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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Larry on March 21, 2009, 03:33:18 AM
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The German "fighters" were actually Hispano Aviación HA-1112 M1L ''Buchons," painted to look like Me-109 fighters
Just thought I'd share this tidbit of information with everyone. <T.Z.>
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The German "fighters" were actually Hispano Aviación HA-1112 M1L ''Buchons," painted to look like Me-109 fighters
Just thought I'd share this tidbit of information with everyone. <T.Z.>
Paella anyone?
I'd like to add that the "Flying Sub" from "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" was NOT a cleverly painted Blackburn Beverly as no doubt many of you have suspected.
(I'm sure Lyric's Mřřse wil be here shortly. ;) )
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No its else were ... how ever.
The directors of the firm hired to
continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to
be known that they have just been
sacked.
The credits have been completed
in an entirely different style at great
expense and at the last minute.
Executive Producer
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama
Producer
MARK FORSTATER
Assisted By
EARL J. LLAMA
MILT Q. LLAMA III
SY LLAMA
MERLE Z. LLAMA IX
Directed By
40 SPECIALLY TRAINED
ECUADORIAN MOUNTAIN LLAMAS
6 VENEZUELAN RED LLAMAS
142 MEXICAN WHOOPING LLAMAS
14 NORTH CHILEAN GUANACOS
(CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LLAMA)
REG LLAMA OF BRIXTON
76000 BATTERY LLAMAS
FROM "LLAMA-FRESH" FARMS LTD. NEAR PARAGUAY
and
TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES
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:rofl
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The German "fighters" were actually Hispano Aviación HA-1112 M1L ''Buchons," painted to look like Me-109 fighters
Just thought I'd share this tidbit of information with everyone. <T.Z.>
Repeat please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXf1bhEEXd0
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Repeat please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXf1bhEEXd0
Second favorite part of that whole movie. And oddly enough, I was just thinking of it this morning. :confused:
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And why were Buchon's used?
Well, no CGG and those were the only 109's available in enough numbers.
Even today this would be a problem.
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And why were Buchon's used?
Well, no CGG and those were the only 109's available in enough numbers.
Even today this would be a problem.
I can deal with CG, its the way they use them that annoys me to no end. If they filmed them like they used to (with a CG "camera plane" and none of those zero-distance fly-bys) they'd be much better IMO. Just because a computer lets you do something doesn't mean you have to do it.
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I can deal with CG, its the way they use them that annoys me to no end. If they filmed them like they used to (with a CG "camera plane" and none of those zero-distance fly-bys) they'd be much better IMO. Just because a computer lets you do something doesn't mean you have to do it.
But see, the thing about doing it without CG, by using actual planes, that means money goes to a warbird to help keep it flying!
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Exactly.
Watch Dark Blue World. Actual footage vs CG. However, today the CG just gets better and better. IMHO the bad side is that it gets overused and things start looking unreal
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My dad worked on the The Battle of Britain, he was part of the team of R/C modellers who built and flew the 90 odd R/C planes they used in the film. A few things I can recall he said about the film:
The R/C Stukas were powered by 15cc engines and were faster than the 10cc powered Spits and Hurricanes. They had to throttle them way back so the fighters could keep up.
There is a sequence where two Stukas dive bombing the radar station have a mid air collision. This wasn't originally in the script. Dad and another pilot had an accidental mid air while making dive bombing runs on a camera safety cage. They thought they were going to get reamed for wrecking two aircraft and holding up the shoot but the director was delighted and had the script rewritten to incorporate the shot.
All the R/C planes were destroyed in the film. The special effects guys put balloons filled with petrol in the fuselage and ignited them by R/C. This tended to just make the wings blow off in one piece so they started sawing part way through structural parts to make the plane break up more realistically. They also attached dummy pilots to the tail of some planes and released them just before the explosion.
Dad spent ages building three R/C He 111s for the film. The shape of the Heinkel was difficult to get right, lots of double curvatures etc. Also the thing has loads of individual bomb bay doors all of which had to work. What really annoyed him was that the film company got short of money and he never got to fly them. Instead they filled the nose with concrete, suspended them from a helicopter and dropped them into the sea. The sequence where you see all the tail surface control cables snapping on a HE 111 as the crew bail out is to disguise the fact that the dropping cables snapped on one of the aircraft and can be seen trailing as it hits the sea.
Dad's the guy to the left of the Heinkel.
(http://www.mickcharlesmodels.co.uk/history/left1b.jpg)
(http://www.mickcharlesmodels.co.uk/history/right2b.jpg)
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"So, let me get this straight, you build R/C aircraft and then blow them up for a living?"
"Yeah."
:rock
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In the film game, it's considered better than blowing up the real ones..... :D
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LOL.
Wish they'd had that approach on 633 Squadron.
:furious
Seriously though, your Dad may have been the coolest person in the Universe. Ever.
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In the film game, it's considered better than blowing up the real ones..... :D
It must be genetic thing then? model planes to skins.
What a wonderful bit of film history there I am going to have to look at the credits now more closely.
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Especially the bits re: Moose?
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My dad worked on the The Battle of Britain, he was part of the team of R/C modellers who built and flew the 90 odd R/C planes they used in the film. A few things I can recall he said about the film:
The R/C Stukas were powered by 15cc engines and were faster than the 10cc powered Spits and Hurricanes. They had to throttle them way back so the fighters could keep up.
