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Tony Oliver
May 25, 2003, 03:05 PM
I've just got back from the Large Model Association's event at Longhorsley in Northumberland, UK.

The photo is of Ian Turney-White's Bull dog at 1/2 scale!

It's a magnificent beast powered by, I believe, a 450cc motor.

Tony
Tony Oliver
May 25, 2003, 03:07 PM
......and just look at the superb workmanship and detail of the dummy engine and metalwork.

Tony
leccyflyer
May 25, 2003, 07:20 PM
Tony

That's fantastic! Great pictures.

Any more from Longhorsley?

Brian
Don Sims
May 25, 2003, 09:31 PM
Beautiful plane Tony! Thanks for the photos!!
Don
gregg f
May 25, 2003, 10:45 PM
WOW:D
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 04:22 AM
Wow indeed.

Brian, I'll post some more this evening.

Tony
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:02 AM
A rather nice two seat Spitfire (the Grace machine?)
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:04 AM
...and a superb B17 (flew formation with the next photo machine)
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:07 AM
Apparently there was a third B17 which didn't make it to yesterday's show - I was told it ran out of steam during a low roll and went in inverted.
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:09 AM
As a contrast, an immaculate Cessna - no rivet detail, but looked beautiful and flew well.
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:12 AM
Is this one of the new breed of pylon racers? Nice model and flew well.
Tony Oliver
May 26, 2003, 11:18 AM
Can you tell? - I'm in love with my new digital camera!

Miles Magister - a regular performer at shows now and worth a look each time. Flown by Steve Holland who had a 1/2 scale Zlin(?) which flew the tightest schedule of aerobatics.
leccyflyer
May 26, 2003, 11:59 AM
You're doing a brilliant job with the new digital Tony. The Spitfire might just get to be my new wallpaper if that's okay with you.
flyfalcons
May 26, 2003, 09:44 PM
Love the G-number on that Cessna!
leccyflyer
May 27, 2003, 07:28 PM
Just learned tonight that the beautiful Bristol Bulldog crashed on Monday afternoon, causing extensive, though repairable, damage to the front end :(

Brian
t_predator90
May 28, 2003, 12:33 PM
WOW! Those are HUGE!!!!!!!!!! I aspecially like the Bulldog!
Tony Oliver
May 30, 2003, 06:13 PM
I was told today that the Bulldog was badly damaged in a crash on Monday - possibly a stall during a wing-over with insufficient height to recover fully. The model is apparently repairable.

I've seen a number of Ian's models - they all fly well and he has no problems keeping them flying for years, so this seems to be just one of those things.

I hope it is flown again.

Tony
Tony Oliver
Jun 08, 2003, 05:51 PM
Brian - I did send a 'Quick reply' to you about the Spitfire pic. but it's disappeared. The answer, of course, is yes- please do.

Tony
Chas
Jun 22, 2003, 04:57 PM
That Bulldog is gorgeous guys, where can I get one?
Douglas Bader had similar problems though!
DDRWEB
Jul 03, 2003, 12:57 PM
Beautiful pictures Tony... What is the model of digital camera that you're using? Thanks..
Tony Oliver
Jul 03, 2003, 01:18 PM
It's a Fujifilm FinePix 2800Zoom - 2megapixels and 6 x optical zoom. It's big advantage is an electronic screen viewfinder. Although it has a screen on the back, it gets difficult to use in sunlight and the usual lcd display for settings on most cameras is also difficult under some conditions - that's why I like the electronic rather than optical viewfinder. It also effectively gives a ttl view with macro which avoids parallax problems close up.

It takes up to 128meg cards so there's no problem with that either. If you go to www.steves-digicams.com you can get a good write-up of this and any other camera. This one is now replaced by a newer model at 3megapixels but at an appropriate price increase.