choppadocta

re: P-40 Firing live ammunition for first time in 80 years

Posted by choppadocta on 7/6/26 at 5:42 pm to FightinIrish

Early P40's had two fifties in the nose and four thirties, 2 in each wing.

re: United States of Free Flo vs Wondo'd | World Cup Round of 16 | 7pm CT (FOX)

Posted by choppadocta on 7/6/26 at 5:24 pm to PurpleandGold Motown

re: Happy 250 from our favorite Canadian oil field lass

Posted by choppadocta on 7/4/26 at 4:28 pm to Hangit

Her and her folks fled from the Balkans when she was eight I believe and they immigrated to Canada. She spent quite a bit of time there and now she's in Texas working the oil fields

Political Talk

re: DC will have 7 hours straight of flyovers for 250th birthday

Posted by choppadocta on 7/3/26 at 8:14 pm to tarzana

quote:
Sheesh-- what could go wrong?

Hopefully something like an engine or large piece of aircraft falls off and splits your fricking skull in half.... wait you said worst thing that could happen that would be like chef kiss

Political Talk

re: United States of Group Winners vs Eastern Block | World Cup Round of 32 | 7pm CT (FOX)

Posted by choppadocta on 7/1/26 at 7:46 pm to rt3

Five hole goal

re: United States of Group Winners vs Eastern Block | World Cup Round of 32 | 7pm CT (FOX)

Posted by choppadocta on 7/1/26 at 6:56 pm to BamaChemE

:usa:

re: United States of Group Winners vs Eastern Block | World Cup Round of 32 | 7pm CT (FOX)

Posted by choppadocta on 7/1/26 at 6:54 am to unctiger4

re: Department of Revenue fee for hybrid vehicles.

Posted by choppadocta on 6/30/26 at 10:33 pm to LSUA 75

Is there no option to pay online? If I'd said I was surprised Louisiana government officials are/ were incompetent, I'd be lying.

re: Latest model creation

Posted by choppadocta on 6/29/26 at 10:19 pm to One72

I used AK 3rd gen airbrush paints

AK11342 Dark Green FS 34102
AK11873 Dull Dark Green FS 34092
AK11024 Ash Grey FS 36081

Tamiya and Mr Color primers, Various Tamiya acrylics, tamiya black panel liner and tamiya weathering pigments. Tamiya gloss and flat clear spray paint.

re: Monarch Caterpillars Missing This Year?

Posted by choppadocta on 6/28/26 at 7:23 am to SpeckledScrap

Seen a couple of females laying eggs on my milkweed, seen a chrysalis or 2 and a few mid sized cats wandering around. But no where the usual activity. Once I see that I have cats on a plant I will cover it with fine mesh to keep the damn red wasps away they hunt the young caterpillars

Home & Garden

re: Almost intact StuG III discovered buried in sand along German North Sea Coast

Posted by choppadocta on 6/27/26 at 7:21 pm to vl100butch

Some of them are reproductions based on other armored vehicle chassis. A couple of them in the Band of Brothers series were built on the chassis of a British fv-432 armored personnel carrier they look almost identical but you can tell because the road wheels are different.

re: Latest model creation

Posted by choppadocta on 6/27/26 at 7:17 pm to AUTimbo

Were those j79s on a certain number of hours for SOAP sampling or was it on a case-by-case basis? In helicopters we do them on by hourly and if the soap comes back with elevated levels of certain elements. Engines, Transmissions, and hydraulic fluid all get tested.

re: Latest model creation

Posted by choppadocta on 6/27/26 at 1:58 pm to AUTimbo

Phantom Phixer eh? Nice.

Latest model creation

Posted by choppadocta on 6/27/26 at 1:24 pm

Meng 1/48th scale F-4G Wild Weasel
Aircraft depicted is wearing the European one or "lizard" scheme which was in use from the late seventies to the early 90s.

Aircraft depicted is an F-4G wild weasel serial number 69-7268 from the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing based at Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, July 1987. It is shown armed with two AGM 88 harm anti radiation missiles, two AGM 65 Maverick laser guided missiles three AIM 7M Sparrow air to air missiles and one AN/ALQ-131 Jammer Pod.

On the left intake splitter plate you will see a stylized weasel with the letters YGBSM which according to legend when the first Weasel Pilots who flew F-100 Super Sabers learned of their mission of hunting down and destroying Sam site radars and radar guided anti-aircraft sites he said "You gotta be shitting me!"

Some of the enduring nicknames of the F4 Phantom were Lead Sled, Double Ugly, and Rhino

Wild weasel mission