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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 11 Jan 2018, 13:41
CitroJim wrote: 11 Jan 2018, 13:17 Spotted this one in the MK Aldi car park this morning... Not seen one for years...
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Amazed there are any left...

This was not a tidy example... The next most ratty car in the car park was my Ka :lol:


You probably should have obliterated the number plate Jim :-D The seasoned "whatsthisthener" can unleash an arsenal of weapons of skulldugery with that bit of info to get the answer!


I have now... Worked out how to do it :)

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Well done. Makes it more challenging, but have to admit I couldn’t resist the number plate look up when I first saw it, so I’ll have to keep schtum :)

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Is it an early Kia ? Something like a Pride ?
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bobins wrote: 11 Jan 2018, 21:02 Is it an early Kia ? Something like a Pride ?


Yes, spot-on Bobins :)

One that dates from 1993...

Back in those days we used to laugh at them and saw them as a joke - a bit like Soviet-era Skodas...

Who's laughing now though...
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They were a bit poor back then...

Changed times now!

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Whatsthisthen?.Try thes Tanks!.....

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Well Ukranian Special continues, the T34 was pretty swifty identified.

Any ideas what the name. rank and serial number of this little lot is? Personally I have no idea.
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Top one is a 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm SPG

the other is a Gvozdika 122mm SPG
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Whatsthisthen?. SPG's identified

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Top identifying there Alasdair. My friend thought the bit of hardware his bike was leaning against may have been one of these

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Enough detail in the photo to confirm?

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Whatsthisthen?.planespotters piece of cake

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I think this is just about the end of the Ukrainian special.....nice easy one to finish

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 14:38 I think this is just about the end of the Ukrainian special.....nice easy one to finish

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Is it an aircraft ? :rofl2:

No idea what the bike is leaning against the plinth though :lol:



I'm guessing it's a Mig 19.

What's (at least part of) this based on though ?
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And a few years ago I was lucky enough to be allowed on a former East German bombing range to go and see this that was left behind by the former occupants. It's a Mig - but I can't remmeber which one. Any ideas ?
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bobins wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 16:59 Is it an aircraft ? :rofl2:
No idea what the bike is leaning against the plinth though :lol:
I'm guessing it's a Mig 19.
Yes is a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P I do believe, or according to wiki, AKA "Farmer B" to NATO.
What's (at least part of) this based on though ?

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That looks very much like a trabant estate like this

http://www.simoncars.co.uk/trabant/slid ... 20side.jpg
And a few years ago I was lucky enough to be allowed on a former East German bombing range to go and see this that was left behind by the former occupants. It's a Mig - but I can't remmeber which one. Any ideas ?

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that would have to be a dig around (or maybe even dig it up!) and look it up job

I'm no expert but the tail architecture would suggest a MiG 15 or 17. From the MiG 19 and its variants the tail arrangement was different.
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 17:53 That looks very much like a trabant estate like this

http://www.simoncars.co.uk/trabant/slid ... 20side.jpg


It surely does...

Looks like another has been used for the upper superstructure - facing the opposite way so the back window is the windscreen for the baoty thing...

A bit of resourceful recycling going on there ;)
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That only leaves us with the Bike to identify and the Ukrainian odyssey is complete!

Yes you were right with the brookes saddle of course! and that bike made its way from the Ukraine to the UK!

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CitroJim wrote: 10 Jan 2018, 07:21
Or what the bike is...

Looks like it has a Brooks saddle though :)

The first choice for all long-distance touring cyclists...


Come on Jim, or any other FCF cycling aficionardo, knock this one off for me.
Nothing Hidden...even the makers name on the frame.

Whatsthisthen? (model please!)
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 Jan 2018, 18:24
Come on Jim, or any other FCF cycling aficionardo, knock this one off for me.
Nothing Hidden...even the makers name on the frame.

Whatsthisthen? (model please!)

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Neil, I'm sorry, I can't.. Except that it's a Raleigh...

And that it's a tourer... I don't have any great knowledge of those kinds of bikes; my sort of bikes are light carbon roadies and that's surely not one of those!
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