehicles) anti aircraft missiles (for those aircrafts who dared to come down that low) unguided rockets (just for the hell of it) and some kind of big gun for everything else not worse a missile. To make the whole monster even more frightening I added 2 sets of this weapons on swiveling arms which could turn and rotate in almost any direction, even backwards to check six or should I say to ruin everyones day who tried it from this direction? Sure the problem would be that these two arms could not hold a whole lot of ammunition so both arms could rotate and swing backwards to the wings and “dock” into a special designed box where they would be automatically rearmed. Do I now qualify for being totally nuts? The whole thing is made of balsa wood and LOTS of putty, some of the weapons came from Roco minitanks.
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I think you and Eddie must have grown up together and fell out of some trees a few times (landed on your heads). Other than needing about 3 times as much wing to lift all that weight, it is one mean machine.
I’m really sorrry if I have to ask: who is Eddie Miller? could you do me a favour and introduce me to him? Maybe we two could come up with something even more radical! I still have a few more of such “sick” ideas. Ah and just to make sure, I never fell out of a tree, cause I have never been so stupid to climb one, maybe I fell from an aicraft, that´s something which I could imagine.
What dfo you mean with “Alpenwine”? Do you really think we Austrians have nothing else do to than running around with some “Lederhosen” jodeling all the time, climb every damned mountain just for the hell of it and drinking Alpenwine (whatever that is) and so on?
The reality is: we prefer walking around, telling everyone how beautiful our mountains can be, drink one hell of a good beer and as soon as we have done that we are coming up with such freaky ideas like this!
What do you mean with “Alpenwine”? Do you really think we Austrians have nothing else do to than running around with some “Lederhosen” jodeling all the time, climb every damned mountain just for the hell of it and drinking Alpenwine (whatever that is) and so on?
The reality is: we prefer walking around, telling everyone how beautiful our mountains can be, drink one hell of a good beer and as soon as we have done that we are coming up with such freaky ideas like this!
See, that is what most people refer to as a “poke in the rib” or if you prefer, a joke. Said in fun and jest, it requires that you have a bit of humor. If you create such esoteric craft as you have done here, that is great - I think its pretty neat, myself. However, if people poke a little fun for it well… you have to go along with that. Lighten up just a little, Rene. And what are you saying; you dont wear ‘lederhosen’?
I’ve been to your part of the world, Rene. Youre right about the beer. Damn good. And you are also right - people do walk around there. But I’m sure many will want to know just what Alpenwine is. Truth is, I used the term loosely, sort of referring to the generic white wines I recall from that area, something like the Rieslings or Gruener Veltliners. As it turns out, Alpenwein is a mildly sparkling white wine, reminiscent of champagne. Odd that you haven’t heard of it.
But no matter. Beer, wine; it’s all good and surely leads to all sorts of flights fancy. Keep up the good work and keep a smile plastered on, firmly. Vielen Glueck, mein freund.
I’m terrible sorry if I gave you the imagination of being upset about your comment, cause thats exactly what I am NOT Really I took it just the way it was meant. I can totally understand what you have said, but perhaps my english is simply not good enough to say what I really would like to say, maybe next time I should simply keep my mouth shut and use a few smiley or whatever. Glad to hear that you have been here in austria and I really hope you liked this little place here. but Im also sorry that I never heard anything at all like "Alpenwine" If you ever come to Austria again, maybe we should meet and Ill show you some places .
At the end let me say, this whole project was pure fun to do, and THAT is what really counts for me, I simply want to have as much as possible fun with my hobby and if this means I have to do what other people might think is totally crazy, why not. So please accept my apoligy (Later today I will have a good beer or something else (maybe Alpenwine?) and I will enjoy it and bring out a toast to you and all other fellow modelbuilders
Echt Geil! Maybe you could sell the concept to the Amis? What beer do you drink in Salzburg? Im drinking a fohrenburger jubiläum right now myself. What if you painted it digital camo and put a CIB on the side?
right now I’m having an Augustiner Bräu, Bock, pretty good but pretty strong stuff too! After 1 Mass, for all of you not from Austria or southern Germany tha is 1 liter! it normally knocks you out of your shoes. I’ll try to finish this one without getting too drunk and I’ll toast to you all!
Nice idea of putting some more up to date camo on this monster, maybe I should rework the entire thing, let me think about this but until then
You are right about Deutschland, there are really lots of brand of beers the only problem (if that is one) I’m not living in Germany but in Austria and THAT is a big difference!
