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AeroTRrat
 Post subject: B-17 weathervane
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HELP! I just got my new B-17 weathervane and I am havin a hard time gettin it up on the house. I had no idea they were so big!

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:shock: :shock: get out of the house! Quick!

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dude, your going to need a bigger house
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As Father Ted said, "These are small..... but those are far away".
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The Monogram B-17 is alot bigger than I remember.

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Isn't it hard to fly with that ugly a$$ hood ornament?

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The inside of the house probably looks something like this. I wouldn't mind having a "trophy" like that in my den..

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They were filming a new episode of "House Movers".
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Steve Nelson wrote:
The inside of the house probably looks something like this. I wouldn't mind having a "trophy" like that in my den..

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Someone sure as heck killed it! I guess in a way the wall mount is fitting.

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The nose is in the Michigan Historical Center in Lansing, as part of a display of Michigan's contribution to the War Effort. The plane is an actual Willow Run built bird, but aside from the turret, it's just an empty shell. understand it was part of a stripped out hulk recovered in Canada. The lower nose windows are painted on (incorrectly for a Ford-built bird)..part of the strictly cosmetic rebuilt. It could be worse..at least part of her was preserved.

She listed in the registry here: http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b24registry/b24-4450022.html

If any of the mods are reading this, feel free to use my pic in the registry.

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Lynn Allen
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Now that's what we call a Texas size weather vane..... :wink:

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