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Post by FlyingKiwi on Feb 18, 2021 17:38:06 GMT 12
I don't think it was really aimed at aviation enthusiasts, more popcorn action movie watchers, but the trailer still looked pretty terrible.
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Post by kiwi285 on Feb 22, 2021 9:52:53 GMT 12
You have to give them a little leeway - if they hadn't wanted to film that left field movie, we wouldn't have a fuselage to play with and turn into an exhibit for people to walk through.
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 22, 2021 10:03:57 GMT 12
Available on the internet already on some of the shady movie sharing sites. Watching it now in 1080 on the 52" screen. The first 2 minutes seems ok. Yes, them's Vietnamese subtitles.
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 22, 2021 11:51:59 GMT 12
You have not experienced Chloe Grace Moretz until you have read her in the original Vietnamese
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 22, 2021 13:42:19 GMT 12
I learnt to ignore the subtitles long ago. I have a very good site I use that has about 99% of any movie I have asked to see. I guess a small percentage, mainly the newer ones, would have a subtitle of some kind. The website itself is Russian.
As for the movie, I managed about halfway in the first sitting. Intermission time. I may go back in.
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 23, 2021 15:32:39 GMT 12
I popped some shots taken at the studio onto the NZBCA facebook age , but the pics I took of the actors aboard the Lanc are still under embargo and I did sign some paperwork, so sorry. I saw the movie out of interest . Its no serious doco for sure and some bits were drawn out, but I got my $15 worth . Perhaps I am easily pleased but it sure was better than TV.
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Post by kiwi285 on Feb 24, 2021 16:44:59 GMT 12
The team are making progress with the skinning of the forward fuselage section and marrying this in with the cockpit section. I know that they have had quite a time of marrying the lines on these two sections together and getting it looking right. At the same time they are having to build a support structure to hold the cockpit section at the right height to marry up with the mating fuselage section. Dave is working away in the cockpit and installing equipment as and when he finds it and it is looking better at the time. Danny has returned to the fold after quite some time away and was helping out in the fuselage. After a week away I spent time bogging up the front and rear sections of the mould for the 500 lb bomb so we are making progress. 240221 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 240221 (3) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 240221 (5) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 240221 (2) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by kiwi285 on Mar 17, 2021 16:12:35 GMT 12
I am working away on the bombs, racks and shackles for the B-17 and having fun. I am doing some work on the required bomb shackles and was wondering how I could recreate the parts needed. Luckily Ian came in last Friday and I showed him what I was trying to recreate. This morning he arrived with 5 sets of the end pieces for the shackles and I was wrapt. Very clever man - now I need to cut the other pieces and put the lot together. Great help makes the job so much easier. Bomb shackle parts (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr Bomb B-11 Shackle by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by kiwi285 on Mar 24, 2021 16:10:34 GMT 12
Here are a couple of photos from today to show that we are still working away on this project. The planking around the nose of the fuselage is almost complete but there are still some curly areas that we need to negotiate. It has now been suggested that we build the complete nose section onto the existing fuselage so we are now trying to find a decent 3 view drawing of a B-17F fuselage so that we can get some measurements ands see what we might be able to do. Anybody out there who has a scale 3 view we would love to hear from you or maybe a photo copy of the nose section. Marty Cantlon has produced some vinyl lettering for me to go onto some new oxygen system boxes that we have produced and some warning placards that go on the bomb racks so now I need to produce some decent racks to attach them to. Andrew spoke to the team this morning and suggested a couple of things for the team to cogitate on and they sound interesting so will see what transpires from that. We are not going to run out of projects anytime soon. 240321 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 240321 (3) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 240321 (6) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by McFly on Mar 24, 2021 17:14:07 GMT 12
Here are a couple of photos from today to show that we are still working away on this project. The planking around the nose of the fuselage is almost complete but there are still some curly areas that we need to negotiate. It has now been suggested that we build the complete nose section onto the existing fuselage so we are now trying to find a decent 3 view drawing of a B-17F fuselage so that we can get some measurements ands see what we might be able to do. Anybody out there who has a scale 3 view we would love to hear from you or maybe a photo copy of the nose section. Marty Cantlon has produced some vinyl lettering for me to go onto some new oxygen system boxes that we have produced and some warning placards that go on the bomb racks so now I need to produce some decent racks to attach them to. Andrew spoke to the team this morning and suggested a couple of things for the team to cogitate on and they sound interesting so will see what transpires from that. We are not going to run out of projects anytime soon. A bit of Googling throws up some of these which may be useful...?
