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Many Thanks to all that entered!
and all those dealers that helped pick the winners.
THE TOP 10 WINNERS
1."Arf! Arf! Painting looks fun, maybe I could help! "
2."Just be thankfull you're not in the French Air Corps. All these planes are painted by using millions of tiny dots!" 3.Lt. Gelb was known to be such a coward and had flown away from battle so often that
his ground crew appropriately re-decorated his Fokker. 4."I don't care if the plane does belong to Oberleutnant Goering, I told them
painting it pink was a silly idea." 5."I don't know about you but the YELLOW BARON just doesn't sound as impressive" 6."Watch these guys move when I dump my cigarette butt into this can of paint
thinners!" 7."While the Red baron had chosen his Iron Cross style, the yellow Baron couldn't
make up his mind. So with his decision still up in the air, the Yellow Baron's crew decided
to wing it in plane view." 8.Fritz : "I sure am glad Meine Mutter read Tom Sawyer to me. Now we've got Schultz doing
all the painting instead of us!" Adolf : "Jah, ein grober Dummkopf!" 9."I suggested painting them all red but no one listens to me. I "JASTA" work here." but decided to go for Yellow Ochre in the end.... it matches my scarf...." The Entries
"Arf! Arf! Painting looks fun, maybe I could help!"
"Fritz, where exactly did you learn to paint a Balkencross?"
German with hands in pocket to cigarette smoking Komrade: "If you ask me,
whoever picks these new camouflage colours is colour-blind!"
Lt. Gelb was known to be such a coward and had flown away from battle so often
that
his ground crew appropriately re-decorated his Fokker.
"Heinrich, ever since you brought that funny smelling tobacco to the
ground crew the planes
have become much more colorful"
"It's called "Blizen Yellow"; it's from the Humbrol "Heritage" range I believe"
"Yes, the yellow does match the piping on his tunic but I think "Otto und Heidi"
painted on
his cockpit windscreen is a bit OTT!"
Mostly forgotten by history "The Yellow Viscount" was no less brave or
successful than
his famous squadron mate
"Just be thankfull you're not in the French Air Corps. All these planes are
painted
by using millions of tiny dots!"
"Hope that's quick drying paint....... We go on patrol in twenty minutes!"
"Franz.... Think anyone will notice the bullseye we painted?"
"Lets see if he comes home to boast next time about his target practice.... "
"Target practice will have a whole new meaning tomorrow...."
"Hey Otto, get rid of that butt. We have more planes to paint red before the
queen
come around yelling "Off with our heads!"
"I don't care if the plane does belong to Oberleutnant Goering, I told them
painting
it pink was a silly idea."
"Is there a reason why we are putting all these targets on them?"
"You just couldn't do it like the rest of us."
"I don't know about you but the YELLOW BARON just doesn't sound as impressive"
"Who's going to tell them? The orders clearly state "any colour except yellow"".
"Hmm, don't remember that dog having a yellow chin"
"Hans, has anyone told the colour-blind guy that's not red paint he is using"
"Do you think we were wrong to glue Wolfgang's hand to the tail of the
Baron's plane."
"Watch these guys move when I dump my cigarette butt into this can of paint
thinners!"
"Hey Fritz, do you think they found out what we did to that yellow one yet?"
"While the Red baron had chosen his Iron Cross style, the yellow Baron couldn't
make up his
mind. So with his decision still up in the air, the Yellow Baron's crew decided
to wing it in plane view."
"In one of their more lighter moments the German ground crew gets a kick at how
Hans and
his perfectionist ways can even mesmerize the Colonel's dog."
"The famous German film director, Ludwig Berger, lines up his shot for the next
scene."
"Jah, ein grober Dummkopf! Danke Herr Twain"
Fritz : "I sure am glad Meine Mutter read Tom Sawyer to me. Now we've got Schultz doing
all
the painting instead of us!"
Adolf : "Jah, ein grober Dummkopf!"
"If this is Goring's plane use a fatter brush"
"If we keep using all these bright colours they are going to start calling this
plquotace &;The
Flaming Circus""
1st Mechanic "This yellow one looks a lot like my mum's old plane"
2nd Mechanic " Well I can assure you THIS!! is not your mother's F.......r"
"In an effort to boost morale the Imperial German Army recruited artists to
personalize
fighter aircraft. Art critics soon followed them into the ranks." "When
Fritz said he would rather watch paint dry, I thought he was joking!"
"I'm sure there is an easier way to catch the drips"
"I know yellow is meant to be a warm colour, but that is ridiculous......."
1st Mechanic "I swear that attention we give these fokkers you'd think they were
our children"
2nd Mechanic "Well we are aeroplane mechanics"
1st Mechanic " Who's talking about Airplanes?? I'm talking about the pilots!"
"Disguised as a Doberman, Snoopy was able to infiltrate German lines and launch
a savage commando attack against the Red Baron's unsuspecting ground crew."
"My recruiter told me this uniform would get me all the tail I could handle."
"I suggested painting them all red but no one listens to me. I "JASTA" work
here."
"Well only 192 left to redo now......"
"Uh, oh, Rivet Counter alert! Don't they realise #454/17 never carried the
Maltese Cross!!"
"You Know Lother, I couldn't decide between Cornfield Yellow or Lemon Pie
yellow.....
but decided to go for Yellow Ochre in the end.... it matches my scarf...."
"I'm sure glad I hid that can of pink."
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10."You Know Lother, I couldn't decide between Cornfield Yellow or Lemon Pie
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