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Revells history makers Thor irbm and launch pad.


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Wow talk about spooky , I was just browsing through the sections on here pondering 'I wonder if anyones built a Thor missile and launch pad.......' and then I came across this (top work by the way) , I'd love to see an RAF version but scratch building the pad and storage shed would be a massive pain in the bottom :(

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Nice work Don.

Few people know these were deployed in the UK, and you can still see the remains of the launch facilities at some of the sites on Google Earth, like the pic below at Great Dalby near Melton Mowbray

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The L shaped blast walls are clearly visible - these are apparently so solidly built they are almost impossible to demolish !

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Nice work Don.

Few people know these were deployed in the UK, and you can still see the remains of the launch facilities at some of the sites on Google Earth, like the pic below at Great Dalby near Melton Mowbray

aojn.jpg

The L shaped blast walls are clearly visible - these are apparently so solidly built they are almost impossible to demolish !

There's some remains dotted about around Lincolnshire , I believe RAF Hemswell was a control centre if I rmember correctly.

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I'm old enough (just) to remember the sites at Coleby Grange and Bardney.

Two great books on the RAF Thors.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Project-Emily-Thor-IRBM-RAF/dp/0752446118/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Launch-Pad-UK-Britain-Missile/dp/1844157997/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379437685&sr=8-1&keywords=launch+pad+UK

A wider view of the inpact that Thor played in the Cuban missile crisis.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Britain-Brink-Dangerous-Weekend-October/dp/1848848145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379437860&sr=8-1&keywords=britain+on+the+brink

All brillant reads and highly recomended. If any one thought Uncle Sam was an allie back think on the UK was lined up as the Patsy and take the hit to save the US, one will after reading these books.

Marty...

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