Funky NATO names for Soviet aircraft

[bassteban]

The cockpit is about a half-mile long.

I was about to guess that- IIRC the Battle was a two seater, so all that extra perspex was just a big ol[ greenhouse. I like them, but I like women w/big noses.

 

[Thunderscreech]

Oh, I was just making a comment on my ignorance of the stuff- I'm old school(read *old* )- plastic, paint & glue, a few firecrackers and we're done.

I was, too. The Testors Model Glue is my personal favorite.
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It works much better than it tastes.

 

[EdHunter]

I was, too. The Testors Model Glue is my personal favorite.
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It works much better than it tastes.

Call me a Britfag, but Humbrol über alles, especially with the precision needle:

 

[Thunderscreech]

Call me a Britfag, but Humbrol über alles, especially with the precision needle:

Hmmm. How easy is it to find this stuff in the states, I wonder...
Testors had tips you could put on, but they invariable clogged/got reamed out by cleaning them with needles.

 

[EdHunter]

They're easily cleaned by putting them in a cup of boiling water for a minute

 

[Thunderscreech]

They're easily cleaned by putting them in a cup of boiling water for a minute

That you for this valuable information.

 

[Thunderscreech]

What about this plane guys?

 

[Thunderitter]

It's you!

 

[bassteban]

It's you!

Yah, that belongs in the *what do we all look like* thread

 

[Thunderscreech]

Yah, that belongs in the *what do we all look like* thread

I posted it in there right before that lady posted a picture of herself so no one cared.

 

[bassteban]

I posted it in there right before that lady posted a picture of herself so no one cared.

BRB...

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I would LOVE to land a job working for NATO in the diplomatic side of the organization, Washington Treaty hear my prayer !

 

[EdHunter]

Seeing as this is the only thread where I can get noticed, how do you guys post pictures from your computer without uploading? 'Cus whenever I use Mediashack all I get is the little box with the cross.

 

[bassteban]

Seeing as this is the only thread where I can get noticed, how do you guys post pictures from your computer without uploading? 'Cus whenever I use Mediashack all I get is the little box with the cross.

Lemme see- I'll right-click the address(of the image after googling), *copy* it, then *paste* it in between this:

 

[EdHunter]

Lemme see- I'll right-click the address(of the image after googling), *copy* it, then *paste* it in between this:

No, I mean for pictures not OL. I tried uploading to Imageshack, but that's stoppedworking recently.

 

[EdHunter]

 

[bassteban]

We have a flickr acct; I need my wife's expertise to do anything w/it.

 

[EdHunter]

That makes sense, I'll hastily throw an account together purely to upload grainy pictures of my Epiphone to TB!

 

[Dan B]

Russian Plane Porn: A Candid, Bear and Fulcrums

(and I know they are aircraft!)

That's an IL-78 (Midas), which is the air-refueler version of the IL-76. NATO uses the M designation for "miscellaneous" aircraft (refuelers, AEW/AWACKS/, etc). Passenger and cargo craft are given the C designation (for carrier).

Also, my favorite plane.

Largest plane in the world. That includes the A380.

 

[bassteban]

Dan B likes them BIG.