schwim wrote:
More pics here: https://wiki.peters-old-toys.de/index.php?title=Lego_Schachtel_1306-306,_VW_Service_-_VW_Garage_mit_2_VW_K%C3%A4fern
Maddel wrote:
Not my cup of tea really but the engine is at the rear at least... :)
That one was done really well. I saw the hood latch and wondered what the decklid would have looked like. I found a for-sale walkaround video and the decklid looks as wild as the rest of the car:
Maddel wrote:
More pics here: https://wiki.peters-old-toys.de/index.php?title=Lego_Schachtel_1306-306,_VW_Service_-_VW_Garage_mit_2_VW_K%C3%A4fern
Those are so cool. It's too bad LEGO has been priced out of the normal person's collection. Much like the VW I guess :)
schwim wrote:
It's too bad LEGO has been priced out of the normal person's collection. Much like the VW I guess :)
Derailing the topic...
The first LEGO set I got: 120 from '69.
(It's not my kit in the vid)...
It's scattered somewhere at the attic amongst a ton of other stored (vintage) LEGO bits and pieces.
Funnily enough I thought about gathering all the parts and restore the kit lately.
The instructions are long gone but available online.
i have this one. although last i remember it didn't work anymore... and i think i robbed a lot of parts to build other stuff...
after decades of searching i FINALLY found a pic of Jesse James 59 Chevy! he got this car when he lived down the street from me, its the first lowrider i can remember seeing in person. it was juiced not bagged. he moved in like May of 1997 and i have no clue whatever happened to it.
always liked these wheels, but have never seen them on a bug until now
Anyone for a bookshelf?
i don't dislike that :?
That's not what they meant by drive-thru, Andy.
Stumbled across this lately...
Maddel wrote:
Stumbled across this lately...
I saw that one recently. The base sticker on the bumper probably means it's a military guy that works at the airfield and thought it would be funny to compare the two. I do wonder how many rounds that barrel holds.
schwim wrote:
I do wonder how many rounds that barrel holds.
wikipedia wrote:
The magazine can hold 1,174 rounds, although 1,150 is the typical load-out.
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The Avenger's rate of fire was originally selectable, 2,100 rounds per minute (rpm) in the low setting, or 4,200 rpm in the high setting. This rate was later changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rpm. At this speed it would take 18 seconds of sustained fire to empty the magazine. In practice, the cannon is limited to one and two-second bursts to avoid overheating and conserve ammunition; barrel life is also a factor, since the USAF has specified a minimum life of at least 20,000 rounds for each set of barrels.
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The average recoil force of the GAU-8/A is 10,000 pounds-force (45 kN), which is slightly more than the output of each of the A-10's two TF34 engines of 9,065 lbf (40.3 kN). While this recoil force is significant, in practice a cannon-fire burst slows the aircraft by only a few miles per hour in level flight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II
that thing only holds 1350 rounds!??? it would buzz through that in like 4.4 seconds, wtf. i thought it held like 10,000 rounds. damn, my mind is officially blown for the day.
My wild ass guess is that it pulls the feed so quickly that a lot of that is empty space because the track can't be coiled too tightly or it would rip the feed apart.
