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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 30, 2012 14:53:47 GMT 12
Cool, another Safety and Surface Worker on the forum. Great to have you aboard.
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Post by beagle on Jan 30, 2012 15:39:47 GMT 12
rough paint job. It was done in the purpose built paintshop for Iroquois and the only thing different was that the original finish was not stripped right back to metal but quickly scuffed down for the new colour. All other correct trade practises were carried out to their fullest I agree with you beagle, I was in-charge of the said paint shop at the time. But that how the nickname came about. you are either Lloyd or Beau |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 30, 2012 15:41:52 GMT 12
Or maybe an engineering officer above the guys in the shop I suppose?
Was all the talk in the media about fishing for Orange Roughy quotas going on that the time?
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Post by beagle on Jan 30, 2012 15:58:49 GMT 12
pretty sure Dave, Orange Roughy fish are more out to the east of NZ and the fish down south are the Patagonian Tooth Fish, where they sent Orions down at one time
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Post by alouette on Feb 11, 2012 11:24:34 GMT 12
Does anyone know if the RNZAF Hueys flown in the Antarctic were fitted with "Bear Paw" snow pads on the skids or did they use standard skids? Thanks.
Alouette.
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Post by raymond on Feb 11, 2012 20:46:25 GMT 12
No "Bear Paws" fitted Snowbird 89/90 that I can recall
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Post by junior on Jun 8, 2012 0:20:59 GMT 12
I cant lay claim to the photos... RNZAF Official These three were photographed in Bouganville in 1997/98. They were operating there under Operation Belisi peace monitoring. Urgency was placed on the Operation as tension was high between the warring tribes. The "Orange Roughy" scheme was chosen for 2 important reasons. 1. DFHQ wanted a scheme that the "natives" wouldnt associate with the military so the current colours of the day were ruled out and White couldnt be used because that was 'UN colours" so in keeping it simple it was decided to adopt an already approved scheme and go with the Orange. 2. We had poo-loads of Scarlet Chrome in stock. I was NCOi/c Hobby paintshop at the time and when the order came out to repaint the aircraft we had to have 2 Hueys painted up, complete with markings, in 72 hours... with the third ready to go by weeks-end. F/S Lloyd Puriri and I formulated a plan and formed two teams... one team prep'ing and masking ready for the other team to come in at night and paint. The Paintshop boys (Lloyd, myself, Cpl Euan Bican, LAC Les Stockley and LAC Adrian Smith and a few more seconded from the S&S trade) worked flat out day and night to get the first two Hueys out on time.... and yes... they were "Roughys" alright but we managed to put out a quality product within the given time.   |
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Post by lesterpk on Jun 8, 2012 1:37:27 GMT 12
Hey Junior, I came across some photos of the Hueys in the paintshop being turned orange in one of my old albums. Looks like to save time we masked out the markings rather than reapply them. Guess I'll have to fire up the scanner.
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Post by junior on Jun 8, 2012 1:58:28 GMT 12
You'd be right, Les..... the big markings were masked out but the smaller ones I think were just "zapped". From memory these Hueys underwent unscheduled strip and repaints when they returned to NZ.
Would love to see the pics if you can manage it.
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Post by lesterpk on Jun 9, 2012 2:59:59 GMT 12
All masked out ready to go.  Freshly painted  Outside for comparision  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 9, 2012 11:45:58 GMT 12
Great shots Les. Was that the No. 1 TTS paintshop?
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Post by malcolma on Jun 11, 2012 21:46:20 GMT 12
Hi folk, I am a newbie to the forum. Spotted this thread on the Orange Roughies. I have some pics I can scan and load of 08 (Kiwi 08) down on the ice during the 90/91 Antarctic season if these would be of interest. We had the Roughy crew put us in to our deep field camp and pick us up at the end of season.
I need to scan at work tomorrow then figure out how to post pics
Cheers
Malcolm
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Post by junior on Jun 12, 2012 7:25:01 GMT 12
Welcome malcoma..... we'd love to see the photos here  Dave, its the paintshop situated at 3 Squadron at Hobsonville. The New paintshop at Whenuapai had just opened up and thats where most of the components, wheels, and panels etc got done... all the bigger stuff like the Hueys, busses, trucks, cars, (Base Commanders racing car) were done at Hobsonville. |
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Post by Ykato on Jun 12, 2012 13:10:44 GMT 12
Great shots Les. Was that the No. 1 TTS paintshop? Agree Thanks for sharing  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 12, 2012 14:03:40 GMT 12
Welcome Malcolm, yes please do scan and post your photos.
Thanks for confirming that paintshop Junior. I never went over to the No. 3 Squadron hangar paint shop. Am I right in recalling there was also a small paint shop at the General Engineering Flight (GEF) complex on Hobby's wet apron, just near the up road, and in the same building area as the Fabric Bay there? Or am I mis-recalling that entirely?
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