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  1. The greatest model railroad ever. In HD

    I think I posted a similar video of this several years ago. Here is a newer one in HD. Amazing is an understatement. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s
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    Unknown airplane crashes

    Hi everyone, My name is Marius from Roumania. This week I found about where a plane crashed in WW2. I was at the site, and I found a lot of debris, but no identifiable. I also found someone a few pieces that were found at the crash site with many years ago. My request to you is if you can...
  3. 70 years ago, the USS Indianapolis was Sunk.

    Hardly anyone knew of it until Jaws came around the Summer of 1975. Warship's Last Survivors Recall Sinking in Shark-Infested Waters
  4. 1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zeke

    Well going through my hobby room i came across a Zeke i started about six years ago. Another wonderful kit Tamiya produced. Cheers Brian
  5. 97 years ago

    Manfred von Richthofen
  6. 70 years ago, the battle of Samar Straight

    70 years ago, the greatest fight between a numerically inferior force against a Goliath took place. The US kicked the asses of the IJN fleet off of Samar. A salute to you veterans of the battle. You are in the very last twilight years of your lives, and a final salute to you is in order! Well...
  7. A sad end to a lot of loving effort

    A long time ago I posted a thread about what we do with all these planes we build. Since there is no afterlife to take them to, eh? I had the sad duty to sift thru Hundreds of donated builds. Most of them manhandeled by others, parts broken off when stacked on top of one another and just age...
  8. F-15 crashes in lincolnshire

    no casualties it seems, happened about 90 minutes ago ! BBC News - USAF F-15 jet crashes in Lincolnshire
  9. RAF veterans remember the Warsaw Uprising 70 years ago.

    Seventy years ago - on 2 October 1944 - the Warsaw Uprising was finally crushed by the German army, after 63 days. Stalin's failure to help is well known, but few know of the RAF veterans who risked their lives trying to help the Polish resistance. BBC News - RAF veterans remember the Warsaw...
  10. Jeff's jpegs

    A thread for various photos from this and that. These two photos were taken earlier today on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on the occasion of the 37th annual National Police Memorial. As many of you know I am a retired Police Officer and my youngest son joined the Waterloo Regional...
  11. Thanks you for all the good wishes, Connie has been laid to rest

    Firstly, thank you each and everyone for your condolences and wishes. The number of them was surprising, each of them means a lot to us. Annie’s mum has been laid to rest, last Tuesday afternoon, she was 87. Many people were there, family and friends, some from her childhood. It’s been hard...