This could have come out of a bad Sci Fi movie

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This could have come out of a bad Sci Fi movie

Post by Niner » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:16 pm

But, as modern art as it looks... it probably actually would shoot. The WWI Hotchkis Model 1914.

US Infantry Museum, Ft. Benning Ga.

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Post by Tom-May » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:54 am

Well, It's not the first old weapon to make it into Sci-Fi. :D
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Post by Tom-May » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:58 am

The missing attachment from my last post (I hope).
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Post by Tom-May » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:01 am

I GIVE UP!!!!!!

The picture was a "Star Wars" stormtrooper with a Lewis Gun

(easier to describe it than waste more bloody time trying to put it up to be seen)

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Post by Niner » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:46 am

If your picture won't post check to see how large it is, huge pictures are not going to post and , what form it is saved as... no bitmaps, and if a link rather than an attachment, what kind of ending it has.... no wierd endings. Ending in jpg for instance is good.

If you, or anybody else, would keep pictures to about 640 pixels and in a jpg, there would be no trouble linking. You can post larger than that linking, but beyond that size the screen expands and the text gets screwed up.
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Post by joseyclosey » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:19 am

Nice looking piece Robert, it reminds me of our old clay pigeon trap :lol:

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Final Attempt

Post by Tom-May » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:01 pm

Repeat, Hoping my POS modem doesn't decide to disconnect again.

Resized and it still failed - FORGET IT! (Life's too short)
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Post by Niner Delta » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:56 pm

Is this similar to the pic you were trying to post?

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The missing picture

Post by Tom-May » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:17 pm

Dat's da bunny !

Very similar indeed - a mate sent a copy to me, I assume that with the white curtains etc it's some sort of costume department test picture (presumably yours is the same).

I still can't understand why he's carrying a Lewis gun but seems to have ammunition pouches for stick magazines* - ah well, Hollywood ammunition.

Thanks for the pic, Verne.

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* That said, I do remember one particularly aweful film where the "Lewis Gun" was quite obviously an M16 with a dummy magazine built in/around the handle and a dummy cooling jacket added - pity they made no attempt to disguise the rest of the weapon :roll:
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