Who / What / Where Game

[Exocet25fr]

valtteri bottas ? :03:

[Jimbuna]

Mercedes-Benz ?

Markus

That first picture is a rear spoiler?

Yes

[Jimbuna]

AMG GT A?

valtteri bottas ? :03:

You have both correctly answered one part each of the initial question "What is this and who does it belong to?"

The tie breaker will be....how much was he originally asking for when selling it?

[Aktungbby]

valtteri bottas ? :03:

You have both correctly answered one part each of the initial question "What is this and who does it belong to?"

The tie breaker will be....how much was he originally asking for when selling it?since Exocet25 previously declined to post a new puzzle when he wins, :k_confused: I'll post $230,140 ie 190,000 euros, in his stead!:O:

[Jimbuna]

Afraid not and the answer should be in Euros

[Jimbuna]

Having just read your deletion I realise you actually did....my apologies :oops:

[Buddahaid]

So we have a winner?

[Exocet25fr]

I pass my turn, Buddahaid go to the next!:)

[Aktungbby]

Having just read your deletion I realise you actually did....my apologies :oops:
German car?
So we have a winner?

I pass my turn, Buddahaid go to the next!:) Having initially led the Linda Vista continuum to the promised land of 'german cars' and posted in lieu of Exocet25fr, Buddahaid may post next puzzle and keep the game a'goin' on!:yeah:

[Buddahaid]

Having initially led the Linda Vista continuum to the promised land of 'german cars' and posted in lieu of Exocet25fr, Buddahaid may post next puzzle and keep the game a'goin' on!:yeah:

I had thought you were the champ but I'll post the next puzzle if you insist.

What is this? Make and model please.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7175/dDygRb.png

[mapuc]

The plane in the picture is Japanese and If my memory doesn't play tricks on me it's a medium range bomber.

Markus

[Buddahaid]

I'm afraid it's not Japanese.

[Aktungbby]

US?

[Buddahaid]

US?

Yes.

[mapuc]

(It looks so Japanesish)

Pre WWII ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

It does look Japanese but it is US. It is not pre WW2.

[Aktungbby]

(It looks so Japanesish)

Pre WWII ?

MarkusSome say Nipponese!:haha:
Vought OS2U kingfisher?

[Catfish]

Douglas TBD Devastator?

[Buddahaid]

No to both the Kingfisher and Devastator.

[Aktungbby]

NAVY?

[Buddahaid]

NAVY?

Yes, Navy.

[Catfish]

Grumman TBF Avenger?

[Buddahaid]

Grumman TBF Avenger?

Not the TBF or TBM.

[mapuc]

Torpedo bomber ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Torpedo bomber ?

Markus

Yes.

[mapuc]

Producer Douglas ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Not Douglas.

[Aktungbby]

Producer Grumman?

[Buddahaid]

Producer Grumman?

Not Grumman.

[Catfish]

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver ?

The canopy innards look often different, but sometimes it is indeed glass from front to rear, instead of the sheeted metal area in the middle :hmmm:

[Exocet25fr]

Ok I found it, a clue: P.... and an us sub model name ?

I like to play this, but the problem is I can't take my turn, because I don't understand all of your questions ?

[Buddahaid]

Not the Helldiver. No P.... in the name I'm aware of.

[Exocet25fr]

Oh I mistook : Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf ?

[Buddahaid]

That is it. Over to you.

[mapuc]

That is it. Over to you.

As Exocet25fr wrote

"I like to play this, but the problem is I can't take my turn, because I don't understand all of your questions ?"

So who's next ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

That is it. Over to you.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/9383/syrSlt.png

[Aktungbby]

Vought OS2U kingfisher?

Oh I mistook : Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf ?

As Exocet25fr wrote

"I like to play this, but the problem is I can't take my turn, because I don't understand all of your questions ?"

So who's next ?

Markus Damn! I spent a lot if time looking at the Brewster SB2A https://airpages.ru/us/sb2a_02.jpgwith a very similar canopy as nothing else came up under "All US torpedo bombers of WWII". The front antenna didn't match up: too far in frontof canopy, nor the canopy sun shield over the radio compartment. The Seawolf was never used in combat; was built by Consolidated... but was designed by Vought! My first pick: the Vought Kingfisher https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XuitGkH6ueY/XgApSiC6Y_I/AAAAAAABsxo/6M2f7JcADBEadDnzB6WBbNtDhXDiNYNdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/tumblr_px4eosUJUX1wvccpto1_1280.jpg had been built in 1938 ie prewar and Vought built no newer other ones during the war. I'll post sumpin' sneaky in a bit...after I stop crying.:Kaleun_Crying:

[Aktungbby]

what's this https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=12253

[mapuc]

A bird ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

yes

[mapuc]

Southern Hemisphere ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

of course:03:

[mapuc]

Australia ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

yes

[Exocet25fr]

Blue Jay ?

