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A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:04 pm

Found this on Yahoo news tonight. Full sized Spitfire replica on display at Duxford.

http://screen.yahoo.com/life-size-fight ... 19797.html

Re: A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:14 pm

Wow! That is different. Pretty cool if you ask me.


Nice stock footage of Hurricanes...

Re: A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:53 pm

Replica?
No - Not manufactured by Vickers-Supermarine.

Restoration?
No.

Reconstruction?
No - No original data plate to be found.

Late Production?
No.

Copy?
No.

Look Alike?
No.

Full Scale Model?
No - Nothing like the James May Airfix.

Cool all the same?
Yup.

Re: A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:55 pm

I remember they did something similar involving a tank before. One sec...

...ah, here we go: Tank made from over 5,000 egg boxes helping raise cash for military heroes
The charity's website: Fun and Games - Eggs for Soldiers
From the "sculptor's" website: HELP FOR HEROES Egg Box Tank

Re: A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:03 pm

pretty cool!! definetely 1 up on legos!!! nobody had better sound the "scramble alert"!!

Re: A Spitfire made of....egg cartons?

Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:24 pm

Was funny when he was explaining the iconic spitfire, footage of hurricanes was shown instead. What, couldn't find ANY footage of Spitfires?
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