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Post by Bruce on Jul 10, 2018 21:44:54 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jul 9, 2018 21:33:34 GMT 12
With all the earlier discussion I'm surprised that criteria was missed out...but we really need a 1/72 version as well! Theres a really nice 1/72 A400M kit on the market too!
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Post by Bruce on Jul 9, 2018 17:50:55 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jun 30, 2018 10:47:55 GMT 12
On the NZ Rail Geography Facebook page it was mentioned that some of the units that have been stored at Taumarunui have been taken somewhere but no details supplied.
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Post by Bruce on Jun 23, 2018 18:49:51 GMT 12
Coal Town Museum Westport. Mining and industrial history with the social history woven through. Dominated by the huge centre brake of the Denniston Incline and a Q Class coal wagon hanging at the angle of the incline. If you then take a drive up to Denniston, you can see a Q class coal wagon hanging over the edge at the real top of the incline, although the rails end just below the wagon. Yep, did that too! The illustration in the Museum is an impressive way of visualising the angle though!
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Post by Bruce on Jun 23, 2018 17:02:36 GMT 12
Really tough question! as a "Museum Junkie" there are so many great museums which I love, and I havent even been to the really big overseas ones. I also have an interest in all sorts of subjects, particularly industrial heritage, so some of my choices may not appeal to everyone. Narrowing down to 10 specific exhibits is really hard - putting them in order is even harder! as of now, my top 10 would be:
IWM Duxford Superhangar - Lancaster, Mosquito, Comet, York, Concorde, Hastings and more all in one building! Museum of Science and Engineering Manchester - Engine hall. I have never seen a better display of industrial engines, over a better explanation of how they work. RAF Museum Cosford, experimental aircraft hangar - so many rare prototypes including TSR2, and great interpretation of what was tested by each. Matakohe Kauri Museum, Northland NZ - Reproduction sawmill. Incredible detail of lifelike figures explaining a full-size, operating mockup bush saw mill. Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth. An incredible slice of tudor life recovered from an amazing shipwreck. FAA Museum Yeovilton - "Carrier" exhibition. A walk through interactive representation of HMS Ark Royal operations in the 1970s. Auckland War Memorial Museum, Military halls and Natural History Halls. great exhibits put together telling their stories incredibly well. Coal Town Museum Westport. Mining and industrial history with the social history woven through. Dominated by the huge centre brake of the Denniston Incline and a Q Class coal wagon hanging at the angle of the incline. Tank Museum, Bovingdon UK. Particularly the Word War 1 history hall. an unmatched collection of exceedingly rare WW1 tanks, with the story of the crews that drove them. Tawhiti Museum Hawera. Incredible miniature and life sized dioramas of Maori and Pioneer history. A great "float Through" exhibit called "Whalers and Traders" is an effective mix of theme park and museum telling a forgotten part of NZ history.
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Post by Bruce on Jun 16, 2018 9:27:57 GMT 12
I've just had a look at an enlarged version too. definitely genuine moth tail, and the wing appears to be part of a Moth upper wing, with the wing roots pointing out! (you can see a cutout on the trailing edge) The cylinder heads appear to be just stuck on - some have valve gear, some don't and they arent aligned with anything. They look a bit like Gnome Mono Rotary cylinders. I tried to see if there was any text on the poster on the side, but its unclear (not good graphic design!). The Hangar in the background almost looks a bit like the Waikato Aero Club at Hamilton, but there would be a lot of similar hangars around. What club / operator would have a stock of suplus moth and roraty engine bits?
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Post by Bruce on Jun 10, 2018 19:34:02 GMT 12
Tokoroa Airfield...
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Post by Bruce on Jun 8, 2018 23:01:31 GMT 12
Well, they know where the edge of the envelope is now....
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Post by Bruce on Jun 8, 2018 13:01:07 GMT 12
are we going to see zombie threads resurrected for every potential transport replacement contender? We locked the main thread for a reason.
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Post by Bruce on Jun 1, 2018 10:31:45 GMT 12
"The Coroner has recommended that flight instructors be in radio contact with student pilots after the death of Gavin Harvey." Would take a special sort of radio to be in contact with student pilots after their death....