[Jimbuna]

Fairy Wren?

[Catfish]

^ That's it :) and a splendid one

[Aktungbby]

Fairy Wren?The Fairy Wren it is! Over 2 Jimbuna:Kaleun_Salute:https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=12252

[mapuc]

^ Like you use to do, I lead them to the promise land.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

^ Like you use to do, I lead them to the promise land.

Markus "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!":O:

[Jimbuna]

Not expecting this one to last long but what is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/vHzqvPSR/gfngg.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

WWII aircraft?

[Exocet25fr]

Navy sailor cloth ?

[Jimbuna]

WWII aircraft?

Navy sailor cloth ?

Post WWII

[Aktungbby]

Korean WAR ERA?

[Jimbuna]

Thereabouts but not in its entirety

[Aktungbby]

folding carrier wings?

[Jimbuna]

It had that capability yes.

[Exocet25fr]

Chance Vought F4U Corsair ?

[mapuc]

Chance Vought F4U Corsair ?

Exocet you don't like, for a reason, to win this funny game we have here. Either do I

I'm like you I like to take part-But have no interest in winning.
So I have a stand-in who take my place if I should win and this stand-in is Jim.

My advise is that you pick a friend in here as your stand-in who can take over if you should win.

Just a proposal

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Exocet you don't like, for a reason, to win this funny game we have here. Either do I

I'm like you I like to take part-But have no interest in winning.
So I have a stand-in who take my place if I should win and this stand-in is Jim.

My advise is that you pick a friend in here as your stand-in who can take over if you should win.

Just a proposal

MarkusThat point is already established by precedent in Exocet25fr's case; both I and/or Buddahaid will still do that to keep the funny game moving on. @ Jimbuna: jet engined?

[Jimbuna]

Chance Vought F4U Corsair ?

Not a Corsair

[Jimbuna]

That point is already established by precedent in Exocet25fr's case; both I and/or Buddahaid will still do that to keep the funny game moving on. @ Jimbuna: jet engined?

Not a jet engine.

[Exocet25fr]

Grumman F7F Tigercat ?

[Jimbuna]

Too early, the plane in question did not see service in WWII

[Exocet25fr]

Twin motors ?

[Jimbuna]

Single

[Buddahaid]

Douglas Skyraider?

[Jimbuna]

Afraid not and I'm wondering why people are assuming it is American.

[mapuc]

Afraid not and I'm wondering why people are assuming it is American.

Due to two things
Word NAVY and blue colour.

Markus

[Catfish]

Fairey Gannet?

[Jimbuna]

Fairey Gannet?

Spot on Kai and the next clue would have been "I have two examples in my diecast collection"

https://i.postimg.cc/Px7crbSN/44.jpg (https://postimg.cc/KknQ0TSy)

Over to you my friend :salute:

[Buddahaid]

Due to two things
Word NAVY and blue colour.

Markus

Exactly although I thought the font was different.

[Catfish]

this colour .. thought of a US plane too at first


ok what is that

https://i.imgur.com/rmmOleEm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

An AFV?

[mapuc]

An armoured vehicle ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Ship/boat engine room?

[Catfish]

Not an Afv.
Not armoured.
Not an engine room.

[mapuc]

part of a ship ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Steam powered? JEEZE! From fairey wrens to fairey gannets...all in one thread-simple minds, I tells ya!:O:

[Jimbuna]

Steam powered?

[Catfish]

yep steam.. and i think just of all you last both could know it ;)

[Aktungbby]

is it a steam fairey?:O:

[Catfish]

i thought you'd know it, but.. not a 'ferry' :P

@Mapuc not a ship

[mapuc]

It can't be a tank either-since it isn't an armoured vehicle.

Markus

[Catfish]

Elementary, my dear Watson

[Jimbuna]

A tractor?

[Catfish]

Not a tractor. But it did pull.

[Aktungbby]

locomotive?

[Catfish]

^ Right.

