Build Your Own Model B-52 200
Assmasher writes "Who says the cold war is over? Wren
Turbines, a UK based manufacturer of scale modeling jet engines (usually for remote control aircraft), has provided the engines for a 300lbs+ scale replica of Boeing's B-52. This isn't normal Slashdot fare; however, it is nerdy enough, crazy enough, and if you watch the videos, cool enough to warrant serious geek attention. At roughly $3k per turbine, this is a serious piece of engineering. The sound alone is amazing!"
Just $3k per turbine? (Score:5, Funny)
B-52's (Score:2, Funny)
And today they are pretty much just models for the "before" picture.
Beats the hell.. (Score:5, Funny)
We'll meet again... (Score:5, Funny)
"How many times have I told you boys that I don't want no horsin' around on the airplane?"
Re:We'll meet again... (Score:3, Funny)
(Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like
Mine doesn't look right (Score:5, Funny)
Re:We'll meet again... (Score:4, Funny)
Hell, at that size, maybe they'd only be ~1Megaton, but WTF?
five or six of these, with scaled weapons, would that give enough plausible deniability?
"It appears the nuclear attack on (insert favorite islamic target here) was the work of a rogue group of RC modelers....
Now all they need is a couple of model H bombs... (Score:3, Funny)
Nice video, but .... (Score:5, Funny)
in-flight refueling? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Expensive Hobbies (Score:2, Funny)
I'd say "It was worth it! Just look at the fire ball!"
Re:Freecache links (Score:4, Funny)
I had Windows Media Player installed a while back, then decided it was a little creepy. Not anti-MS-bigot creepy, but creepy like RealPlayer. Like those programs are trying to figure out how to get into your checking account while they're playing your file and are like "play it one more time, we're almost there!" so you have to keep quiting them in the middle of clips to make sure they don't take all your money or write letters to people you barely know signed with your name...
just another Friday night, sitting around slashdot in my tin foil hat...
looks like fun (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Expensive Hobbies (Score:5, Funny)
(please, don't reply if you think I'm serious with this comment, because someone will point out that they are completely different scales and will start worrying that that won't work)
Landing? (Score:5, Funny)
Yawn... (Score:3, Funny)
Double bonus points if the bomb it drops is being ridden by a scale-model Slim Pickens that emits a digitized rebel yell on the way down.
Seriously though, that is really friggin' cool.
~Philly