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Posted by Bruce Frierdich on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 11:09 AM

All,

Not sure how we got off on comets and plane crashes but interesting nonetheless.  I wonder how someone might go about modeling a comet?  I'd stay away from modeling an airplane crash - bad juju.  I do recall in the mid-60s, there was a hobby shop in Bayshore shopping center in Milwaukee.  Some creative mind took some plastic dinosaur models and some military models and put them together in some really cool and fun dioramas with the dinosaurs crushing the tanks and the tanks shooting the dinosaurs.  No trains involved.  Anyway, thanks all.  Fun exchange.

Bruno

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Posted by samfp1943 on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 5:59 PM

Bruce Frierdich

All,

Not sure how we got off on comets and plane crashes but interesting nonetheless.  I wonder how someone might go about modeling a comet?  I'd stay away from modeling an airplane crash - bad juju.  I do recall in the mid-60s, there was a hobby shop in Bayshore shopping center in Milwaukee.  Some creative mind took some plastic dinosaur models and some military models and put them together in some really cool and fun dioramas with the dinosaurs crushing the tanks and the tanks shooting the dinosaurs.  No trains involved.  Anyway, thanks all.  Fun exchange.

Bruno

 

    aLL i REMEMBER ABOUT THE "COMET' (DeHAVILLAND, version)

( it was a failure because it had square windows; THEY did not stand up to the constants of Pressurization and Depressurization cycles.)

Ford's Comet, only matched a real comet's trajectory.....   

 

 


 

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Posted by spsffan on Thursday, March 14, 2024 10:48 AM

My first car was a 1963 Mercury Comet. 170cid. straight six, two speed Ford-o-matic and small resiuda tailfins. Powder blue it was. 

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Posted by Bruce Frierdich on Friday, March 15, 2024 4:35 PM

Who would have thought?  See the Mecum Auto Auction site for a "boo-te-full"! '64 Mercury Comet Pro Mod.  

1964 Mercury Comet Pro Mod

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