[Aktungbby]

American?

[Catfish]

Yes

[Aktungbby]

famous?

[Buddahaid]

https://fh-sites.imgix.net/sites/4062/2018/11/29184027/Thomas-approaching-yard-June-2017-2-e1542030388708.jpg

O wait, not American....

[Catfish]

@Aktung famous for me, yes, also for a lot of US Americans i think.
@Buddahaid. Not Thomas lol..
OT for me this ugly children's toy is as scary and disturbing as this McDonald's clown ;)

[Aktungbby]

used in Civil War?

[Catfish]

Oh yes :D This^ is also the reason of the condition it is in.. say it already! lol

There are some different tellings about the name of the locomotive seen on the photo, the most recent research however identify it unambiguously, by a lot of details and the time the photo was taken.

[Jimbuna]

The General?

[Catfish]

^ yep, the 'General' :) am only on mobile now, will post the whole picture later.
The locomotive that was hijacked in the Andrews raid, on the photo as a wreck in Atlanta, after Sherman had destroyed the city before his scorched-earth march to the sea.

edit:

The engine on the photo has been called the "Hero", "Fred Leach" and else, but historians have decided it indeed is the orginal "General" last year.

https://i.imgur.com/v2W6DtVl.jpg

It was repaired and used for some more years, changed and changed again. The last iteration in the Kennesaw museum has quite a different look than the original outside-frame Rodgers product.

Over to Jim :)

[Jimbuna]

What is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/zGCSdGkP/ytjjyjjuy.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[mapuc]

Are we in the food section ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Not food related.

[Aktungbby]

Jeeze! I looked up the two locomotives involved in driving the golden spike at Promontory Point Utah and also the General on museum display in Georgia; but couldn't tell anything like the photo details...:Kaleun_Crying: but it's been an honor to lead Jimbuna to the Promised Land...:O:

[Catfish]

^ the General at the museum today has not much similarity with as it looked when it was built.. less domes, no frame, another pilot a.s.o.

re the new one.. some leather glove?

[Buddahaid]

^ yep, the 'General' :) am only on mobile now, will post the whole picture later.
The locomotive that was hijacked in the Andrews raid, on the photo as a wreck in Atlanta, after Sherman had destroyed the city before his scorched-earth march to the sea.

edit:

The engine on the photo has been called the "Hero", "Fred Leach" and else, but historians have decided it indeed is the orginal "General" last year.

https://i.imgur.com/v2W6DtVl.jpg

It was repaired and used for some more years, changed and changed again. The last iteration in the Kennesaw museum has quite a different look than the original outside-frame Rodgers product.

Over to Jim :)

It spawns steam punk. No wonder it haunted you.

On to the new puzzle, is it floatation?

[Jimbuna]

^ the General at the museum today has not much similarity with as it looked when it was built.. less domes, no frame, another pilot a.s.o.

re the new one.. some leather glove?

No but getting warm.

[Jimbuna]

It spawns steam punk. No wonder it haunted you.

On to the new puzzle, is it floatation?

No but found indoors.

[Aktungbby]

is it leather?

[Jimbuna]

Not as far as I'm aware.

CLUE: There is a wood content.

[Aktungbby]

parts of a game?

[Jimbuna]

Not game related.

CLUE: Some would have you believe there's a sting in the tail.

[Aktungbby]

is it hand held?

[Jimbuna]

Not likely.

[Aktungbby]

is it a tool?

[Jimbuna]

Not a tool.

[Aktungbby]

typically found in the home?

[Jimbuna]

Yes but usually of a different design to the norm.

CLUE: https://i.postimg.cc/SNvmCYDh/tnnyuum.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[mapuc]

Is it related to shoes ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Not shoe related.

[Aktungbby]

how many designs are there?

[Jimbuna]

Not sure but I've only ever seen the one make/type.

CLUE: It is said that this object has an ominous presence.

[Aktungbby]

Yes but usually of a different design to the norm.

CLUE: https://i.postimg.cc/SNvmCYDh/tnnyuum.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Not sure but I've only ever seen the one make/type.

CLUE: It is said that this object has an ominous presence. Your
above statement above implys more than one design ie: normal and abnormal design:hmmm: Is it for home defense?

[Jimbuna]

Not for home defence but more like comfort.

[Catfish]

soething to warm your hands, like a 'Muff' (called in german).
Like a fur or stitched cloth tube to shove in your hands or feet?