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Post by kiwi285 on Mar 24, 2021 18:40:22 GMT 12
Thanks for that. I had seen them but couldn't get them to a decent size to read the dimensions.
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Post by kiwi285 on Mar 26, 2021 15:11:57 GMT 12
We have been thinking about filler to smooth over the joints in the plywood sheets and were thinking along the lines of Polyfilla. This morning when I arrived at the museum I found that someone had already been busy and covered all of the joints in the forward two fuselage sections. They had used what looked like fibreglass resin with surfacing tissue which had done the job well and seemed to require very little sanding. Turns out this is a resin product with the glass fibres already mixed into the resin. It goes by the name of Isopon P-40 sandable fibre filled resin. You put some resin on a mixing plate, add in the required hardener and after mixing trowel it on. It dries very quickly and is waterproof. I had never heard of the product but is works a treat. 260321 (3) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 260321 (2) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 260321 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 260321 (4) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 26, 2021 16:55:59 GMT 12
Very clever stuff by the look of it. That could probably fix all the leaky homes out there.
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 26, 2021 22:12:08 GMT 12
Always nice to see a P-40 save the day
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Post by kiwi285 on Mar 31, 2021 18:35:52 GMT 12
Walked in this morning and our painter friend had finished sanding and filling all the joints in the forward two fuselage sections and had managed to give the plywood skin a coat of waterproofing and sealing paint. Looks good. Alan and Danny are working away on the waste gun mounting in the rear fuselage and are trying to get it to move a reasonable amount without allowing people to swing on it and smash it all. Amazing how much equipment some of our visitors can demolish. Very frustrating. Cal and I spent the day drilling off the 5 bomb shackles that we need (4 for the B-17 and another for the TBF-1). These jobs always seem to take longer than you think. Chris turned up the required spacers and we started deburring all the pieces. Next week we should be able to start assembling them. 310321 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 310321 (2) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 310321 (4) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 310321 (6) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by kiwi285 on Apr 7, 2021 16:24:15 GMT 12
I was sidetracked today with visitors but Cal managed to assemble a couple of our bomb shackles. All we need to do to complete them is to mount the arms that will close around the bomb mounts. Dave was back today and he and Chris were continuing to work in the cockpit. The front two fuselage sections were broken apart this afternoon and the cockpit section moved back into the hangar so that the team can start work on a possible nose section. This will test their mettle. I understand that we are getting closer to having the design of the steel support structure signed off. Once that is done we should be able to order the required steel and make a start on that. This part of the project will take some organising as several of the exhibits hanging from the ceiling will need to be brought down and moved elsewhere. 070421 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by kiwi285 on Apr 15, 2021 15:57:31 GMT 12
Our painter has been at it again and has now finished the rear fuselage section and put some primer over all of the plywood. You can see where the team have started thinking about the nose cone forward of the cockpit. This is going to get them working to come up with each section to get the curves right. Me thinks there might be some colourful language arising from this exercise. 140421 (3) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 140421 (4) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 15, 2021 21:02:49 GMT 12
That is looking excellent!!
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Post by kiwi285 on Apr 21, 2021 16:07:30 GMT 12
Alan, Colin and Dion are fleshing out the nose section of the fuselage and it is interesting to listen, from elsewhere in the hangar, to the conversations regarding the way forward. We have a few laughs. They are building it just like a big model aircraft. 210421 (2) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 210421 (1) by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by pjw4118 on Apr 21, 2021 17:00:19 GMT 12
Great to see, I had thought aluminium skinning but this looks good. Will it be NZs largest wooden aircraft?
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