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Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:27 pm
Time capsule no more! After the RAF museum managed to screw up the deal, seems the Egyptian AF museum took it and "restored it". unbelievable something like this can happen in 2017. Pics here:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthr ... ted/page77Before pics and some background here:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/ ... od-ending/
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:12 pm
Wow that hurts.
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:45 pm
I say we grab a few buckets of Bondo, head to Cairo, and restore the Sphinx.
Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:03 pm
Kyleb wrote:I say we grab a few buckets of Bondo, head to Cairo, and restore the Sphinx.
How about some Silly Putty and model kit paint? Maybe a nice Metal Flake Sand?
Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:59 pm
I can't connect to where the pic links are, but I can gauge by the sarcastic replies they did a
hack job on it!!
any other links to try??
Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:21 pm
tom d. friedman wrote:I can't connect to where the pic links are, but I can gauge by the sarcastic replies they did a
hack job on it!!
any other links to try??
Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:00 am
thanks for the pic, & sorry I asked!!
Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:04 am
Worst thing is, the pilot's remains are still out there in the desert.
Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:00 am
Pitiful. Should have gone to the RAF museum untouched and displayed in a crash diorama scene. It can only be original once... Such a sad end to the story. At least it wasn't scrapped I guess.
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Warbird Kid on Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:00 am
WOW! The Flying Tigers movie mockups looked better!
Nice touch of concreting the landing gear into the stone.
Disgraceful.
Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:45 am
That looks like serious Water Park decor
But I think to the Egyptians, that is a Mission Ready Plane!
Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:50 am
Payback for Suez!
Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:08 pm
Or perhaps payback for the British museum of old, which had a habit of taking whatever they wanted from Egypt....
Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:27 pm
sandiego89 wrote:Or perhaps payback for the British museum of old, which had a habit of taking whatever they wanted from Egypt....
This ^
Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:31 pm
While I am disappointing to see it wasn't preserved in an as-found state, or even restored more accurately, I am happy it is intact and on display.
I had kind of resigned myself to the fact that someone would sell the poor thing for scrap.
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