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Post by ams888 on Jan 16, 2011 10:43:06 GMT 12
Its funny, with all those bond movies made throughout the cold war, it wasn't until the first Pierce Brosnan one (Golden eye) that the Russian were the bad guys (made after the cold war had ended). throughout the rest of the movies it was evil corporations, and scientists, and rogue generals. In the old movies the Russians and British secret service worked together, with Bond even shagging their top agent, in "The spy who loved me" Bond even recieved Russian medals in some of the movies, if i remember rightly...
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Post by ams888 on Jan 15, 2011 9:57:44 GMT 12
I am completely the other way around. I think the producers of the new James bonds have ignored some of the fundamental elements that should have stayed in the new bond films, such as when James walks out and shoots the circle and it turns red. That is missing from the newest bond, and was only at the end of quantum of solace. Also Q, or whoever was replacing him, was missing, as was Miss Moneypenny, for the first time ever. Also there were little discrepancy's between the old bonds and the two new ones. For example has anyone noticed that Felix, the CIA agent, has changed from a white guy (in the old movies) to a black guy? Also when Judi Dench took over as M during one of the Pierce Brosnan bond movies, during the movie they were talking about what it was like to have the "new" M as a woman. Yet the new bond movies, which are prequels have M as a woman (Judi Dench), meaning that having a woman M is not new at all. I just think that all the tradition of the old James Bond movies was thrown out when the last of the original producers was killed. The gadgets represented British ingenuity, and were brilliant. My favorite bond was Roger Moore.
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Post by ams888 on Jan 12, 2011 22:29:29 GMT 12
My first ever armour diorama i've built! It is based in the western desert, where a Long Range Desert Group jeep (crewed by kiwi's, or course) has met up with, and is discussing troop movements with the crew of an Australian scout car. I call it ANZAC co-operation. Enjoy
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Post by ams888 on Jan 12, 2011 22:13:48 GMT 12
They started painting the DC3's in that scheme before converting them to skyliners. I have a picture of some lined up on the tarmac in this scheme from 1962-1963.
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Post by ams888 on Jan 8, 2011 10:07:57 GMT 12
After a quick Google search it turns out ZK-BVE did serve with fieldair before being merged into airland. whether it was ever in the yellow markings as it was painted at MOTAT i'm not too sure
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Post by ams888 on Jan 8, 2011 9:52:38 GMT 12
This is a quote from the radio NZ website "Dr Mapp says an option to use the Aermacchi jets for pilot training has been abandoned as engine manufacturer Rolls Royce can no longer support their maintenance."
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Post by ams888 on Jan 7, 2011 16:34:17 GMT 12
Wouldn't the banner on this forum of a yellow fieldair lodestar ZK-BVE show that it wasn't the only one? or was BVE painted this colour at a later date?
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Post by ams888 on Dec 7, 2010 20:16:37 GMT 12
Happy Birthday Dave. Hope your birthday was a good one!
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Post by ams888 on Oct 29, 2010 20:01:37 GMT 12
Look at all those amazing NAC planes (slober)!
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Post by ams888 on Oct 17, 2010 12:37:54 GMT 12
They were originally given Maori bird names, and then when they started converting the DC3's to skyliners (when they upgraded the interiors and put bigger windows in them) they were given place names. Although the NAC book said that ZK-AYL was changed to be called Whakatane. ZK-AOD was called Timaru.
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Post by ams888 on Oct 17, 2010 12:33:23 GMT 12
A bit of a stuff up on my part. First of all i thought the Cook Strait aircraft were blue on the top, when actually they were black. And now its too late to change. And i din't even think about the roundels not being on those ones. So i suppose it is just a bit of a fanciful scheme. If i was good at painting around decals i would paint over the blue, but i think i'd just wreck it. They are all heller 1/72 kits.
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Post by ams888 on Oct 17, 2010 8:24:13 GMT 12
I made them myself
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Post by ams888 on Oct 16, 2010 23:05:28 GMT 12
Hi all, I decided to take a break from NAC aircraft, and made this Cook Strait Airways DH89. It is ZK - AGT, called Neptune. It was imported and served with cook Strait air from 1938, until it was impressed into the RNZAF, where it was NZ558. In 1944 it was released back onto the civil register as ZK - AHS and joined Air Travel (NZ) ltd until 1947. It then flew with NAC, West Coast Airways, and Mount cook Airways. It is now on display at MOTAT. Here it is with my other two DH89's, from the RNZAF, and NAC
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Post by ams888 on Oct 16, 2010 22:57:31 GMT 12
Hi all, I have been busy recently finishing off some new NAC aircraft. First is my DC3. ZK-AYL flew a fairly undistinguished career with the NAC until its retirement in 1968. It was then flown to Laos where its fate is unknown, but is presumed to have been broken up there. I picked this DC3 to model, because it is called Piwakawaka, which means fantail. Next is my DH114 Heron, ZK - BBN. This Heron was called Matuhi, which means bush wren. It arrived in New Zealand in April 1953 until its retirement from the NAC. It was the backup aircraft for the Royal tour in 1953/1954, but was not needed. After its NAC retirement, this aircraft went on to serve Southern Airways in Australia, and Fiji Airways. In Fiji it crashed in 1966, and used for fire fighting training.
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Post by ams888 on Sept 20, 2010 10:53:30 GMT 12
Also, what supply stores would be the best in the Wellington area for paints, glues and custom decals etc? Modelcrafts and Hobbies in Wellington are pretty good. They are the corner of Victoria and Dixon Sts. See their website www.modelcraftsandhobbies.co.nz
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Post by ams888 on Sept 17, 2010 14:32:31 GMT 12
Oops sorry my blunder. I skipped over a fital bit of the text and missed the word hurricane. Jameson was flying hurricanes.
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Post by ams888 on Sept 17, 2010 10:34:51 GMT 12
It looks like there were kiwi's flying Gladiators in Combat in Norway, etc. This website: www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1RAF-c3.html , names: Group Captain P. G. Jameson, DSO, DFC and bar, born Wellington, 10 Nov 1912; Flying Officer H. E. Vickery; born Invercargill, 7 Sep 1913; Pilot Officer L. R. Jacobsen, DFC; born Wellington, 5 Mar 1915 all flew Gladiators.
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Post by ams888 on Sept 17, 2010 10:23:57 GMT 12
I think the main difference between a Gladiator and a Sea Gladiator was the installation of catapult points, a deck-arrester hook and a collapsible dinghy in a fairing beneath the fuselage between the undercarriage legs
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Post by ams888 on Aug 20, 2010 7:15:02 GMT 12
wow cool! I looked everywhere for a picture that showed the top. I might just paint over my stripes, and put the proper rego on. Thanks for that added info.
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Post by ams888 on Aug 19, 2010 7:30:53 GMT 12
I used Artistic Licence for the upper wing. I know that Nelson aero club's colours are blue and Silver. I didn't want to just have a plain top wing, so I copied the current scheme of ZK - BLK, and did its wing stripe. Of course after doing that, i realised that the rego on the top of the wing looked totally out of place, because the blue blotted out part of it. Still haven't figured out how to solve that problem yet, so until i do, my Tiger has a rego on the bottom of the wing, but not the top.
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