What do you collect? (2 Viewers)

[Joe OKC]

The second to last one is restricted. Do you have to kill us now?

Haha, I hate to miss a good joke, but that's what the other side of the USS New Orleans looks like.... each card says restricted and has the ship at a distance, then the other side has a close up shot with ship classification...

Btw, I'd never kill you.. I'd just torture you with a weekend with snoopy...

 

[LA_Steve]

This is the New USS New Orleans. Built in Avondale, and I built it.

I bought this hat in San Diego circa 2000, and it clearly does not resemble the card.
The first was in 1855. There have been 5.

 

[Joe OKC]

This is the New USS New Orleans. Built in Avondale, and I built it.

I bought this hat in San Diego circa 2000, and it clearly does not resemble the card.
The first was in 1855. There have been 5.

My hats off to you sir... Did you see the menu 1940?

USS New Orleans Menu Christmas 1940

 

[Joe OKC]

Todays WWII Item of the Week.... WWII US Navy Survival fishing Kit.. with instructions. Issued to Navy Fliers..





and for some real excitement on this threat.

The WWII US Navy Aviators Survival Training Film - "Castaway". Give it 30 minutes of your life. You'll love it. The Narrator keeps knocking the kid... And the young pilot has an attitude too...

 

[Joe OKC]

Lets go ahead and add the Emergency Signaling Mirror as mention in the Video.

 

[Joe OKC]

WWII Item of the week... Practice Bombs...

The first one is the M28A2 Practice Bomb. When I was a kid about 12 I bought one for $15... you couldn't touch one today for $15.. Try about 30 times that now...



These were used in two categories. One was basic practice bombing and training for Aviators and bombardiers that flew the larger aircraft such as the B25 or the B17... The other was for test flights of brand new aircraft that just came out of the factories to make sure that the bomb release mechanism worked properly.

The M382A practice bomb was widely used during training missions over targets in isolated areas. It simulated a General Purpose bomb of the same size and weight. The color of this practice bomb was a powder blue color to quickly differentiate it was a live bomb. Construction was a light sheet metal forming a cylinder for the main portion with a square box tail fin assembly. At the base, or fin end of the cylinder, a spotting charge was inserted.

One known type of spotting charge used with the M38A2 was the M3. The M3 spotting charge consisted of a 3.5-inch canister filled with black powder. The top of the canister was a cap holding the firing pin assembly. The firing pin consisted of a metal plunger (inertia weight) inside a 0.75-inch diameter housing that was 2.5 inches in length and threaded on the end inside the canister. The plunger had holes which lined up with holes on the housing. A thin piece of round metal with a raised nib on it was at the bottom of the housing. Approximately one quarter on an inch separated the bottom of the plunger from the firing pin. Below this firing pin was a blank 28-gauge shotgun shell pressed downward into a threaded cap that attached to the housing and to the canister cap. Upon a sudden and jarring impact, the steel plunger struck the thin metal firing pin which fired the 28-gauge shotgun shell inside the canister which was surrounded by the black powder.

The cap of the spotting charge canister with the housing holding the plunger, firing pin, and shotgun shell, typically shot upwards and away from the main portion of the bomb upon impact. The rest of the bomb smashed into the ground and a large puff of white smoke from the black powder charge marked the location of the impact in relation to the ground target. The M38A2 bomb filled with sand typically smashed itself into an unrecognizable accordion shape.




This other Practice Bomb is the MK23





The AN MK-23 practice bomb was one of three similar miniature practice bombs used for low-altitude horizontal or dive bombing practice during WWII. The other two were the AN MK-5 and the AN MK-43. The MK-23 has an overall length of 8.25" and is made of cast iron. The diameter at its largest point is 2.18". The fins are 2.5" in length. The weight, when empty, but with firing pin was 2 lbs-14 oz. while when armed was approximately 3 lbs-0 oz.

Made up of cast iron it contained a 10 gauge shotgun shell. The Miniature Practice Bomb Signal AN-MK 4 is a "blank" No. 10 gauge shotgun shell (extra length). The signal has a metal base and base flange fitted to a cardboard shell. The components of the signal are: a No. 7 U.M.C. primer with an expelling charge of black powder separated from a charge of pyrotechnic (red phosphorous pyrotechnic mixture No. 7) by a kraft paper disc glued to a No. 10 gauge gun wad. The charges are sealed by a No. 10 gauge paraffined-edge felt gun wad and secured by crimping over the paper shell casing. The weight of the loaded signal is 2.1 ounces.




In these two training photographs you can see both the Flash of the 10 gauge charge, and also the rising smoke Plum to indicate where the pilot had hit on the target during training using the MK23








Here is the US Dive Bomb training video.

 

[zeetes]

this month, i am collecting a lot of stale air in my house.

 

[Joe OKC]

This is Wilbur.. and this is what Wilbur would have looked like going into Sicily in July 1943. Wilbur is all original. I will go over all his gear at a later time.

Say "Hi" to Wilbur.

