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Planes in Strange Places

Started by TheChronicOne, March 25, 2017, 11:04:29 AM

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TheChronicOne

Saw this yesterday just a couple blocks from the house. Upon closer inspection it was one of our own Oklahoma AWACS.

On the side of a delivery/moving truck...






:laugh:
-Sprues McDuck-

PR19_Kit

You can't help thinking the van should have had a Frisbee aerial on the roof.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

PR19_Kit

How about this Buccaneer parked in a filling station in Elgin Scotland, a few miles south of Lossiemouth from where it last flew.

Brit viewers please don't cry too much over the fuel prices shown in the pic, it was taken a while ago obviously.

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

TheChronicOne

Looks like a well kept show piece!!  Gotta love it... you know it's some old fella that owns the whole shootin' match, store, plane, and all & one day he said, "hell why not... " and then there was a war jet at the filling station.

Buccaneer, right?
-Sprues McDuck-

PR19_Kit

That's pretty well exactly what happened, yes.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

TheChronicOne

I love it.   :laugh:

I want to be like that some day.  :lol:
-Sprues McDuck-

kerick

There is the story of the B-17 used as a canopy for a gas station.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2968
Its been taken down for restoration, possibly to flying status.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

TheChronicOne

Quote from: kerick on March 25, 2017, 07:06:50 PM
There is the story of the B-17 used as a canopy for a gas station.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2968
Its been taken down for restoration, possibly to flying status.

Holy crap, man... I can't tell if the story in the write-up is outright bovine excrement or just one of the most astonishing tales I've ever heard!  Where to start?! I was going to quote bits and pieces but the entire thing is nuts and needs to be read in it's entirety.   :wub: ;D :o  It's an "account" and not an official record but please God let it be true! Such a rich and brilliant story if so..  and either way, the thing wound up there and I agree that it would be very cool to have it restored and back.
-Sprues McDuck-

PR19_Kit

Superb.  :thumbsup:

That beats hell out of having a Bucanneer just PARKED on your fuel station forecourt, the B-17 WAS the fuel station!  :o
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kitnut617

#9
Well there is this one I saw in McMinnville Oregon, and yes, it's mounted on top of the building. It's an old Evergreen 747 which is now used as the starting point for waterslides. (I should mention that Evergreen has it's home base in McMinnville, it's also right by the Evergreen Aerospace Museum where they have the Hughes HK-1 on display)

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kerick

As far as I know the B-17 story is true, or at least the plane on the gas station part. Story has been around for a long time.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

scooter

I know I shared this one on the Gate Guards thread, but...

Greenwood Lake Airport's (4N1) Constellation


And just for reference:
The F-106- 26 December 1956 to 8 August 1988
Gone But Not Forgotten

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Mossie

There used to be a Harrier GR.3 in the Trocadero amusement arcade in London in a crazy scheme.  It was removed a few years back and the cockpit section has been restored and placed in the museum at the ex-RAF Gütersloh.

Not my pic, took a fair bit of hunting down on teh web.
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zenrat

I've been looking for inspiration for a Harrier scheme...
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- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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