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Post by Gavin Conroy on Jul 9, 2008 16:20:10 GMT 12
Was in Christchurch for a meeting today and had time to go and test drive a car before the flight home. You just cant take a photo of a car without and aeroplane in the background. The car was great by the way.   |
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Post by Marcus on Jul 9, 2008 17:10:11 GMT 12
Hi Gavin and the rest. Love the car and the plane!!! In the same mold... ;D (pun intended) is a pic I took in 2004 of the plastic Spit here in Hams. From the same mold as the one in your pics.  Marcus |
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Post by shorty on Jul 9, 2008 17:55:24 GMT 12
Ever notice how the prop on the replica is set up for the opposite rotation to the original?  Reason is the replica prop is mocked up from a HS 748 prop. Could never figure out why , after Continental Caterers bought the Brevet Club building, it was knocked down and the area has been vacant ever since. I would have thought the income derived from it would be better than just having a blank space. I remember going to numerous events there, Mt Cook used to hire it regularly as did Mobil. |
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Post by beagle on Jul 9, 2008 19:21:33 GMT 12
Did Gav win Lotto and not tell us.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Jul 9, 2008 20:26:28 GMT 12
Maybe I did but would be buying a real Spitfire and not a glass replica  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 9, 2008 21:19:25 GMT 12
Gavin, that's an Airfix Spitfire on its stand, and a matchbox car, isn't it? It has Matchbox car wheels and sripe at least. ;D
Nice photos everyone.
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Post by hairy on Jul 14, 2008 23:55:32 GMT 12
Talking about cars and 'planes, I was driving up the North Island today and at the bridge over the Manawatu river at Foxton this.....  .........was spraying the feilds on both sides of the road, so naturally I stopped to get some pics, as you you don't often get to catch these guys working. I lined up for what I thought would be a good shot and just as I pushed the button a car came past, damn, I thought, a shot ruined, but now that I look at it I kind of like the result.   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 15, 2008 1:29:23 GMT 12
Yeah, that is a really neat shot. What is that aeroplane? I wonder what visibility is like on the ground.
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Post by sleemanj on Jul 15, 2008 14:12:31 GMT 12
Grumman AG CAT
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 15, 2008 14:58:46 GMT 12
Is that Hal Griffin's Ag Cat? Not quite in the same class as Grumman's other "cat" products like the Hellcat, Bearcat and Tomcat.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 15, 2008 19:56:45 GMT 12
I always thought the Ag Cat had a radial engine, is this one heavily modified?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 15, 2008 21:56:19 GMT 12
Fabulous photos. You must be quick on the trigger.
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Post by Bruce on Jul 15, 2008 22:15:07 GMT 12
I always thought the Ag Cat had a radial engine, is this one heavily modified? The Ag Cat is like the Fletcher - it has grown over the years, with different powerplants to lift the extra load. |
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Post by Kereru on Jul 16, 2008 9:59:54 GMT 12
Super Ag-Cat  Turbine Ag-Cat  Cheers |
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