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by Niner
Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: Collecting Cameras and using them
Topic: Sony HX50 gone faulty
Replies: 8
Views: 1697

Re: Sony HX50 gone faulty

Sony RX100 revived from the dead today. I had dropped it on the sidewalk and it wouldn't work afterward many months ago. Surprise...surprise. Now it does. I was looking at a Sony that someone offered for parts that was one of my favorite models. Lens wouldn't move but screen would light up he says. ...
by Niner
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:42 pm
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?
Replies: 8
Views: 225

Re: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?

Just to further confuse things. Here's the B25 at the Pensacola Navel Museum.
by Niner
Tue Dec 26, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?
Replies: 8
Views: 225

Re: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?

Vern knows his stuff. I got a feeling what was done to that plane was done with some kind of study so it's probably done right according to some particular plane I'd guess. When all else fails hit Google. I found this information that doesn't explain the machine gun but..... A World War II bomber re...
by Niner
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?
Replies: 8
Views: 225

Re: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?

Now that you have educated me a bit, I can see what looks like it may be a round door in the nose that is clear down and to the right from the gunner. Then there is the OD round circle to the top middle.
by Niner
Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:16 am
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?
Replies: 8
Views: 225

Re: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?

This...I think....is the same B25 before they modified it to a Mitchell B25. Of course I could be wrong.
by Niner
Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?
Replies: 8
Views: 225

B25 Mitchell Bomber ... ?

I was trying out a camera at Battleship Park last week. I was looking at the photos again tonight. Noticed something that I can't explain. There is this B25 Mitchell Bomber on display. It was refurbished recently after having been outside and not much done to it. There was one thing the pictures sho...
by Niner
Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: Your Favorite Music Video
Topic: Tuba Skinny Broken Hearted Blues
Replies: 2
Views: 117

Re: Tuba Skinny Broken Hearted Blues

Here's a link to a Satchmo tribute promoted by Chevron. Tuba Skinny plays a number of songs as there part of the occasion ...at least some of the tunes Louis Armstrong previously performed a long time ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHD56ZSMaao
by Niner
Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Milsurp After Hours
Topic: New topics related to guns?
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: New topics related to guns?

Now that's encouraging to find there are still some finds at affordable prices out there. I've not tried out any auctions just to see what is happening. That 1867 rifle is an amazing find. If you sign up for sales emails from ....maybe just are found by.... IMA, you will see what top retail is on a ...