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Posted: 01 Jan 1970 01:00
by steve
Was in a Woolworths yesterday, and saw a nice 1/24 scale Harrier Kit in their sale for ?24.99.

Its slightly out of Scale to Action Force (1/20) but it should be close enough to use for a custom job if anyone is tempted (and has a local Woolies)

Posted: 25 May 2005 16:29
by Quickfire
When I was a kid I obviously spent many sleepless nights wondering what :chopper: was meant to do with his life, apart from take on Red Shads with his little Browning automatic.

So, when I found some large A3 white sheets with blue horizontal and vertical lines on them while clearing out part of our primary school I knew it was my chance - draw the goddamn blue prints for the SAS Hercules. :sparrow: needed somewhere to operate from too obviously. I was content. All the more so as it was '85 and the Red Shadows were no more (for f*?%s sake!) so I overcame my sorrow by continuing the :sas: :zforce: :space: :qforce: :enemy: meta-narrative in some form at least. Then I started work on the SAS Chinook for the Jeep and MMS. Might have done a Sea King as well, but that was Falklands influence I guess, maybe better for Z Force.

As everyone's said, the Harrier and the Lynx would also have been great, but I put them in SAS Force assuming that Chopper did all the leg work for SAS-Z ops, but the Lynx would have been really cool for Z Force, Harrier too, but perhaps better in all black?

:enemy: were always without aircover till :wolf: emerged in an invention that creeped out my family for some reason. The A-10 would have been perfect for the Baron's minions I guess. But they needed helos too - Mi-24 Hind would have been perfect, possibly a Mil Mi-28 Havoc for dedicated attack role, or Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark. Would have been killers in red with the Enemy codes written all over them!

I must still have the new blueprints somewhere, shouldda patented them LOL.

I blame BAOR for brainwashing me with all the non-stop military exercises I frequently saw!

As for :space: and :qforce: that's for another time (unless Q had a goddamn aircraft carrier with a Sea Harrier....)

Posted: 26 May 2005 22:30
by seaneley
What about a nice Skystriker? Maybe the Pilot could fly that?
:sparrow: : Yeah, baby!
:pilot: : Ooh! Can I ride in back?
:ace: : Hey! Stay away from my ride!

Posted: 27 May 2005 09:21
by Quickfire
meertoh wrote:It took me 20 years to give :chopper:'s life some meaning.

It's a Power Team Elite "World Peace Keepers" Blackhawk.
Great pics and great idea Meertoh!!!!

:quick:

Posted: 14 Feb 2007 00:43
by mr_chorlton
Yeah, great pics :)

I built a helicopter for AF guys out of lego...I think it was based on a Huey and had a winch - it was a long time ago!

A hercules would have been a great multi-role choice (and maybe an AC130 conversion kit!). I think a Harrier would have been a good choice too.

Posted: 14 Feb 2007 02:49
by The Baron
Whatever the range is that Jimbo used for his tank transport also do a harrier set for about ?17. I ummed and ahhed over it while looking for an Osprey.

Posted: 14 Feb 2007 02:57
by The Baron

Action Force Air Force.

Posted: 14 Feb 2007 20:20
by NemesisEnforcerFan
Ok.. no air force.. by this you mean the actual vehicles or figures as well?

I always thought :sas: stood for Special Air Service.. so wouldn't this be covered by them?
Incidentaly I have an AF Helicopter which is the Elite Operations Assault Helicopter seen here:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/ ... AG0587.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/ ... AG0590.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/ ... AG0631.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/ ... AG0630.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/ ... AG0594.jpg
As for names I've chosen the Peregrine. It's primarily a transport helicopter but the guns on the front offer great air to ground support.