 

[Krewe of Clyde's]

I have been collecting casino chips for 20-25 years. The only restriction is that I had to get the chip by actually gambling in that casino. One good thing about this "shelter in place" we are currently under is that I have finally gotten around to organizing and cataloging my collection. Most of my chips are $5 and $1 with actually more fives than ones due to casinos usually doing their commemorative chips in the $5 denomination. I only have six commemorative $25 chips - Rolling Stones, Cher, Pavorotti, Kid Rock, and two $25 Mary Wilson chips that I got from The Rio as a gift for attending their New Years Eve party as an invited guest.

One thing that came out of this cataloging is determining how many casinos I have gambled in. The total was somewhat surprising to me. My chips are organized geographically and by casinos.
These are the results

Las Vegas Casinos gambled in : 32
Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos gambled in : 18
Non Gulf Coast but Mississippi Casinos gambled in : 17 Tunica, Vicksburg, Greenville, Pearl River Resort
Non Mississippi OR Las Vegas Casinos gambled in : 6 Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Shreveport, Lake Tahoe, Pahrump, Nevada, Crystal Palace - Bahamas

Almost every category includes some casinos that are now closed

The face value of my collected chips is over $1,500

 

[DaveXA]

I have been collecting casino chips for 20-25 years. The only restriction is that I had to get the chip by actually gambling in that casino. One good thing about this "shelter in place" we are currently under is that I have finally gotten around to organizing and cataloging my collection. Most of my chips are $5 and $1 with actually more fives than ones due to casinos usually doing their commemorative chips in the $5 denomination. I only have six commemorative $25 chips - Rolling Stones, Cher, Pavorotti, Kid Rock, and two $25 Mary Wilson chips that I got from The Rio as a gift for attending their New Years Eve party as an invited guest.

One thing that came out of this cataloging is determining how many casinos I have gambled in. The total was somewhat surprising to me. My chips are organized geographically and by casinos.
These are the results

Las Vegas Casinos gambled in : 32
Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos gambled in : 18
Non Gulf Coast but Mississippi Casinos gambled in : 17 Tunica, Vicksburg, Greenville, Pearl River Resort
Non Mississippi OR Las Vegas Casinos gambled in : 6 Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Shreveport, Lake Tahoe, Pahrump, Nevada, Crystal Palace - Bahamas

Almost every category includes some casinos that are now closed

The face value of my collected chips is over $1,500

Never went to Atlantic City?

 

[Krewe of Clyde's]

No Dave, I have never made a trip to AC but I would eventually like to make a swing up thru the NE to visit Atlantic City, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods. I would also like to check out a couple of the South Florida Hard Rocks.

 

[zeetes]

so i collect specific video game controller fight sticks.

i have a good collection of my favourite joystick, and yet still search ebay from time to time for deals on more (haven't been produced since ps1 was released).

i own 11. i ran across 3 (come to find out 2 are 1 in the same) people trying to rape people on the prices. on average, worth about $60-70 depending on condition. around $90-110 if fully complete box included.

i found one in terrible condition for $150 as "rare" and it is worth maybe a 1/4 of that.

another was slightly better condition, a little more (same seller), $175.

a different seller, full set, box most, not all, of the included whatever (not even unopened) asking $1600.

yes, i am a nerd.

i contacted both sellers. my responses were hilarious.

"you may think overpriced, but it is a very rare joystick" lol, remember, i own 11 total. did not reply to my rebuttal "i own 9 that are loose packaged like yours."

second person: hi, i own two of what you are trying to sell at 1600. does this mean i am rich? no it solidifies the fact you are a corksoaker trying to rape dumbarses
of money.

no response.

be careful on ebay folks. just sayin'

though my account is so random, hard to connect to me. it is just funny as fork.

seriously, be careful and research.

 

[DaveXA]

so i collect specific video game controller fight sticks.

i have a good collection of my favourite joystick, and yet still search ebay from time to time for deals on more (haven't been produced since ps1 was released).

i own 11. i ran across 3 (come to find out 2 are 1 in the same) people trying to rape people on the prices. on average, worth about $60-70 depending on condition. around $90-110 if fully complete box included.

i found one in terrible condition for $150 as "rare" and it is worth maybe a 1/4 of that.

another was slightly better condition, a little more (same seller), $175.

a different seller, full set, box most, not all, of the included whatever (not even unopened) asking $1600.

yes, i am a nerd.

i contacted both sellers. my responses were hilarious.

"you may think overpriced, but it is a very rare joystick" lol, remember, i own 11 total. did not reply to my rebuttal "i own 9 that are loose packaged like yours."

second person: hi, i own two of what you are trying to sell at 1600. does this mean i am rich? no it solidifies the fact you are a corksoaker trying to rape dumbarses
of money.

no response.

be careful on ebay folks. just sayin'

though my account is so random, hard to connect to me. it is just funny as fork.

seriously, be careful and research.

Since you own them all, maybe why they're overpriced?

I keed, I keed.

 

[zeetes]

Since you own them all, maybe why they're overpriced?

I keed, I keed.

hell no. they were mass produced!

 

[Ghostrider33]

Posted earlier in the thread about collecting rocks to make jewelry with, this is what I made using one of the stones I posted. I guess I collect jewelry also because some of the ones I make are hard to let go of.....lol