Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
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Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
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.
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Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
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.
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.
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Cool pic.
I guess that is an Earth Defense Directorate Bicycle?
I guess that is an Earth Defense Directorate Bicycle?
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Cool new pics!
But that guy is touching Buck's Thunder... oh my LOL
But that guy is touching Buck's Thunder... oh my LOL
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I think he was "Thunder Struck"
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Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
beedeee beeedeee beeedee BUCK lolCylon-Knight wrote:Cool new pics!
But that guy is touching Buck's Thunder... oh my LOL
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Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
Did any of the full scale mock ups of the Vipers ever survive?
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Hummm... seems like a cover up! The DRAMA of the missing ships! Will it EVER be SOLVED?!?!?
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Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
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
http://www.paperaviation.de/Thunderfigh ... ghter.html
and here is another pic for the full size collection
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Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
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Re: Buck Rogers fullscale Thunder Fighter
???...i just tested the link posted here and it worked... try it again, might have had an issue when you first tried
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