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Thanks for the review, Richie.
> Very good. While much more swooshable than the 'Camel (it's a bit more
> compact, and a whole lot sturdier)
Here I would have to disagree. I don't find either of the Camel or the Baron to
be particularly sturdy and hence not particularly swooshable. The new struts on
the Baron seem to come apart as much as the Camel's did. Indeed, during
construction, the Baron's tri-wings were constantly collapsing, although once
completed, it became a little more robust, but still well short of swooshable.
Both sets looks good though (and the red-ness of the Baron makes it the
stand-out of the pair), and I figure the real planes were probably pretty
fragile as well, so arguably it's historically accurate for the Lego renditions
to be pretty flimsy as well.
Kerry
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| "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H69tBF.DG9@lugnet.com... (...) Baron to (...) Pah! You just haven't cottoned onto the ultimate swooshability mod - motorise the propeller. A 5114 motor and 9V battery box fit easily into the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Hmmm... I may have to collect more data on this. Certainly my prelimary data, based on medium speed swooshing at both full arm extension and half arm extension, combined with several strafing runs (complete with machine gun sound effects) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| 10024 Red Baron (URL) Ages: 12+ Pieces: 682 Released: 2002 Many pages of instructions. Price Range: $A78ish (I bought it as half the Famous Planes Kit back in June, but only now got around to building it) RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au)
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