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Unusual piece of armor.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:09 am
by hotrodrock
http://cgi.ebay.com/90-Twin-35mm-Towed- ... 286.c0.m14

Unusual scale, very good detail. Very nice, but pricey!

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:59 am
by aferguson
yes i've seen these before. Interesting piece. Not an uncommon aa system; used by many nations. No way worth the price though i don' t think.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:14 am
by pickelhaube
Produced in the 80's ? I guess if you crocss your eyes again. Stand on your head and think wishful things you can get this to go with the F-4 Phantam that will be out in the next month or so. The Vietnam war ended in '75 but remeber you are standing on your head and thinking wishful things. So it could work. :wink:

It is a little pricy :shock: $35 - $55 would be more like it.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:51 am
by aferguson
no chance for vietnam and never saw combat except with argentina in the falklands.

There is a more vietnam era piece made; a twin 37mm aa gun. It's about 1/16 scale, pretty nice. You can find them for around $150 occassionally.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:03 am
by pickelhaube
Remember I am standing on my head. I am starting to get a little dizzy now. Typeing is no sot easy to do.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:52 am
by aferguson
nope, sorry.

Upside Down

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:53 am
by lightning2000
That may be true, but I heard its easier to put your pants on when you're upside down! :lol: That said, I think I'm going to go back and watch the stock market crumble on TV then stick my head in the oven. Who knows, I might get an epihany!

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:56 am
by coreystinson
pickelhaube wrote:Produced in the 80's ?
Produced in the 80's? Nope! It's a contemporary item, produced by some specialty model manufacturer in China.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:57 am
by aferguson
no man, the gun that is represented by the model was first produced in the 80's and is still in service today with many smaller nations.

And Lightning....now is the time to be investing in stocks. Take all your extra money and put it in; 2 or 3 years from now (maybe much less) you'll reap a fortune. Of course if you're like me you were already fully invested before the crash. So borrow and invest. Of course with credit so tight you can't borrow. I guess i'll stick my head in the oven too, except it's electric and i can't afford to go buy a gas oven.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:24 pm
by hotrodrock
I think corystinson meant that the model is a contemporary model and not the real gun. I think.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:44 pm
by aferguson
huh?

he thought i meant that the model was produced in the 80's. The model is a recent creation. The actual artillery piece the model is modelled after first appeared in the 80's. It's a swiss or swedish gun. It has been used by many services over the years, including a variation used by china.

It was not used in vietnam. The only combat use for the gun was in the falkland islands war; used by argentina.

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:48 pm
by pickelhaube
aferguson wrote:huh?

he thought i meant that the model was produced in the 80's. The model is a recent creation. The actual artillery piece the model is modelled after first appeared in the 80's. It's a swiss or swedish gun. It has been used by many services over the years, including a variation used by china.

It was not used in vietnam. The only combat use for the gun was in the falkland islands war; used by argentina.
You are correct but if you stand on your head and ..........
never mind

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:33 pm
by coreystinson
hotrodrock wrote:I think corystinson meant that the model is a contemporary model and not the real gun. I think.
Correct. I misunderstood the post in two ways. I did not think aferg was making any 80's claim, more I thought that the eBay seller was reported to have said that. Guess I need to read things a bit more carefully!

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:10 pm
by aferguson
pH......stop with the standing on your head stuff, sit down and finish the gods damn stuka!

(ever since battlestar galactica became a hit i've been able to openly curse and get away with it...)

:wink: