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Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:45 pm
by GoldCylon
I found these photos some years ago, and well frankly I forgot all about them till a email link from CORA today. The link didn't have all the photos I do, but never the less the full sized Thunder Fighter from Buck Rogers decades ago. If I recall the guy that took these photos worked for Universal, and he took these about 1-2 years after the production of Buck Rogers shut down. Now look at the massive damage done after just a doz or so months. A few decades later it would have been just a pile of lumber that no one be able to figure out what it was. I am only post a few not everything.
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:47 pm
by GoldCylon
A few more
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:53 pm
by GoldCylon
The ship was built mostly of plywood and a few other metal pieces, but it could hardly handle it own weight. One reason it is falling apart so quick after exposed to the elements.
On pic 10 with the boxed out area take a look carefully you can see the camera dolly wheel frame what was used back in those days over the much smaller light weight in most cases hand held cameras. Those are the same type, or style used in the Viper landing gear. By the way that is the wing. The nose gear is missing its landing gear wheel.
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:55 am
by Cylon-Knight
Cool pic.
I guess that is an Earth Defense Directorate Bicycle?
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:21 am
by GoldCylon
Yeah the was Twiki ride.
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:01 am
by Cylon-Knight
Cool new pics!
But that guy is touching Buck's Thunder... oh my
LOL
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:03 am
by GoldCylon
I think he was "Thunder Struck"
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:45 pm
by Mr Fett
LOL !!!!!
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:20 pm
by goldcylon1
Cylon-Knight wrote:Cool new pics!
But that guy is touching Buck's Thunder... oh my
LOL
beedeee beeedeee beeedee BUCK lol
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:29 pm
by Cy
Did any of the full scale mock ups of the Vipers ever survive?
Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:48 pm
by GoldCylon
Those ships were never seen after the 91 fire.
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:21 pm
by Cylon-Knight
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:11 pm
by gremlin
here is something for those of you who dont have the room for the full size fighter...LOL
http://www.paperaviation.de/Thunderfigh ... ghter.html
and here is another pic for the full size collection
Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:43 pm
by GoldCylon
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The requested URL /Thunderfigh was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at
www.paperaviation.de Port 80
Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:09 pm
by gremlin
???...i just tested the link posted here and it worked... try it again, might have had an issue when you first tried