There is a sequence where two Stukas dive bombing the radar station have a mid air collision. This wasn't originally in the script. Dad and another pilot had an accidental mid air while making dive bombing runs on a camera safety cage. They thought they were going to get reamed for wrecking two aircraft and holding up the shoot but the director was delighted and had the script rewritten to incorporate the shot.
All the R/C planes were destroyed in the film. The special effects guys put balloons filled with petrol in the fuselage and ignited them by R/C. This tended to just make the wings blow off in one piece so they started sawing part way through structural parts to make the plane break up more realistically. They also attached dummy pilots to the tail of some planes and released them just before the explosion.
Dad spent ages building three R/C He 111s for the film. The shape of the Heinkel was difficult to get right, lots of double curvatures etc. Also the thing has loads of individual bomb bay doors all of which had to work. What really annoyed him was that the film company got short of money and he never got to fly them. Instead they filled the nose with concrete, suspended them from a helicopter and dropped them into the sea. The sequence where you see all the tail surface control cables snapping on a HE 111 as the crew bail out is to disguise the fact that the dropping cables snapped on one of the aircraft and can be seen trailing as it hits the sea.
Dad's the guy to the left of the Heinkel.
Greebo thats very cool! Thanks for sharing. I love model building of any kind. From looking at your fathers work, he is a true master!!
Thanks again for sharing!!! :salute
Helm ...out
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Did you know there was more than one Lassie?
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Did you know there was more than one Lassie?
And "she" was a boy.
wrongway
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My dad worked on the The Battle of Britain, he was part of the team of R/C modellers who built and flew the 90 odd R/C planes they used in the film. A few things I can recall he said about the film:
The R/C Stukas were powered by 15cc engines and were faster than the 10cc powered Spits and Hurricanes. They had to throttle them way back so the fighters could keep up.
There is a sequence where two Stukas dive bombing the radar station have a mid air collision. This wasn't originally in the script. Dad and another pilot had an accidental mid air while making dive bombing runs on a camera safety cage. They thought they were going to get reamed for wrecking two aircraft and holding up the shoot but the director was delighted and had the script rewritten to incorporate the shot.
All the R/C planes were destroyed in the film. The special effects guys put balloons filled with petrol in the fuselage and ignited them by R/C. This tended to just make the wings blow off in one piece so they started sawing part way through structural parts to make the plane break up more realistically. They also attached dummy pilots to the tail of some planes and released them just before the explosion.
Dad spent ages building three R/C He 111s for the film. The shape of the Heinkel was difficult to get right, lots of double curvatures etc. Also the thing has loads of individual bomb bay doors all of which had to work. What really annoyed him was that the film company got short of money and he never got to fly them. Instead they filled the nose with concrete, suspended them from a helicopter and dropped them into the sea. The sequence where you see all the tail surface control cables snapping on a HE 111 as the crew bail out is to disguise the fact that the dropping cables snapped on one of the aircraft and can be seen trailing as it hits the sea.
Dad's the guy to the left of the Heinkel.
(http://www.mickcharlesmodels.co.uk/history/left1b.jpg)
(http://www.mickcharlesmodels.co.uk/history/right2b.jpg)
Great stuff Greebo! I'm one of those guys that watches BOB at least three times a year. I've always wondered what the deal was with the cable trailing behind the crashing HE-111.
Now I know. Thanks for sharing this. :aok
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Thanks for sharing that Greebo.I too always wondered about the cables trailing behind the HE-111.The stuka story is great.I always thought that might be British pride "lets show some of the Huns hitting each other Wat!" <BG> Looks like you Dad was one hell of a modeling master.
Pipz
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Uttely cool Greebo :aok
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Now we know where Greebo gets his talent from.
All i inhereted was butt ugly looks
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Behold, the 109's still exist too... :noid
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3379395870_e6132146c1.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3378578331_8ddb17ed91.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3378578403_4b05ec7eeb.jpg?v=0)
There are more of them in the same building, but the photos include things that I can not show and I am too lazy to edit out...
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Didn't Connie Edwards (may have that name wrong but he owned a P-51D that was in Yeagers or Anderson's colors) own alot of these airframes and have them in storage?
Oh yeah, sweet pics too.
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You can show us, we won't tell.....
Can I come work for you Bodhi, for free, or maybe I could pay you by the hour? :D
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That is a Buchon too.
Just curious,- how does it stack up against a 109G, - performancewise?
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That is a Buchon too.
Just curious,- how does it stack up against a 109G, - performancewise?
:O
Did the Merlin in the nose, or the four bladed props give it away? ;)
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There are more of them in the same building, but the photos include things that I can not show and I am too lazy to edit out...
I think I know where those stolen rook sheep went. :noid
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And "she" was a boy.
wrongway
Actually,HE was a girl.The female collies were better to work with.In the series,Lassie was a "male" but in reality,they used female dogs. :aok
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Man Bodhi,I wanna be you when I grow up :rofl
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Actually,HE was a girl.The female collies were better to work with.In the series,Lassie was a "male" but in reality,they used female dogs. :aok
You are all bass ackwards.
http://lassiebarker.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-lassie-boy-or-girl.html
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You are all bass ackwards.
http://lassiebarker.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-lassie-boy-or-girl.html
I bow to your bloggage skills.You are correct.
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I bow to your bloggage skills.You are correct.
Uhhhh...
And "she" was a boy.
wrongway
wrongway
{again}
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And you were right too.