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DIY Guy Builds Replica Fighter Jet

by Terrence O'Brien on November 8, 2008 at 03:33 PM

Crazy Guy Builts Replica Fighter Jet
We're not exactly sure what would posses someone to build a half-sized replica of the F-35 Lightning II (AKA the Joint Strike Fighter). We're even more puzzled by the fact that this impressively accurate reproduction is actually powered, and a full sized adult can cruise around in this thing at a whopping 5 miles per hour.

The 49 year old Arthur van Poppel took 3,500 man hours to construct the model from wood, iron, foam, fiberglass, and epoxy. Poppel told the Telegraph that he had only a couple of photographs and a small-scale plastic model to work from.

If the whole thing wasn't perplexing enough, the small flourishes push the whole thing past line that separates eccentric from crazy. Its jets spray water and emit chemicals that mimic the smell of diesel engines as it moves about. It even produces fighter plane sound effects and has functioning navigation and cockpit lights. If this guy was younger he'd totally be into to LARPing. [From: Telegraph]


Tags: copy, DIY, f-35, model

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