This dio attempt was posted today on the Swedish IPMS site as this guys first atttempt at a dio. His reference work for rubber dinghys has let him down... slightly. Of course he didnt include his name.
A very funny idea.... I thought you guys would enjoy this!
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Elephant river crossing Dio
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:26 AM UTC
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:29 AM UTC
woooow
man this is a guy who takes money saving very serious :-) :-)
man this is a guy who takes money saving very serious :-) :-)
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 06:55 PM UTC
Excellent!
I love the way he has captured the effect of the river BED. :-)
Robbo
I love the way he has captured the effect of the river BED. :-)
Robbo
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:42 PM UTC
What you might not "see" is the fact that the Elaphant is rolling over condoms...
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:50 PM UTC
well about the condoms
he could say he did some research on inflatable rafts :-) :-)
he could say he did some research on inflatable rafts :-) :-)
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:54 PM UTC
That puts everything in a different perspective #:-)
"Tread lightly"
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:32 PM UTC
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What you might not "see" is the fact that the Elaphant is rolling over condoms...
I thought that was pretty obvious from the photo and what I wrote! Judging from some of the replies, I think some of you guys missed that!
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2002 - 11:37 PM UTC
Only goes to show that this part of the world does not normally see a wide variety of, uh, "inflatable rafts." #:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 12:47 AM UTC
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Only goes to show that this part of the world does not normally see a wide variety of, uh, "inflatable rafts."
Double that. I thought by condom you ment that plastic bag...
Does size matter?
#:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 07:42 AM UTC
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:25 AM UTC
That same question came up in the original posting on the IPMS Stockholm site, humorus actually!!
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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 09:29 AM UTC
Is the bridge lubricated for easir movemnet #:-) #:-) #:-) #:-) #:-)
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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 07:07 PM UTC
If it was lubricated, would it then be ribbeb for extra traction?
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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 09:02 PM UTC
Well it must be the only bridge with the "best before date" stamped clearly on it!!!
Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 09:54 PM UTC
And you really have to drive over it with great care because if you get cracks in the bridge isn`t SAFE anymore #:-) #:-)
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Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 01:02 AM UTC
It's a 1/35 scale Elephant, isn't it?
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Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 02:03 AM UTC
remember guys, armed force used rubbers to keep out the water.....but i don't think in that way!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 04:46 AM UTC
At least the tank uses protection #:-) #:-) #:-) #:-) #:-)
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Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 01:12 PM UTC
for some reason when I think of condoms I usually think of tunnels
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Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 01:33 PM UTC
Tunnels for your barrel
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