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Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 4:41:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Right, so I think its time for some proper Aussie Beauties around here. So, this thread is open for anyone to submit their most beautiful World War II:

- Warships
- Aircraft
- Military Vehicles.

We are talking looks only - what is most pleasing to the eye? It would be helpful if a few words can be added to any submissions to explain what it is that appeals.

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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 4:46:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		One of my favourite aircraft has to be the Grumman Avenger. Why? She is such a purposeful looking aircraft in a stocky, mean punch-packing sort of way. The sort of aircraft that can pack a punch, while taking punishment and remain in the air. Definitely in my top 5.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 6:19:56 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 6:55:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've never posted a pic before so hope this works it said file uploaded ok. An actual Australian beauty, the RAAF P-40 Kittyhawk 'Black Magic' flown by Len Walters.
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 7:21:21 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/17/2021 8:50:10 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Aurelian

One of mine. Why? Killer looks.



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Beautiful picture of a beautiful aircraft


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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 8:35:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		For the first ship in this thread I post a classic beauty. A true Australian, even though she was built in Britain (I think).




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 8:49:59 AM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 3:34:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		And a picture of a real beauty. Liked the look of this ship already as a young kid. First WWII ship model I ever bought. And built.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 5:06:04 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 5:09:46 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 5:13:56 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/18/2021 8:37:09 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 11:49:06 AM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 11:56:57 AM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 12:10:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another aircraft Top 5 contender has to be the Bristol Blenheim (specifically with this nose). Another aircaft packed with character and quirky design features. Love it.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 12:13:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		The T-34 is a good shout, although I've always been partial to the Panther too. T-34 probably edges it to be honest.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 12:19:11 PM   
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I've always been partial to the Fletcher Class Destroyers:




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I believe this class of ship won the destroyers section of the Australian Beauties competition if I recall correctly. I can't find the AB thread to check - seems to have disappeared completely - but I'm pretty sure this class was at least a finalist. Can't recall which ship would have also been in that final.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 12:25:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Alongside (but of course behind ) the Warspite, the South Dakota is probably my favourite battleship design. She just looks like a thug of a warship. Not as large as the Iowa's and so looking like they've crammed everything into too small a space, she just looks like a lady that can take care of herself.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 2:52:56 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 3:35:24 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 3:38:05 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 4:10:17 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 4:22:02 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 8:24:25 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 9:44:30 PM   
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The T-34 is a good shout, although I've always been partial to the Panther too. T-34 probably edges it to be honest.




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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/20/2021 10:03:37 PM   
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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/21/2021 5:12:10 AM   
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Alongside (but of course behind ) the Warspite, the South Dakota is probably my favourite battleship design. She just looks like a thug of a warship. Not as large as the Iowa's and so looking like they've crammed everything into too small a space, she just looks like a lady that can take care of herself.





+1 always loved this class.


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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/21/2021 5:12:28 AM   
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Same here!

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RE: Australian Beauties II - 12/21/2021 11:20:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Beating South Dakota to my personal no. 1 in the warship dept. is of course the most famous, the most incredible, and - as per the point of this thread - the most beautiful battleship of all time.

HMS Warspite. In her original two-funnel guise she was Audrey Hepburn, an impossibly pretty, elegant and statuesque beauty - particularly so for the WWI era. But after her last re-build in the late thirties she became a bewitching, intoxicating mix of WWI (hull) meets WWII (superstructure) – she was Wonder Woman long before Gal Gadot assumed the role, and was equally as beautiful.

But regardless of which facade she was sporting, the fact was that underneath, she was a mean, hard-as-nails bruiser who could handle herself in a dark alley on a Saturday night; The entire German High Seas Fleet? “No problem”, 29 hits and she was merely warming up…. torpedoes, bombs, mines, glider bombs, “is that the best you can do, losers”?

Where had she been? Where hadn’t she been? Woof. Quite simply, if there was trouble to be had, then she would be at the centre of it – HMS Warspite was everywhere – Jutland, North Atlantic, Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel, the Indian Ocean, and her battle honours are testament to the fact that she just couldn’t help but put herself in harm’s way.

Most warships, if not sunk, end up in the breakers yard. But not the Grand Old Lady. In one final act of defiance, shorn of her weaponry, she still made a break for freedom so she could bow out on her terms. “If you want to break me up you’ll have to come and get me”.

Imagine looking like Jenna Coleman while being as brave as Sophie Scholl, but also being able to punch like Nicola Adams… or in other words, imagine being HMS Warspite.

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