But 'ominous presence', and 'with a sting'? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Afraid not.

CLUE: Looking at the photo it would appear to have eight legs.

[Catfish]

A fur or clothing 'spider'to make oneself comfortable? A plush spider?
Must be an english thing :O:

[Jimbuna]

A fur or clothing 'spider'to make oneself comfortable?
Must be an english thing :O:

Closest yet and the cost is reported to be pennies short of £5k

[Aktungbby]

is it moved around the house?

[Catfish]

A plush squid?

[Exocet25fr]

A plush Tick(s) Ixodes scapularis ?:03:

[Catfish]

Something to make yourself comfortable, with an 'ominous presence', wood involved, with 8 legs, and a sting, costing about 5000 pounds. I give up :haha:

Exocet i think you got it, what i don't get is 5000 pounds lol

[Exocet25fr]

Not ONE, but MANY MANY Plush ticks....!

[Jimbuna]

is it moved around the house?

It could be but would probably need at least two people to do so.

[Jimbuna]

A plush squid?

A plush Tick(s) Ixodes scapularis ?:03:

Neither of those and I'm honestly struggling to think of a clue although something of a similar nature has been posted on this thread recently.

[Aktungbby]

is it sold in stores?

[Jimbuna]

Took some finding but Walmart have them priced at $4k

[Aktungbby]

is the wood teak?

[Catfish]

Furniture? A chair?

[Aktungbby]

Giant Scorpion chair? https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/66c416e9-aef0-4ce0-a4f8-a8dcb5ffbd57.1b90c9964b754f9a4c3551bd90c29fea.jpeg ?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF

[Jimbuna]

Giant Scorpion chair? https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/66c416e9-aef0-4ce0-a4f8-a8dcb5ffbd57.1b90c9964b754f9a4c3551bd90c29fea.jpeg ?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF

That's the one.

https://www.walmart.com/search?q=scorpion+chair

Over to Aktung :salute:

[Aktungbby]

Here's anorther multi-legged beast; what exactly is it called?! https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=12281

[mapuc]

I've found the picture on the web and it does not say anything about
multi-legged beast.

The wagon was called a chariot and this multi-legged beast was donkeys

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/tombs/explore/w_char4.html

Could be wrong though

Markus

[Aktungbby]

not donkeys: U R on the scent though:shucks:

[Buddahaid]

Um, it looks to be a fancy representation of a wind up, uh, Roman toy?

[Aktungbby]

well before Roman times and not a toy

[Buddahaid]

well before Roman times and not a toy

Pre Roman and perhaps with lapis and maybe gilded. The Standard of Ur?
https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/1200x627/501.jpg

[Catfish]

Your mother was a hamster donkey and your father smelt like elderberries a wild a$$ (also called 'Hemippe', or syrian onager) :O:

Buddahaid has it, from the (war panel) Standard of Ur.. not a mythological beast and not more than four legs, four of those animals pulled the vehicle, just being closely painted behind each other. The first known hybrid animal bred my mankind, a status symbol of the time called the Kunga. Stronger than a horse and faster, but hard to tame.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/14/world/kunga-mystery-animal-identity-revealed-scn/index.html

Mapuc had a hint and Budda found it – i say let Budda do the next one.


edit @Eisenwurst: Though Tiglat lived well into the horses' times, his predecessors probably used Kungas to pull their chariots (before 2000 bc there had been no horses in Mesopotamia)

[Exocet25fr]

The Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), also called Transcaspian wild ass, or Turkmenistani onager ?

[Jimbuna]

Buddahaid has it, from the (war panel) Standard of Ur



Mapuc had a hint and Budda found it – i say let Budda do the next one.




Makes sense :yep:

[Aktungbby]

The Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), also called Transcaspian wild ass, or Turkmenistani onager ? Klose; but not the Transcaspian Ass. A 4500 yr-old grave with 4 genetically tested skeletons (a 4-team?) reveal's man's first interbreeding for a superior war-chariot beast was discovered. These critters were expensive and had a specific name- & that is what the puzzle asks...:yep: EDIT: my bad... Catfish has posted the site and article which deals with the archeology and states the specific name Kunga: bred from the now extinct Syrian Wild Ass (died out ca: 1920's)or onager and a donkey. So Catfish actually takes it; but in PM to me he says Buddahaid may post the next puzzle...so over to Buddahaid. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Kungas?

