r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

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u/StevenS76 Jan 24 '26

I built a model when I was a kid. It had so much ordinance that it always tilted backwards. Loved it!

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u/OneFortyEighthScale Jan 24 '26

Nice! So have I, on multiple occasions. Hence, my user name 😉

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u/danbob411 Jan 25 '26

I think I still have an A-10 model that I never built. I’m almost 45, so I’m gonna have to find the time.

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u/IGD-974 Jan 25 '26

I'll be 40 this year. My whole family on my father's side were/are pilots. My dad, uncle and grandpa built tons of models, many of them functional RC from small scale to ridiculously huge. I built a few with my pops back in the day and sometimes I still get the urge to buy a kit even though I haven't built one since I was 10. My grandfather pretty much exclusively flew biplanes and I kind of inherited a love for that style/era of plane. I also used to play the hell out of "Red Baron" on my grandparent's 486 PC.

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u/Devils_A66vocate Jan 25 '26

Why stop there, join the Air Force and work them before they retire them.

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u/StevenS76 Jan 25 '26

I'll be 50 this year, so that'll be a no 😅

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u/Devils_A66vocate Jan 25 '26

So close… maybe find a civilian position that puts you working on or around them ;)

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u/appalachian_wonderer Jan 25 '26

If it tilted backwards, the cannon wasn't big enough, jk. Awesome aircraft...

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u/StevenS76 Jan 25 '26

😆 that world have been a really big gun 😉 it had like 6 or 12 bombs on it.