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Post by kb on Nov 1, 2010 20:37:19 GMT 12
I have scanned a couple of Top Dressers. Beaver ZK-BXN First.  The name on the nose is "Pukeokahu". |
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Post by kb on Nov 1, 2010 20:38:54 GMT 12
And now a shot from the front.  |
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 1, 2010 20:44:27 GMT 12
Nice shots there, Keith.  What year would they have been taken? |
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Post by kb on Nov 1, 2010 21:00:54 GMT 12
It sounds really silly but I don't know.  I am hoping that the Fieldair Dakota shot will tell us as I am sure the paint job will identify the date to one of our experts. I think it would have been in the 1980's because they were shot on negative film and I used slides until about early 1980's. I have been shooting photos for years without cataloguing them and now I am paying the price. I am actually scanning A-4 shots for Don and these are on the same film strips. In a belated attempt at organisation I am copying everything in a packet and noting accordingly. ;D |
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 1, 2010 21:05:18 GMT 12
Keith, I think I am in the same boat as you in some ways, as I know I have taken shots of particular aircraft, but it can be a curse trying to find those photos now!  At least you've worked out how to scan images - I haven't got that far yet! ;D |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 1, 2010 21:10:21 GMT 12
Well the Beaver is certainly at Wanganui, and was in Rangitikei ownership from April 1977 to July 1996 if that helps.
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Post by kb on Nov 1, 2010 21:19:25 GMT 12
I have got a film strip scanner but I quickly realised that with thousands of photos to copy it would take me years to copy them even if I gave up work! So I am actually photographing the slides and negatives which gives decent results and allows me to file the photos away so I can find them. Probably not quite as good as the scanner but incredibly quicker. Peter pointed out to me that he spends about 40 minutes per photo post processing and the results are certainly fantastic. I just would give up because I have lots of other interests.  Basically I am spending no time post processing other than inverting negatives and adjusting the colour on the basis of getting the digital copies first and processing the ones that really interest me later. |
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Post by Deane B on Nov 1, 2010 21:22:03 GMT 12
This page has the some history and pics of BXN - www.kiwibeavers.com/BXN.htmlI'm sure Graeme will have an idea of date too. It appears it wore that colour scheme (with red tail) from the early 80's until Rangitikei sold it in the mid 90's. Looking at your pics, I'd say early 80's, but thats just an educated guess loking at the fuel bowsers and the car in the background (a Cortina or Escort maybe?). |
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 3, 2010 10:56:46 GMT 12
Would likely be the 80s, as the shot of DC-3 ZK-CAW at Wanganui must be in the 80s due to its time owned by Richmond Harding/WAW.
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 3, 2010 10:57:34 GMT 12
By the way, great shots of BXN Keith! These will be a great help when I eventually get around to finishing my 1:72 Hobbycraft Beaver.
And I forgot to mention, the water point and blue hose in the first pic? Still there today!
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Post by kb on Nov 3, 2010 17:34:24 GMT 12
Thnks for the commentZac. If youwant any detail for your model let me know as the original is a very large file and I can blow up parts of the image.  |
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Post by Deane B on Nov 3, 2010 18:07:38 GMT 12
Would likely be the 80s, as the shot of DC-3 ZK-CAW at Wanganui must be in the 80s due to its time owned by Richmond Harding/WAW. I also made a post in the DC-3 thread, that narrows it down to between 1985 and 1989 |
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Post by Deane B on Jul 1, 2011 23:11:11 GMT 12
A good video of a Beaver at work here: |
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Post by thomarse on Jul 2, 2011 9:55:01 GMT 12
Neat video!
Any idea where/who? Can't quite pick out the rego - CRE?
By styles of sideboards and loader I guess very early yellow colour scheme days. Early 70s?
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Post by dakman on Jul 2, 2011 11:20:22 GMT 12
Would also pick early eightys for the pic of bxn
It had a blue tail in 1979
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Post by agman on Jul 2, 2011 17:41:25 GMT 12
ZK AZB
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Post by fadge on Jul 3, 2011 20:05:24 GMT 12
Aha! Thought it was Whibs!
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Post by thomarse on Jul 4, 2011 6:53:49 GMT 12
Anyone know who/what the background song is?
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Post by furyfb11 on Jul 4, 2011 11:43:25 GMT 12
Would also pick early eightys for the pic of bxn It had a blue tail in 1979 But then again it still looked the same in the 1990s  Palmerston North 29/3/91  Feiding 28/5/94 |
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Post by dakman on Jul 4, 2011 17:22:14 GMT 12
Hey Graeme thought that opening take off scene was at Dvke
thanks for the details.
Guess a lot of filming was done for that country calender show
hope all the unused footage has been saved .
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I am hoping that the Fieldair Dakota shot will tell us as I am sure the paint job will identify the date to one of our experts. I think it would have been in the 1980's because they were shot on negative film and I used slides until about early 1980's.
Basically I am spending no time post processing other than inverting negatives and adjusting the colour on the basis of getting the digital copies first and processing the ones that really interest me later. 
