This years must-have Xmas pressie?
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This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Think I'd rather have a real jet engine powered by fuel, but if your budget is tight, this might do......http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/airfix-engineer

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Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Aparently they are very dissapointing, but will appeal to some
.....however if you want to save a few pennies, Airfix are producing a 1/72 scale Valiant 
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Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Let's hope the jet engine isn't a Trent 900!
No.. I can't say that sort of thing appeals to me.
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No.. I can't say that sort of thing appeals to me.
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Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
...and if it is you'd better hope that Father Christmas left you a fire extinguisher in your stocking.DaveB wrote:Let's hope the jet engine isn't a Trent 900!
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Oh.. I'd want the 'standard' 2 for each engine and at £1k per bottle.. I don't think that's gonna happen
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Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Yes by the look of the Jet Engine there are using the same tooling for the same product which was released by Discovery Kids about 5-6 years ago. That one was terrible.Garry Russell wrote:Aparently they are very dissapointing, but will appeal to some![]()
Great idea though.
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Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
They had the reciprocating engine on American Chopper a while back.
A bunch of very experienced mechanics had trouble with getting it to go
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A bunch of very experienced mechanics had trouble with getting it to go
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