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Interesting Find

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:55 pm
by MIGMADMAVIS
Hi everyone, i found this in our attic, and all i know is that it was given to my grandfather as a trophy or something for the airforce, Anyone know the scale. Its an F-105 Thunderchief, and i took a picture of it next to a 1/32 Ultimate Soldier P-40 to show size comparison <a href="http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/22 ... MHcu"><img src="http://thumb2.webshots.net/t/53/553/8/4 ... Hcu_th.jpg" alt="p1020704"></a><br><a> tobo99blue</a><a href="http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/24 ... LPVY"><img src="http://thumb2.webshots.net/t/57/657/9/5 ... PVY_th.jpg" alt="p1020705"></a><br><a> tobo99blue</a>

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:12 pm
by Hawker99
It looks 1/48, but it might be 1/2, im not sure

desk top models

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:53 am
by binder001
These are (or were) desk top "trophy" items that were usually given my an aircraft manufacturer to military officers and/ defense official. My father had two when he was in the military, both are now in my basement - one is an F16 and the other is an A10. They look larger than 1/48th, maybe close to 1/32. Both are solid, the canopies are painted on. They show up on eBay. I'd sell mine for the right price (not cheaply).

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:27 pm
by tko211
It looks exactly like the Thud that I bought at a garage sale last summer! Mine is Solid metal and extremely heavy! I have no idea what it is or its history but being that it was solid and only 5 bucks I thought why not. Cool find.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:41 pm
by MIGMADMAVIS
ya, thats exactly mine, its weighs so much, and very sharp like the edges of the wings, and one of the elavators broke off after falling off a shelf during the 1989 earthquake, but that was in my dads possesion back then, but ya its very cool :lol: