21st Almost made a 1:32 Flying Fortress B-17
I never bought into 1/32 planes, but a box formation and aerial battle diorama in my son's room would have been too much for me to resist.
Lemme see: 4 B-17s, a few 51s, a couple 262's with a few escorting g6's, a few intercepting FWs. So thats 4 x17s plus at least a dozen 1:32 fighters. I would have likely bought all of them at WM.
So, WTH is up with Walmart? Those 1:32 are nice toys for adults and resposible kids. But, no ...some corpoate pencil neck kills 21C and loads up their department with more crappy toys. Up yours WM.
Lemme see: 4 B-17s, a few 51s, a couple 262's with a few escorting g6's, a few intercepting FWs. So thats 4 x17s plus at least a dozen 1:32 fighters. I would have likely bought all of them at WM.
So, WTH is up with Walmart? Those 1:32 are nice toys for adults and resposible kids. But, no ...some corpoate pencil neck kills 21C and loads up their department with more crappy toys. Up yours WM.
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BELTxFED wrote:I never bought into 1/32 planes, but a box formation and aerial battle diorama in my son's room would have been too much for me to resist.
Lemme see: 4 B-17s, a few 51s, a couple 262's with a few escorting g6's, a few intercepting FWs. So thats 4 x17s plus at least a dozen 1:32 fighters.
That description is of a a diorama made in heaven my friend. Drooling just imagining it.
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Well if 21st Century HAD made a 1/32 B-17, kept the price down, kept quality-control up, and distributed it effectively they still would have done something brain-dead stupid to screw it up. Perhaps they would have marketed S1 as an orange Post-WWII forest fire-fighting plane, and then S2 as the multi-colored formation form-up plane. :roll:
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Nice B17 Alfred. I remember when I was stationed in Germany and I get bored I would go buy all the hobby magazines at the Stars and Stripes book store. I remember in one RC modeler magazine there was an article of a huge RC B29 that used 4 lawn mower engines
That was back in 1989 or 90 I dont remember it was soooo long ago.

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I'm wondering if the 21st Century "almost B-17" is similar to the "almost stealth jet" the Nazi's 'almost' built. Both designed to save their respective makers but never got off the board.
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The 1/18th war would have been won with the 1/18th F-4, and the Mig-21!!!!!Dauntless wrote:Yeah we could've conceivably won the 1:32 vs the 1:18 wars with a Flying Fortress!
They would never have built one in 1:18.
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas
All hypothetical history now.
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Close, I dunno, you know us WWII propeller guys.VMF115 wrote:The 1/18th war would have been won with the 1/18th F-4, and the Mig-21!!!!!Dauntless wrote:Yeah we could've conceivably won the 1:32 vs the 1:18 wars with a Flying Fortress!
They would never have built one in 1:18.
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas
All hypothetical history now.
It would have definitely been over if we'd have gotten a B-25 hands down. A two engine bomber is better than a no engine bomber.
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Who are the they you are talking about?Dauntless wrote:
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas
All hypothetical history now.
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Who knowsltcbj wrote:Who are the they you are talking about?Dauntless wrote:
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas
All hypothetical history now.
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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