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This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 04 Nov 2010, 20:45
by Chris558
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
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 04 Nov 2010, 21:02
by Garry Russell
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
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 04 Nov 2010, 22:14
by DaveB
Let's hope the jet engine isn't a Trent 900!
No.. I can't say that sort of thing appeals to me.
ATB
DaveB
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 04 Nov 2010, 23:24
by FlyTexas
DaveB wrote:Let's hope the jet engine isn't a Trent 900!
...and if it is you'd better hope that Father Christmas left you a fire extinguisher in your stocking.
Brian
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 05 Nov 2010, 00:23
by DaveB
Oh.. I'd want the 'standard' 2 for each engine and at £1k per bottle.. I don't think that's gonna happen
ATB
DaveB
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 05 Nov 2010, 02:28
by sketchy74
Garry Russell wrote:Aparently they are very dissapointing, but will appeal to some
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.
Great idea though.
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 05 Nov 2010, 06:41
by austerdriver
Re: This years must-have Xmas pressie?
Posted: 05 Nov 2010, 09:15
by jonesey2k
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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