[Buddahaid]

I'm hung up at work for another eight hours. Catfish can take it unless everyone can wait.

[Aktungbby]

Kungas?

precisely! As I posted to Catfish: "what Sumerian geneticist dreamed up aligning a Wild Syrian Ass with a poor unwilling donkey just so some U R Sumer despot could toss his imported Hunga-mungas from his KüngaPänzerWägon!??" Much less the wait 4 years or so for an expensive mature hybrid beast(s)to pull the cart into battle...and what dispicable foe rated so much investment in semenship...and hay:O:??:hmmm: Attn: BuddhaBBY: anyone with the nerve to work in Pandemic ravaged Marin hospitals can certainly be accommodated by misanthropic :subsim: mancavers..for eight hours!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Buddahaid]

Well OK then. What is this engine used in?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/8468/hnjvAt.png

[mapuc]

Used in an aeroplane like the Spitfire

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Used in an aeroplane like the Spitfire

Markus

Used in an airplane but not a Spitfire.

[Aktungbby]

Brit engine?

[Buddahaid]

Brit engine?

Nope.

[Aktungbby]

American?

[Buddahaid]

American?

That it is.

[Aktungbby]

combat aircraft?

[Buddahaid]

combat aircraft?

Yes indeed.

[Aktungbby]

WWII?

[Catfish]

Looks like a turbocharger, i first thought it is a charged Zero engine. But american?
Two-stage?

[Exocet25fr]

Pratt & Whitney’s R-2800, also called the Double Wasp ?

It was exclusively a powerplant for fighters and medium bombers during the war, being used in the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Vought F4U Corsair, Northrop P-61 Black Widow and also in the Martin B-26 Marauder and Douglas A-26 Invader twin-engine medium bombers. Post-war its reliability commended its use for long-range patrol planes and for the Douglas DC-6, Martin 404 and Convair transports. This last application is noteworthy, since these were twin-engine craft of size, passenger capacity, and high wing loading comparable with the DC-4 and the first Lockheed Constellations and DC-3.

http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/pr-2800.htm

[Jimbuna]

Wright Cyclone 9-cylinder?

[Buddahaid]

WWII?

Never fought in WW2.

[mapuc]

From WWI ?

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Looks like a turbocharger, i first thought it is a charged Zero engine. But american?
Two-stage?

Yes, two stage.

[Buddahaid]

Pratt & Whitney’s R-2800, also called the Double Wasp ?

It was exclusively a powerplant for fighters and medium bombers during the war, being used in the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Grumman F6F Hellcat, Vought F4U Corsair, Northrop P-61 Black Widow and also in the Martin B-26 Marauder and Douglas A-26 Invader twin-engine medium bombers. Post-war its reliability commended its use for long-range patrol planes and for the Douglas DC-6, Martin 404 and Convair transports. This last application is noteworthy, since these were twin-engine craft of size, passenger capacity, and high wing loading comparable with the DC-4 and the first Lockheed Constellations and DC-3.

http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/pr-2800.htm


It is an R2800 double wasp but it was only used in one aircraft type. Which type is the answer being sought.

[Exocet25fr]

Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf ?

This WWII aircraft was subject to substantial delays and never saw combat.

[Buddahaid]

Not that one. The aircraft in question saw combat but not in WW2, however, earlier variants did fight in WW2.

[Exocet25fr]

F-51 Mustang ? (korean war)

[Buddahaid]

F-51 Mustang ? (korean war)

Like that in spirit, yes.

[Aktungbby]

Grumman F7F Tigercat? Twin engine Navy night fighter used in Korea would certainly be "like in that spirit":hmmm:

[Buddahaid]

Grumman F7F Tigercat? Twin engine Navy night fighter used in Korea would certainly be "in that spirit":hmmm:

No, the Tigercat did not see combat in WW2. An earlier variant of the aircraft in question did but the version I'm looking for didn't. Based on what has been determined so far the answer can be found on a wikipedia page.

[Aktungbby]

I did reference Wiki. The Bearcat? I've sat in one at the Reno airshow races!:yeah:...in the '80's.:doh:

[Buddahaid]

I did reference Wiki. The Bearcat?

Almost, but that was an R2800-30W single stage variable supercharger and the Bearcat never saw combat in WW2. The Bearcat was designed for fast climbing low altitude carrier combat. It even out climbed the navy jets which needed more time to reach optimum climb speed while the Bearcat just started climbing.

