Army Surplus on eBay?

by **Clya Brown** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:26 pm

I don't know if anyone else has stumbled across this site http://felixdk.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fantasy-4113689?trail=150 which perhaps provides a few clues as to what happens to obsolete World Government hi-tech hardware after decommissioning. Recent purchases include:

No. 236: Thunderbird One by the Thunderbirds USAF Aerobatic Team;
No. 242: An Angel Interceptor by the Egyptian Air Force;
No. 255: Stingray by 808 NAS Royal Navy;
No. 258: Another Angel Interceptor by the US Coast Guard;
No. 265: Fireball XL5 by 22 Sentai Imperial Japanese Army Air Force;
No. 275: Thunderbird Three by the Belgian Air Force.

As they say, "When it's gone, it's gone".

by **hazel** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:40 pm

Splendid stuff! He's very inventive, and those models are excellent. For a moment, I thought I was looking at real aircraft, until I saw the one with a man standing beside it.

I think I also detect plotbunnies hiding behind the models and drawings...

by **Clya Brown** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:29 pm

Oops - I missed the minor detail that the thread in question is actually 14 pages long... which means that I earlier omitted the following:

No. 202: Thunderbird Two of 19 Squadron RAF
No. 203: Stingray of VF-31 US Navy
No. 204: Eagle Transporter of the Colombian Commandos
No. 205: Angel Interceptor of the Czech Republic Air Force
No. 212: Angel Interceptor of the Danish Air Force
No. 215: Thunderbird Three of the RCAF
No. 216: Angel Interceptor of the French Air Force
No. 219: Angel Interceptor of 11 Squadron RAF
No. 224: Angel Interceptor of the 4th Fighter Squadron USAF
No. 318: Thunderbird Two of the Thunderbirds USAF aerobatic team
No. 325: Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle of the British Army
No. 337: Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle of the Texas Highway Patrol
No. 343: Stingray of the RAF Rescue Service
No. 349: Fireball XL5 of ZG1 Luftwaffe WW2
No. 362: Fireball XL5 of 617 Squadron RAF
No. 370: Terrorfish of the Imperial Japanese Navy
No. 381: Fireball XL5 of the NLAF (New Libya Air Force).
No. 385: Thunderbird 2 of the Tunisian Air Force

The pages can be accessed from the earlier link, but to get to some of them directly, just click on:

181-209: http://felixdk.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fantasy-4113689?trail=120
210-225: http://felixdk.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fantasy-4113689?trail=135
310-347: http://felixdk.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fantasy-4113689?trail=180
348-400: http://felixdk.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fantasy-4113689?trail=195

I love that terrorfish!