One of the best historical quotes made into a movie line…
1/48 scale Dual build Spitfire Mk.Vbs
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Stikpusher
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One of the best historical quotes made into a movie line…
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Nice to see a pair of the best aircraft of WWII being built Tom! (I'll just toss in that discussion grenade and run from the room teeheehee 
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Two really good looking builds!
)Two really good looking builds!
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Thank you, Stuart.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: 1/48 scale Dual build Spitfire Mk.Vbs
Great looking pair of the second best fighters of WW II, Tom!
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Well the Hurricane was pretty spectacular!
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And the debate rages on…
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: 1/48 scale Dual build Spitfire Mk.Vbs
Well the top scoring highest aces of WWII all did fly Me-109s…. 
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Yeah but their Eastern opponents started the war by flying aircraft so poor they made the Buffalo look good, so does that count?
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In the book, “A Higher Call” Makos says many German pilots way over claimed their victories. I’m sure not all. He also said a 4 engine victory was worth more in count than a fighter. Interesting stuff.Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:59 pm Well the top scoring highest aces of WWII all did fly Me-109s….
Great work, Tom
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Over claiming was pretty common amongst all fighter pilots in any war. Both sides did set up fairly stringent criteria for confirmed kills. But in the heat of battle, the confirmation could be just as questionable at times. And like Stuart said, the Soviets did take some pretty poor aircraft to war in 1941. But they did have vast numbers. And one of the top scoring Allied aces was a Soviet pilot who fought from beginning to end and flew in some of those “dogs”. The bomber kills, aka “viermotor” counted more for Luftwaffe awards points due to their being harder to shoot down. They did not increase the pilot’s tally of kills overall. Pilots flying Reichs Defense were awarded the Knights Cross and subsequent upgrade decorations such as oak leaves, swords, and diamonds, with much lower amounts of kills compared to those facing only single and twin engined fighters and attack aircraft in the East.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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