My first attempts at some aircraft models - the Concorde and the R101 were both models from Currell.net
Concorde & R101
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Thanks, it was a hard one, and no-where near good enough - despite looking easy! the card stock was too thick, but rather than scrap it - an airship fan took it to a good homeVery well done!
Thank you, kind wordsWow!! Great looking shhips. Real eye catchers. Excellent!!
A RE-VISIT TO ONE OF MY OLD MODELS.
I was doing some work for my old friend Paul, who was the recipient of my Concorde model I made years ago.
It was my third card model and a pretty rough one too!
Although the new owner loves it, I noticed the model was not looking at its best. With closer inspection, all was not well.
The first damage was the nose cone we he moved house, one of his moving pals put her in a bag and crushed it - but this time we had an undercarriage failure!
"Oh no!"
I remembered reading somewhere on here from zathros I think... to soak the parts with super glue which will stiffen the card.
A little bit of re-bending and a thorough soaking of glue - she was laid down to dry.
Success! the trick had done its job - she was a happy delta once again
Basking in the sunshine
Concorde back in her place and on a piece of runway to help her feel more at home - job done.
Whilst at my friend's house, Paul let me take some pictures of his Concorde collection - Models, mugs, rubbers etc
Even a certificate of his flight on Concorde. just under four hours from London to Canada
Finally, a bit of fun, I built a bird table for him last year, and put speed bird up on the roof
Hope you enjoyed the re-visit.
I was doing some work for my old friend Paul, who was the recipient of my Concorde model I made years ago.
It was my third card model and a pretty rough one too!
Although the new owner loves it, I noticed the model was not looking at its best. With closer inspection, all was not well.
The first damage was the nose cone we he moved house, one of his moving pals put her in a bag and crushed it - but this time we had an undercarriage failure!
"Oh no!"
I remembered reading somewhere on here from zathros I think... to soak the parts with super glue which will stiffen the card.
A little bit of re-bending and a thorough soaking of glue - she was laid down to dry.
Success! the trick had done its job - she was a happy delta once again
Basking in the sunshine
Concorde back in her place and on a piece of runway to help her feel more at home - job done.
Whilst at my friend's house, Paul let me take some pictures of his Concorde collection - Models, mugs, rubbers etc
Even a certificate of his flight on Concorde. just under four hours from London to Canada
Finally, a bit of fun, I built a bird table for him last year, and put speed bird up on the roof
Hope you enjoyed the re-visit.
Glad you got to see one of these outstanding planes. We have the second prototype at a local Imperial War Museum which is the only one I have set foot on. Plus, there's one of the service ones at a vintage Brooklands Car and Aircraft Museum, near London. We popped over there before the pandemic hit, you can also fly the Concorde simulator there too with one of the original pilots. Glad you like the bird table; Paul would love to hear that.
Concorde G-BBDG at Brooklands
I was a USAF brat, and grew up all over planes, and I'm still fascinated by them. I saw the SR-71 Blackbird behind a door that was supposed to be closed back in, like 1970. Had a Blackbird overfly my house in California as a kid.... If you think Concorde is fast, try London to New York in 1hr 54min 56.4 seconds... and that time includes meeting a tanker over Greenland to refuel.
Fine restauration work. At first I thought the landing gear was articulated and the wheels were turned over to the wrong side. In effect this accident gave me an idea how to make an easy rotating landing gear. Thank you for posting!
Home just in time for breakfast! - glad you got a sneaky peek, an awesome bit of kit to view
Glad you've have gotten some inspiration from this - the landing gear on the TSR-2 is some of the weirdest twisty wheel action I've seenFine restauration work. At first I thought the landing gear was articulated and the wheels were turned over to the wrong side. In effect this accident gave me an idea how to make an easy rotating landing gear. Thank you for posting!
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I felt really bad for the people aboard the Concord when it went down. I could just imagine the pilot doing his best not knowing he was at the tip of a fire ball. When I read afterwards that it did not have self sealing tanks, no tank bladders, I thought that surely was criminal. I have seen 4 passenger Pipers with fuel bladders. The kind of money penny pinching was a disgrace. The pilots and paying passengers paid the price. That plane had been flying long enough to have that upgrade, which was in existence when it was made. I wonder how many people would have flown that aircraft it they understood the dangers of such a bad design flaw. I fueled aircraft for many years, and when you saw that "Bladder" sign next to the fuel fill, you did not leave the nozzle till it was full.
Yes, on all account there zathros, I don't dispute any of your observations there - and for all those lives lost, it's a real tragedy.I felt really bad for the people aboard the Concord when it went down. I could just imagine the pilot doing his best not knowing he was at the tip of a fire ball. When I read afterwards that it did not have self sealing tanks, no tank bladders, I thought that surely was criminal. I have seen 4 passenger Pipers with fuel bladders. The kind of money penny pinching was a disgrace. The pilots and paying passengers paid the price. That plane had been flying long enough to have that upgrade, which was in existence when it was made. I wonder how many people would have flown that aircraft it they understood the dangers of such a bad design flaw. I fueled aircraft for many years, and when you saw that "Bladder" sign next to the fuel fill, you did not leave the nozzle till it was full.
Unfortunately, human error always rears its ugly head and the blame was laid upon Continental Airlines mechanic, John Taylor for not securing a wear plate correctly.
Subsequently, Air France had to pay 100 million euros to the families - a small price for humanity.