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Post by ams888 on Aug 12, 2014 19:04:01 GMT 12
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Post by ams888 on Jul 30, 2014 17:57:41 GMT 12
That is really sad. One of the highlights of my trips to Wellington is a trip to Capitol books, with a good hour of looking. I always purchased from them, and it will be a huge loss to people who love the kind of books that they do. In my opinion there is nothing like spending an afternoon in a bookshop...
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Post by ams888 on Jul 25, 2014 10:15:33 GMT 12
Hi Guys, Anyone else seen what is for sale in the UK? link to BBC.co.uk articleThis could be your chance to own an ex RAF Fighter!
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Post by ams888 on Jul 14, 2014 20:15:26 GMT 12
That is awesome! Well done
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Post by ams888 on May 12, 2014 21:27:29 GMT 12
That is awesome. I have a Twin Otter in my stash, and am going to do a Mt Cook Airline one too. Yours looks amazing!
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Post by ams888 on May 12, 2014 21:24:36 GMT 12
Hi Guys, I know its a bit late, as the auction was on 30 March, and i'm not even sure if it is in the right forum, but did anyone see this? link www.webbs.co.nz/auction/warbirds-wheels-saleOn the second page is a Tiger Moth, Harvard, Yak 52, and a CT4 trainer, as well as several military vehicles. It would have been a neat auction. Hopefully the planes stayed in NZ.
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Post by ams888 on May 7, 2014 18:59:44 GMT 12
This looks really cool. Well Done
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Post by ams888 on Apr 25, 2014 20:28:08 GMT 12
I was looking up papers past to find a newspaper article for my facebook page that I run called 100 years ago, NZ History from 100 years ago. Anyway i found this article regarding HMS New Zealand. It would have been quite a spectacle watching for Royal Navy Crusiers having a race...
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Post by ams888 on Mar 4, 2014 20:25:56 GMT 12
The reason for the door being on the starboard side is because all United DC3's were in that configuration, and it retained that right through its service in WW2 and with the Australian National Airways, before coming to NAC. This aircraft also had Wright Cyclone engines when NAC bought it, and it was converted to Pratt and Whitney engines. The fact that the door was on the wrong side compared to all of NAC's other aircraft is the reason it was only ever used as a freighter for NAC.
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Post by ams888 on Jan 27, 2014 19:57:41 GMT 12
I bought the book from Capitol books a couple of days ago. Being from Nelson, and being very interested in NZ aviation I am looking forward to getting to know the history of my area. I am about 30 pages in already, and find it very fascinating. Its hard to believe that the first flight to land in Nelson wasn't until the 1920's... As usual Richard Waugh has done a remarkable job. I have several of the books that he has co authored and this one does not disappoint so far.
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Post by ams888 on Jan 22, 2014 7:46:08 GMT 12
Yes that would be correct. According to Rex Forrester's "The Helicopter Hunters" (not Chopper Boys as previously stated) in 1986 it was owned by Helicorp ltd in Haast, and piloted by Marty Nolan.
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Post by ams888 on Jan 21, 2014 17:58:32 GMT 12
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Post by ams888 on Jan 21, 2014 17:18:17 GMT 12
Hi guys. Love this thred. I am a bit of a hughes 500 fan, and am planning on doing a 1/48 diorama involving a hughes 500, a piper super cub, and a few other vehicles involved in NZ deer recovery. The helicopter i would like to model is the one pictured, from Rex Forrester's book 'Chopper Boys'. I am stumped on the colour scheme though. I'm guessing that the I.D. letter is inside a yellow circle, but the other colours i am stuck on. Anyone have any ideas? It is ZK - HMG, and was based in Haast at the time with Helicorp Ltd.
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Post by ams888 on Nov 17, 2013 21:41:13 GMT 12
A southbound tram in Willis Street between mercer and Manners Streets. Hataitai bound “Fiducia” tram No.257 (now preserved at the Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland). The Hataitai tram route closed on 5th November 1962.
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Post by ams888 on Nov 17, 2013 19:03:22 GMT 12
That would be a very cool diorama. An actual 'Yank' invasion
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Post by ams888 on Nov 16, 2013 16:46:33 GMT 12
Being only a single bogie on each end it would only be able to be a select number of NZ trams, as most of our trams had two sets of wheels at each end. Also the rod that went up to the overhead wire would need to be changed as well. I think too our trams were narrow guage, so there would need to be a bit of modification done to make it truly representative, although from the picture of the tram at the Auckland waterfront it is quite similar... It would be a very interesting diorama having one of these with NZ troops in Wellington, ready to board ships to go and fight, etc...
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Post by ams888 on Oct 26, 2013 11:36:22 GMT 12
That is an amazing build! Some people are so talented
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Post by ams888 on Oct 24, 2013 17:20:31 GMT 12
Wow that looks awesome!
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Post by ams888 on Aug 31, 2013 22:52:10 GMT 12
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Post by ams888 on Jul 28, 2013 17:08:05 GMT 12
Wow I really like that! Awesome
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