Typhoon At The NATO Summit

[TorqueVR]

I saw on the TV news that they had a Typhoon parked at Celtic Manor for the summit last week, but there's no runway and it's surely too big to have gone by road. Does anyone know how they got it there?

[TobyLaRohne]

TorqueVR said:

I saw on the TV news that they had a Typhoon parked at Celtic Manor for the summit last week, but there's no runway and it's surely too big to have gone by road. Does anyone know how they got it there?

Maybe it was a full scale model they can pop the wings off to take to shows like this?

[jmorgan]

Comes in kit form with a giant tube of glue.


There were a few shots of it in bits on the BBC Wales news web site.

[TobyLaRohne]

Maybe its a small model, they just bring it close to the camera to make it look big.

[jmorgan]

Now now Father Ted......

[Simpo Two]

I saw an F35 and thought the same.

Good to know the West still has plenty of cash for a party.

[dr_gn]

It's a composite replica. You can easily tell by the lack of panel lines and other missing surface details.

[Mr_B]

[TorqueVR]

So are the other ones real, or have we been had?

[youngsod]

Am I the only one who is disappointed it wasn't one of these?

[ecsrobin]

Mr_B said:

That's Eric attaching the strops and Dr_gn supervising the removal of the superglue. They've formed a company making full scale airfix kits. Although there was a lot of discussion on if it was the right shade of grey used

[Hooli]

youngsod said:

Am I the only one who is disappointed it wasn't one of these?