Adam Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) Dude, if you hurl I will have failed! Only had one pax barf in a Pitts years ago and he very kindly lost his lunch in the bag. Nothing worse than having to hose out a Pitts or try to get the chunks out of the carpet of a aeroplane (I have no cleaning crew post flight!). I'll make sure there is a barf bag in the Alpha, so no worries A mate of mine's father is ex-RAAF Sqdn Ldr Peter Clements. Peter's claim to fame is missing three wars - WW2, Korea and Vietnam. His postings just worked out that way. He's flown Mustang's, the Meatbox, CAC Sabre (3 of his friends decapitated by the canopy trying to eject) and had postings down to Antarctica flying Austers, Beavers then fling wings. He told me that getting converted onto rotary wing changed his life - he loves them! His post RAAF career was rotary wing. I'll get onto David his son and see if we can get you Pete's email address. Here's a photo of Pete in Judy Pay's Mustang over French Island. I took the photo with David his son driving a Archer (at max power!), with the gear warning horn blaring in the Mustang apparently! Guy Bourke was driving the Mustang. Judy's Mustang is dual control (throttle, stick and pedals, but no trim I think) - looks a pretty cool ride doesn't it! Cheers Adam Edited January 29, 2014 by Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Uhhhhh - superb finish. Looks fantastic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors 54 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Eric, that is one of the prettiest jet models I have ever seen, stellar job on an old kit. I want a two seater in Aussie markings! Dave (Still on the Q400?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Eric, Salute and apologies for late response, but......................................................... when did Furbs pull 10g+. Inquiring minds and all that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hi Kais, Furbs retired a couple of months ago. Will definitely miss seeing him around the crew room, knowing that he was once up the pointy end of a fast jet and all. Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Impressive work! You've done wonders with that very old kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Really nice ..... The Australian mirages are one of the coolest looking ....recall seeing them first hand as a lad at Butterworth Malaysia ..... rgds mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 So while I had all of the photo gear set up to do the Sabre, I decided to whip out the Mirage and re-photograph it. I felt the original photos could be improved on and I wanted to make up a base for the model as well. Piprm, alain11 and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Piprm and F`s are my favs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Nice pics, great model and base! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeP Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 So..you're good with a camera too. What (if anything) aren't you good at? As someone said in another post, maybe we should just go away and sulk for a week. (Plane looks even better now). Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) Well finally I got to show Furbs his old Mirage. It took a while considering we live quite close to each other! Edited December 17, 2016 by ericg cib2265, F`s are my favs, alain11 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Damn Eric! Nice!! That's what's it's all about mate! I wonder if these pilots reminisce about their fighter days! Being re-acquainted must have made his day!! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papadonis Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 absolut fantastic model and story serge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) Great story, great model result, love those downunder Mirages.......... Edited December 17, 2016 by Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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