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PR19_Kit

#5670
August 09, 2020, 07:09:33 AM
Cor, a Skycrane!  :thumbsup:

I've never seen one ever, but it sure is an awesome looking beast.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

JayBee

#5671
August 09, 2020, 07:53:17 AM
Saw this one in Corsica back in 2005.
Saw it on the ground, flying, and dropping water/retardent on fires.
Really weird looking beast.





Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

Captain Canada

#5672
August 09, 2020, 08:11:16 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 09, 2020, 07:09:33 AM
I've never seen one ever, but it sure is an awesome looking beast.

Years back we were stuck in the hole with our tools ( differntially stuck, where the wellbore is 'drinking' and sucks our logging tools into the formation and we don't have enough strength in our weak point to pull it free w/o pulling out of the head and leaving our tools downhole. Big no-no with nuclear sources ) so we had to hang around and babysit while the overshot was delivered. Any road, whilst standing there in this field, this giant bug appears and comes barreling right over ! Certainly did look like a big mechanical praying mantis, nose down and hungry ! So loud and so cool. Long before the days of the cell phone camera.
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

PR19_Kit

#5673
August 09, 2020, 08:59:03 AM
I built the Revell kit of the Skycrane many years ago, but in pale blue with a Mogul Oil container underneath.  ;D

Some of us in the UK will know the significance of that.....  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rheged

#5674
August 09, 2020, 12:58:57 PM
Mogul Oil ???   That's quite a few years ago!!
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

PR19_Kit

#5675
August 09, 2020, 01:43:37 PM
Quote from: Rheged on August 09, 2020, 12:58:57 PM

Mogul Oil ???   That's quite a few years ago!!


I wrote to the Beeb and asked if they could send me some Mogul details, and I got a reply on Mogul notepaper! Together with a load of badges and stuff, some of which I still have. The others are on the Skycrane.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

rickshaw

#5676
August 10, 2020, 03:12:27 AM
I once saw a Skycrane about 5 years ago in Perth, downunder.  It was a large chopper and it sounded almost jet like as it flew over my house.  Most impressive. :thumbsup:
How to reduce carbon emissions - Tip #1 - Walk to the Bar for drinks.

zenrat

#5677
August 10, 2020, 03:39:09 AM
Had one over stately zen manor back in 2016.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

JayBee

#5678
August 15, 2020, 03:48:57 AM
Just had the Red Arrows over the house performing "Arrows Arrival" here at Prestwick.
They are scheduled to do flypasts at Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London today.
Needless to say I did not have my camera to hand.  :banghead:
Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

PR19_Kit

#5679
August 15, 2020, 04:27:12 AM
Quote from: JayBee on August 15, 2020, 03:48:57 AM

They are scheduled to do flypasts at Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London today.


Why?  :-\
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

#5680
August 15, 2020, 05:12:39 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2020, 04:27:12 AM
Quote from: JayBee on August 15, 2020, 03:48:57 AM

They are scheduled to do flypasts at Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London today.


Why?  :-\

VJ day?
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

PR19_Kit

#5681
August 15, 2020, 05:20:11 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 15, 2020, 05:12:39 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2020, 04:27:12 AM
Quote from: JayBee on August 15, 2020, 03:48:57 AM

They are scheduled to do flypasts at Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London today.


Why?  :-\


VJ day?


Oh yes, so it is.

Thanks for jogging my memory.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

#5682
August 15, 2020, 05:50:55 AM
Our prime minister has been filmed at a commemorative event at the National War Memorial in Canberra.  They sat him in front of a Sea Fury.


Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

JayBee

#5683
August 15, 2020, 07:15:45 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 15, 2020, 05:12:39 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2020, 04:27:12 AM
Quote from: JayBee on August 15, 2020, 03:48:57 AM

They are scheduled to do flypasts at Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London today.


Why?  :-\

...and those locations are the capital cities of the four UK regions.

VJ day?
Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

Old Wombat

#5684
August 15, 2020, 07:33:53 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 15, 2020, 05:50:55 AM
Our prime minister has been filmed at a commemorative event at the National War Memorial in Canberra.  They sat him in front of a Sea Fury.

Yes, I watched it this morning. :thumbsup:

Quite moving in a very unpretentious way, too.

There are worse things to be sat in front of than a Sea Fury. ;)
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est
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