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Post by Bruce on May 20, 2018 16:22:11 GMT 12
"Little Bills Lucky Lady" looks like it was a B24 Liberator...
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Post by Bruce on May 17, 2018 17:57:27 GMT 12
Well for what this might be worth... If you draw a line up from Rakaia to Hororata on Google. Then off to the right at approximately halfway up there appears to be what's left of a very distinctive runway shape. Thats Te Pirita, a large bomber dispersal base constructed in WW2. The Fuel depot at Bankside is associated with it. Use the history control on Google Earth to see what it looked like in 2004, before it was largely destroyed by the installation of centre-pivot irrigators. ( criminal destruction in my book...) The runways were covered in Wattle trees until recently as the soil used as fill was contaminated by seeds!. Theres a number of dispersal rivetments parallel to the road on the North west side.
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Post by Bruce on May 17, 2018 10:17:58 GMT 12
Colourised photo... by someone who wasn't aware of RNZAF roundel colours!
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Post by Bruce on May 11, 2018 17:20:17 GMT 12
With a rainy weekend coming up, I thought I would dig out a model from my stash... 1/72 Omega Models DH80A Puss Moth. I'm quite keen to build this as NZ582 in what appears to be an "interim" scheme shortly after it was impressed: (From adfserials.com.au) The colour scheme is basically its civilian Waikato Aero Club Scheme ex ZK-ACB, with the civil rego overpainted with Silver and serials (No Roundels..) added. The other Puss Moth photo refs I have seen only show overall Silver aircraft, which is a bit boring - I have a LOT of little silver aeroplanes in the collection! So, the big question - what colour is the fuselage? It appears to have a fine cheatline - probably silver, but without a handy roundel on the side as a colour shade reference, its pretty hard to tell if its Red, Yellow, or something completely different! Wings are almost certainly silver. Does anyone have any record of what colour ZK-ACB was painted in immediately prior to RNZAF service? any additional photos may also be a clue. thanks in advance!
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Post by Bruce on May 10, 2018 17:13:36 GMT 12
Not entirely, but I'd hazard a guess MoD H&S Bureaucrats would like to conform to European safety standards...
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Post by Bruce on May 10, 2018 10:31:32 GMT 12
It wont be just the noise - Air display regulations now restrict displays so they must remain clear of built up areas, and there has to be control of spectators watching from off site etc. Post Shoreham...
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Post by Bruce on May 5, 2018 10:04:32 GMT 12
Couple today, didn’t get real close as I was working when I took these, not great day either, the Diamond DA-40D Diamond Star went west over my home and strangely quiet with it’s diesel power plant. What type of fuel does it burn? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that compression-ignition engines in aircraft burn J1 jet-fuel. So they aren't technically diesel engnes. This type of Compression-Ignition engine is named after its inventor - Rudolf Diesel, in the same way a Wankel Rotary is named after its designer. "Diesel fuel" is just the name of the fuel blended to use in such an engine, so the the engine gives it name to the fuel, not the other way round (just like "Jet Fuel"). A Diesel engine can of course run on virtually anything, Petrol, Kerosene, Jet A1. Cooking Oil, Fat off your roast lamb...
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Post by Bruce on May 2, 2018 10:24:51 GMT 12
I agree, and there has already been a case where a hacker has claimed that he was able to take over and control an airliner he was onboard by plugging his laptop into the aircraft's electrical system. I was talking the other day with a mate about AI as he works in that field, and he allayed my fears of robots that learn and think going rogue and taking over right now, he says it is just not possible without the input of human programming to do so. However sadly if there is human input into an AI system they can corrupt its purpose and use the technology for their own gains. They need to stop taking humans out of the equation because one person may not be able to control a group of other people and convince them to all do bad things for him/her. But if one person alters the programming of AI technology the robots are not going to question it or resist. "Open the Pod bay doors, HAL..."
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Post by Bruce on Apr 27, 2018 10:21:30 GMT 12
I'm actually more intrigued by the "Change of Colour Scheme" entry (Because RMH doesnt display a rego it has a "notified distinctive Colour scheme"...). I really hope this means a return to an RNZAF colour scheme!
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