nolareenactor
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And at this range, I'm a real Frederick Zoller
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Post by nolareenactor on Dec 18, 2008 18:47:14 GMT -8
Is anyone planning on going to see this? I might see it Christmas day. It sounds pretty good. Your thoughts?
Ian
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Post by congofal on Dec 18, 2008 23:05:03 GMT -8
I will be going after New Years , maybe in uniform? ;D Looking at the promo pics i noticed that during the Afrika Scenes tom cruise wears the same watch i wear for my FJ impression His watch  My watch (only mine has a white face)  |
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Post by Klaus Schüßler on Dec 19, 2008 9:38:05 GMT -8
I was thinking about seeing it, but figured he would just kill hitler, end the war, and bring all the dead civilians back to life and live a happy and long life with his wife and kids.
Sweet watch. Are they hard to get?
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Post by Redeye on Dec 19, 2008 17:30:03 GMT -8
No way I am going to drop $8 on a Tom Cruise flick, just can't take this clown serious. I will wait till it comes out on DVD then rent it.
It bothers me that a P-40E is making a pass over them and they're just standing there. ROFL.
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nolareenactor
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Post by nolareenactor on Dec 19, 2008 19:25:28 GMT -8
About the P40, the Germans looking ahead and chances are they won't hear the P40 until it passes. I am assuming thats the plane that blows off his fingers and causes him to loose an eye?
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Post by Redeye on Dec 19, 2008 22:04:11 GMT -8
Thing of it is the P-40 would have strafed their butts by the time this shot was taken...well, hypothetically. Its a cool shot regardless, I love P-40s.
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Post by Klaus Schüßler on Dec 20, 2008 9:50:14 GMT -8
HOLY nuts, I hadn't noticed that. What a funny picture. Maybe they are surrendering, but who on earth would surrender with a tank?
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Post by Redeye on Dec 20, 2008 10:35:16 GMT -8
LOL, Sean...not much a tank can do against a fighter/bomber. Under closer examination, it looks as tho the P-40 may have a 100lb bomb under its belly. That too should have already been released, but either way its gonna mess some German's day up.
I do like how the tanks are depicted. Looks like an American M41 or M47/48 chassis with the deck, glacis plate and turret of a Pzkw III or IV. They must have run out of the M24 chassis that you always saw in the older WW2 movies, which would have worked better because of the size and the narrower treads. Treads that wide didn't appear until the Tiger and Panther tanks were introduced.
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Post by Klaus Schüßler on Dec 20, 2008 11:51:32 GMT -8
I thought they looked wrong too, but couldn't figure out were they came from.
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Post by congofal on Dec 20, 2008 20:25:56 GMT -8
The tank could be a T55 , the low chassis profile makes me think it is , i know the Russians converted a bunch of T55s to look like Tiger tanks for a movie they made about the Battle of Kursk 4 years ago. On the movie the P40s make a low pass to check out the German column , then they make the strafing run that destroys most of the vehicles and injures Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg , that photo is from that scene. Oh about the watch , you can find them from time to time , i found mine on an antique shop. Here's another photo from the movie a real wartime BF109 and a Spanish CASA109 , this are the 2 fighters that fly cover for Hitlers JU52 in the movie  |
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Post by Redeye on Dec 22, 2008 20:23:48 GMT -8
The road wheels are all wrong for a T-55, which are much larger with no return rollers. I would almost bet money they're from the M47/48 family.
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Post by Otto on Dec 30, 2008 0:12:33 GMT -8
How was the movie? Was it pretty good? Is it worth watching?
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Post by Klaus Schüßler on Dec 30, 2008 8:55:50 GMT -8
I havn't seen it yet. Perhaps we should all get together and watch it on Saturday?
Klaus
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Post by Redeye on Dec 30, 2008 12:14:09 GMT -8
Gah! Not this Saturday, I have to work!
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Post by Klaus Schüßler on Dec 30, 2008 15:51:43 GMT -8
Sunday?
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