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Re: Funny, that's exactly what I thought......

Posted by Steve T on Tue Nov 18, 2003 08:00:32 PM

In reply top Re: Funny, that's exactly what I thought...... posted by simonking on Tue Nov 18, 2003 03:44:01 PM

Simon--

: The Czechs did that back in the 70's for a film - built a
: wooden framework around an cut down Li-2 fuselage IIRC.it
: was the fabric covered as per original. Wing was too low o
: n the fuselage but otherwise looked quite good - it had ve
: rtical slots in the fuselage for propeller clearance
: it was armed with MG17s I think

Wow. Now that is a weird one. Harvard 4s as Zeros? An Anson as a Boeing 247D? Hispano 1112s as 109s? These I might think of were I gathering stuff for filming...but a DC-3 (more or less) as a Wellington! I think many of us on WIX would simply love to see a photo of that one...

S.

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