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| Curtiss Hawks in action; youtube | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 14 2017, 12:06 AM (160 Views) | |
| Aaron_w | Oct 14 2017, 12:06 AM Post #1 |
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I ran across this clip from a Chinese TV show while looking for info on Curtiss Hawks. The clip is of Chinese Curtiss Hawk IIIs intercepting Japanese bombers in 1937. Really pretty nice use of what I assume is CGI, much better than some of the Hollywood efforts. I know there are a couple others here who like the interwar period aircraft and there is very little opportunity to see these aircraft in action even if computer generated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1AzAVlAVZ8 |
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| dixieflyer | Oct 14 2017, 01:29 PM Post #2 |
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Thanks Aaron! Yes, sadly most a/c CGI is done so badly, they think all a/c move like F-16's. This is done very well. Would love to find an English subtitled version of this. Warren |
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| Aaron_w | Oct 14 2017, 05:18 PM Post #3 |
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I would say X-wings rather than F16s but yes. I've been reading that there has been a recent push in China to get their part in WW2 recorded. Apparently for years the state diminished the role China played in WW2 because it occurred under the rule of Chaing Kei-sheck and the Nationalists. With the change in attitude from the government, it is apparently also creating an interest from the population leading to things such as this. I also wish there was an English language version / subtitles. With the effort they put into getting the look of the aircraft right, I suspect the whole thing might be interesting to watch. If there is in fact a shift in how China views its part in WW2, it has me hopeful that as we have seen with the many Eastern European kit makers who have filled many of the holes from the Eastern front, perhaps we will start to see more interwar and WW2 Chinese subjects from the Chinese kit makers. Considering that many of these were foreign designs including many poorly represented US also rans, that opens up a lot of potentially interesting kits. |
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| dixieflyer | Oct 14 2017, 06:14 PM Post #4 |
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True on all counts Aaron. I've got a reenacting friend in California of Chinese descent, that portrays a Chinese Nationalist soldier. It's an uphill battle for him to explain it to people. Hopefully we will see more interwar/early war products from China. Warren |
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