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Post by kb on Sept 16, 2010 20:07:24 GMT 12
The ex Indian Air Force B-24 at Cosford does apparently talk. When I was living in the UK at the beginning of the 90's there had been rumours of sounds coming from the aircraft. A university decided to conduct an experiment by recording these sounds at night. Afterwards it seems that they were played back to ex B-24 aircrew and asked them what they heard. The report was that the sounds were aircrew preparing for a raid. The aircraft did see active service with the RAF during WW2. I dunno!
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Post by kb on Sept 16, 2010 18:40:46 GMT 12
Mind you that's pretty impressive. Four different CT-4 schemes in one photo.
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Post by kb on Sept 16, 2010 18:38:31 GMT 12
OK. So far I have counted eight Devon schemes and I haven't even dug out my own photos yet. Can't post any more coz they're not mine! It would be fun to see what type actually had the most schemes.
Harvard most likely after Devon ;D
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Post by kb on Sept 16, 2010 15:53:18 GMT 12
I was a young kid at Beach Haven in those days and the kids about 10 years older than me used to go across to Hobby and bring back all sorts of bits and pieces. Then it was fun but today they would be criminals!
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Post by kb on Sept 15, 2010 22:03:40 GMT 12
Nice Impala shot from Aiden. I had forgotten I had scanned some SAAF stuff.
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Post by kb on Sept 15, 2010 19:54:09 GMT 12
Don't laugh Talon! Scanning my slides has got me thinking about modelling again. I have been wondering what resin or part from another kit would be the best for engines/cowls for 1/72nd Bristol Freighter, Hastings and Solent. I see that Paragon Mk.II Lancaster engines are available again and they look as if they could be used at a pinch and with a little work but I have only seen the info on Hannant's site. Anything better? As far a props are concerned the Airfix Freighter ones don't seem too bad but it's a pity about Aeroclub for the other's props. I have got the old Aeroclub metal cowls somewhere which I think have the engine front moulded in place. But does that matter as most of the aircraft I am interested in have large spinners? Comments are welcome guys.
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Post by kb on Sept 15, 2010 18:47:10 GMT 12
Also I meant to say thanks to Dave for his posts.
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Post by kb on Sept 15, 2010 18:45:15 GMT 12
I think it's ironic that the Auckland Gas Company used a drawing of the aircraft which paved the way for the eventual replacement of flying boats! Boeing 247.
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Post by kb on Sept 15, 2010 7:28:45 GMT 12
Thanks Dave. I think the Devons probably wore more schemes than any other RNZAF type. Enough to keep even a keen modeller going for some time. When I get to scanning all my Devon slides I will start counting. Does anyone know how many schemes?
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Post by kb on Sept 14, 2010 20:07:51 GMT 12
Here it is in 1978. I think it was with 42 Sqdn at the time.
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Post by kb on Sept 13, 2010 22:23:44 GMT 12
Great photos.After lurking for a long time I have been spending time reading the very interesting threads and I have just caught up with this one. I notice that comment has been made with respect to Korea and Allison V-1710 engines. These were used in Korea on F-82G Twin Mustangs. Although Merlins were used in P-51's from the B model onwards apparently licencing difficulties caused North American to go back to Allisons for the twin model.
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Post by kb on Sept 12, 2010 22:10:57 GMT 12
I have just received this book and to say I was pleasantly surprised would be a huge understatement. I thought it would be a pure reference book to be perused when needed but I actually sat down and read it from cover to cover. Had I known that Larry was going to include unpublished books, for example those intended for family, I would have sent him a couple of references. It opened my eyes. Unreservedly recommended.
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Post by kb on Sept 11, 2010 19:51:55 GMT 12
Thanks guys. Probably the coloured spinners are ex RAF though. It would be nice to think they were RNZAF as that sort of thing is not common in later post war NZ Air Force.
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Post by kb on Sept 11, 2010 17:35:08 GMT 12
Someone was asking for a kneeling Andover shot and I think this one is at least partly kneeling. Not the greatest photo but of interest because of the red spinner (I have another with a blue spinner). Can anyone explain these please. Also the kiwi on the nose. A good modelling subject.
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Post by kb on Sept 7, 2010 21:03:34 GMT 12
And 7629 which I have recorded as 5 Sqdn? Attachments:
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Post by kb on Sept 7, 2010 20:54:15 GMT 12
Can somebody please tell me why you have to click on my photo to make it posted size?
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Post by kb on Sept 7, 2010 20:51:54 GMT 12
Hi All Thought I could stop lurking as I am finally getting to scan some of my slides and negs. I have been surprised at the small number of photos in this thread so here is one of the VIP beasts. Taken on a beutiful Wellington day March 1978. Attachments:
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Post by kb on Jun 7, 2009 12:38:07 GMT 12
Thanks for your comments Barnstormer. Like you I use my scanner for copying photos including those from manuals etc. As you say setting up the copying gear is a bit of a chore and I only do so when I have the time to copy a large batch. My concern is to get high quality back ups for transparencies and negatives. With my system I do get very large files of but hard drive storage is cheap now and computer chips are powerful and when I get around to copying all my junk I will feel happy that I don't have to worry so much about losing my originals to mould, fire, theft etc. I guess we have different objectives which I didn't understand in the first instance. Cheers.
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Post by kb on Jun 6, 2009 21:02:41 GMT 12
Barnstormer. I have played about with high quality scanners but have produced few digital copies. Too busy etc. The basic problem with using a scanner if you have a very large number of slides is the time it takes to scan each slide. Also, while dedicated 35mm film strip scanners are very expensive, equivalent scanners which can handle large format negatives are prohitively expensive. Using flat bed scanners is OK if you intend to post to the net but if you are looking to archive and keep quality they are useless. Because I have little time and because I wanted to archive in such a way that it isn't the end of the earth if my slide/neg developed a major problem I scratched my head for a long time. I finally came up with a solution that is only relatively expensive and is very fast.
I purchased a Canon 5D camera and two lens. One is Canon's 100mm macro focusing lens and the other a very high quality standard lens. The beauty of the 5D is that it's sensor is the same size as a 35mm neg. Then I purchased a copy table and a daylight light table. This is like a picture frame with the centre being a flat glass panel with a light source inside. It sits on the floor of the copy table and my slide is placed on it so that it is back lit. The camera with the macro focusing lens is attached to an arm which protudes at an angle over the table and it can be wound up and down until the slide image exactly fits in to the camera viewfinder. That fixes the camera position. I then photograph the slide, put the next slide on the light table and move it in to the viewfinder area and photograph again. No trouble to do about 80+ per hour. For negative film strips I purchased two sheets of opitically pure glass and I put the film strips between them and photograph as per slides. When I photograph negs I use Photoshop to invert them and thus produce a positive image. So far I have only done reasonably exposed slides/negs and the results have been outstanding. I may have to use my scanner if the original is difficult.
For larger format negs I would just move the camera up the arm until the neg fits the viewfinder and change the lens if necessary.
The other thing is that the camera produces both RAW and JPEG images of the same photo so the RAW image can be aved for archival purposes after processing and converting to TIFF while the JPEG is immediately available for the Web after downsizing.
If you live near Auckland come and have a look. I am quite happy for you to use the eqipment at my place if you are interested.
I hope I haven't rambled on too much!
BTW, I will be posting photos when I get some time.
KB
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Post by kb on Apr 7, 2009 21:23:58 GMT 12
Hi Paul
I am interested in the email address. Thanks, Keith
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