[Exocet25fr]

Douglas B-26 ?

[Buddahaid]

No, single engine.

[Aktungbby]

well...my wiki site is out of R2800 wasp single-engine fighters that didn't see combat in WWII and the Skyraider A1 had a different wasp engine...:hmmm:

[Exocet25fr]

Grumman AF Guardian ?

[Buddahaid]

well...my wiki site is out of R2800 wasp single-engine fighters that didn't see combat in WWII and the Skyraider A1 had a different wasp engine...:hmmm:

I stated the aircraft variant that engine was in didn't see combat in WW2 but earlier variants did.

[Aktungbby]

Grumman AF guardian?

[Exocet25fr]

Grumman Af gardian, I said that !

[Catfish]

^ I think the Grumman was post-war, 1950 (?)

So a R2800-32W Series E?
But a fail to see that there was only one plane with it installed .. a C. Vought Corsair model Night fighter variant

[Buddahaid]

No. There seems to be confusion about this I'm not trying to create. The aircraft has already been named but not the variant the engine photo I posted was put in. That engine has been established as an R2800 double wasp with a two stage supercharger close to the R2800-30W used by the Bearcat. The engine in the photo was only used in that one aircraft variant.

[Buddahaid]

^ I think the Grumman was post-war, 1950 (?)

So a R2800-32W, but a fail to see that there was only one plane with it installed .. an early C. Vought Corsair model for testing?

Yes that is the engine.

[Catfish]

F4U-5N night fighter?

[Buddahaid]

F4U-5N night fighter?

Or simply the F4U-5 as photo recon. The two stage variable speed supercharger giving it the speed and altitude performance required. What is interesting to me is this supercharger system and the single stage version are US versions of the supercharger system installed into the Bf-109.

https://www.vought.org/products/html/f4u-5.html

[Catfish]

Or simply the F4U-5 as photo recon. The two stage variable speed supercharger giving it the speed and altitude performance required.[...]
Not even mentioned here:
http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/pr-2800.htm
:o

So is it this 'sidewinder' variant, but this was after the war :doh:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/p-w-sidewinder-jpg.97312/
What is interesting to me is this supercharger system and the single stage version are US versions of the supercharger system installed into the Bf-109.
I knew it :O:
Seriously, the first look at your photo reminded me of the Bf turbocharger, so first looked for a FW 190 or later Tank type because of the radial engine :oops:

[Catfish]

Maybe not so difficult, what is this?

https://i.imgur.com/CUGzBy5l.jpg

[mapuc]

It looks like a part of a Cruise ship

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Lund-class Ekranoplan.

[Catfish]

Yes it is.. i thought the top view would lead these folks astray, but :haha: :up:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/caspian-sea-monster-ekranoplan/index.html

https://i.imgur.com/tPDQgncl.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Nu94khHoo

Over to Buddahaid :salute:

[Buddahaid]

I just thought it looked like a weird Russian beast so I searched for that. Still at work so I'll be a couple of hours.

[Buddahaid]

So, what ship is this?
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/4462/01JecJ.png

[Aktungbby]

American Battleship?

[Buddahaid]

American Battleship?

Yes it is.

[Aktungbby]

present at Pearl Harbor on the day of infamy?

[Buddahaid]

present at Pearl Harbor on the day of infamy?

Why, yes.

[Aktungbby]

Blown up or capsized?

[Buddahaid]

Blown up or capsized?

Blown up.

[Aktungbby]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qt0CUWbQLkc/TuGJPkx8p0I/AAAAAAAAAZA/lKbYBFYOf3g/s1600/Az%2BUW.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v2ckDNsJh3w/TuGJX9eLQrI/AAAAAAAAAZM/tHbk81DExHg/s1600/AZ%2Bwreak.jpg :Kaleun_Salute:

[Buddahaid]

That's her. Over to you.

[Aktungbby]

WHAT'S THIS? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=12293

[Catfish]

Tatra?

[Jimbuna]

T87?

[Aktungbby]

nope to both.

[Jimbuna]

Italian?

[Buddahaid]

1948 GM Corsair?

[Aktungbby]

nope not Italian nor a Corsair

[Jimbuna]

French?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[mapuc]

German ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Swedish?

[Aktungbby]

not Swedish or German.

[mapuc]

British ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

nope

[mapuc]

Japanese ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

EU country?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[mapuc]

A proto type ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

American?

