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    My latest early Pusher... German this time

    AGO II, I think, Shapeways by John Macek I think it it was.







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    Love seeing the early war birds, Chris. Very nice!

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    Well done, Chris! I do not think that I have ever seen a model of that particular plane before.

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    Are the national insignia decals or hand-painted? Looks like could be either.

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    Hi Sam, the background is painted and the cross is a decal

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    Yes, that is one of John's very nice offerings from Shapeways. And very nicely painted too

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    Very nicely done Chris

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Another very nice offering Chris.
    For a Shapeways, you have a very fine finish on it.
    Hope to see it in the flesh at WMMS.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Lovely work Chris!

    I didn't know the Germans had pushers - have to look at getting one myself now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post

    I didn't know the Germans had pushers - have to look at getting one myself now.
    Not a whole lot, but of the ones they had, apparantely the AGO C-II was the most popular with the aircrews. The first German pusher was the Euler "Luftschiff Zerströrer" (Airship destroyer), which had a fixed machinegun mount and a single seat. It was a pre-war design that looked ever so much like a DeHaviland 2. The idea never actually caught on in Germany, but Antony Fokker was forced to pay a royalty to Euler for the idea of a fixed forward-firing machinegun.

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    Very nice Chris. I just love the early birds.

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    Yes, that is one of my earliest designs... second, I think. I've learned a great deal since then.

    Here's what it looks like on the inside.




    The painted prototype. I have since added crew.




    And the bomber variant.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    Lovely work Chris!

    I didn't know the Germans had pushers - have to look at getting one myself now.
    Never to late to learn something new

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    A Shapeways AGO C.I for the OTT DYM campaign. Flown once and got BOOMed! Now has stripes added for protection.

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    VERY nice, Peter!

    Still can't Rep you, dammit!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Looks great, Peter. Love the stripes and the forward gunner.

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    A very nice finish on that once again Pete.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Excellent job (as always)! I was sad to see it go down so quickly in the DYM campaign. Surely Les Bouledogues will be dazzled by the stripes should they see it again.

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    The racing stripes make it go faster, right?

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    do the stripes have the same effect for a/c as skimpy chainmail bikinis do for frank franzetta fantasy lasses? if so im grabbing my paint brush lol!!!

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    Faster indeed! And I'm hoping the extra layer of paint will stop any bullets trying to hit the observer.

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    Nice work Chris, and a lovely aircraft I hadn't heard of before!

    Peter, love the stripes & overall paint scheme.

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    Those stripes are way too good, looks even more impressive than in the game, very nice plane and even nicer painting



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