[Aktungbby]

A proto type ?

MarkusI would say so
:up:
American? yes:yeah:

USS Texas? Well it is abaft of the rudder:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

From a movie?

[Aktungbby]

not from a movie...but from the mind of a 'genius'...even if in his own mind!

[Catfish]

Is this upper part even a fin, or something else?

[Aktungbby]

I believe it is a stabilizer instituted per the computation fluid dynamics involved to compensate for the admittedly poor handling characteristics. It was designed with jet stilts in mind for instant takeoff and flight.

[Buddahaid]

I believe it is a stabilizer instituted per the computation fluid dynamics involved to compensate for the admittedly poor handling characteristics. It was designed with jet stilts in mind for instant takeoff and flight.

Intrigued but at a loss still. It must be revenge for the F4U-5....:Kaleun_Wink:

[Aktungbby]

it is!:Kaleun_Salivating:

[Jimbuna]

Is it an actual car?

[Aktungbby]

That is a fair question that I"ve been looking at again. I don't think mine is a photoshopped job...:hmmm: There are real renditions of this original vehicle. 3 prototypes of which were made. One crashed; one; burned; and the remaining only one is in a museum and occasionally makes it to Concours D' Elegance shows. It was initially displayed at the Chicago 1934 World Fair...and a famous architect who helped with the wind tunnel and design was in a Japanese internment camp in WWII. On some variations the fin is the rear 8 cylinder ford engine's exhaust outlet...well aft of the front-wheel drive.

[Catfish]

Dymaxion. I wonder whether anyone ever really thought of jet stilts on that car :/

[Aktungbby]

that's it!:Kaleun_Salute: Designed by Buckminster Fuller of geodesic dome fame; several "dome-homes" in the Santa Cruz Mtns were appraised by me during my real-estate appraiser 14 year career ...Over to Catfish:Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Certainly looks like it Kai :yep:

https://i.postimg.cc/DyJfFt9F/E2l2h-YHVc-AI1-Irf.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[mapuc]

that's it!:Kaleun_Salute: Designed by Buckminster Fuller of geodesic dome fame; several "dome-homes" in the Santa Cruz Mtns were appraised by me during my real-estate appraiser 14 year career ...Over to Catfish:Kaleun_Salute:

OT
Have an old friend from Sweden who live in Santa Cruz.
End OT

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Certainly looks like it Kai :yep:

https://i.postimg.cc/DyJfFt9F/E2l2h-YHVc-AI1-Irf.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

That's so Buck Rogers. Where do the sparks come out?

https://youtu.be/hMnFWypxTq0?t=23

[Aktungbby]

That's so Buck Rogers. Where do the sparks come out? at the Burning Man festival??!!:O: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/61/db/5361db433e2282918da01f045649dd96.jpg:O: Dymaxion. I wonder whether anyone ever really thought of jet stilts on that car :/ It was the reference to the jet stilts that caused me to select this image with the rear 'jet stilt ; but i still can't tell if its real...but imho that wouldn't really affect the puzzle solving' Because he was aiming for what Fuller called Omni Medium Transport, a vehicle that could go anywhere, the Dymaxion would ultimately have "wheels for ground travel and jet stilts for instant takeoff and flight." Jet stilts were Fuller's placeholder idea for a future technology that could provide compact, concentrated lift – twenty years before the commercial availability of jets. o his daughter, Allegra, he described the Dymaxion as:A "zoomobile", explaining that it could hop off the road at will, fly about, then, as deftly as a bird, settle back into a place in traffic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car

[Catfish]

^ ok.. just this "take off" got me wondering :haha:

Ok, what is this:

https://i.imgur.com/dkFjItRm.jpg

[Jimbuna]

A religious connection?

[Catfish]

Not religious

[mapuc]

A castle ?

Markus

[Catfish]

Not a castle

[mapuc]

Is this building famous ?

Markus

[Catfish]

Not very.

[mapuc]

Is it a public building ?

Markus

[Catfish]

Not like a court or a town hall, but everyone can see it.

[mapuc]

Is it the building you want us to guess what it is or is it the ornament on the wall you want us to guess what it is ?

Markus

[Catfish]

Is it the building you want us to guess what it is or is it the ornament on the wall you want us to guess what it is ?
Markus
Both. The "ornament" is a part of the overall structure.
edit: So "the building" would be the right answer, though you can guess or ask what this 'ornament' is meant to be.