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Jessie The Jeep

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  1. On a calm day at Seething 2004, it took a 1000 feet to get my Fort down and stopped! I might manage 500 ft on grass with a good headwind! SEETHING FINAL APPROACH http://www.sacarr.co.uk/usaaf/b17/9.JPG[/img] Really looking forwards to Bolero! :-) Steve
  2. I believe this WLF is still up for sale in the NE Area. More Pics Here This 1944 Wrecker has had a great deal of restoration work carried out including the rear body rebuilt. The powered crane is fully operational, and the Garwood front and rear winches all work. New search lights and light up siren also fitted. All Jacks/Stays are complete. The Wrecker is powered by a Leyland Diesel and also features Power Steering. The equipment trailer is also included in the sale. Contact Cliff Payne on 01642 243351 or 07802 964679 for full details
  3. Jack, we're under the impression that you are so tight, that when you fart, only dogs and dolphins can hear! This could be your one chance to show otherwise!! ;-) Steve
  4. Jack, are you arriving on Thursday? If so, I guess it means you'll have plenty of time to get the drinks in for the rest of us! :whistle: Steve
  5. I'm guessing the P-51's are "Janie" and "Big Beautiful Doll"?????
  6. The event wouldn't be complete without a Fortress present! Excellent news. Steve
  7. So who is going to Debach this weekend? I'll be there from Friday eve. Steve
  8. I've been out in the jeep again! I had to go to work this afternoon, so turned up in the jeep. Turned several heads, and the kids in the area loved it parked up with the HMVF poster in the window! A second picture would have been good, me in a suit in the jeep. An interesting combination. So I managed 18 D-Day miles today. What did everyone else manage today? Steve
  9. I don't have any appointments as yet, so can't Drive to work, but I've been out today and turned a few heads, but it's rather cold up here, so now the Jeep is just parked on the driveway. Steve
  10. It just goes to show that with constant bullying, we can get Jack to do anything we want :-D Steve
  11. Here's a link direct to the Event page 'War on the Line' Weardale Railway Steve
  12. All seems ok to me!?? Just cleared my temp internet files, and went back to the pages and they all work fine. Steve
  13. Many of the vehicle owners, particularly those with Dodges, have also collected a fair amount of kit to display along with their vehicle. As a result, over the last year, dioramas make up a large part of the vehicle displays at many events. This was in addition to the many other dioramas also displaying at the event. Sunday saw a slight change in the vehicles on display, with one or two missing and others replacing them. Both days saw the re-enactment groups put on mock battles in an enclosure at one side of the field. I wouldn't like to think of the cost of the quantity of rounds that were fired, but the public enjoyed the display. Dark clouds began to roll in around 4:00pm, by which time most people were packing up and preparing to leave having had a very enjoyable and relaxing weekend. Further pictures can be found on the MVT(NE) Website Gallery Steve
  14. The Vampire and Canberra cockpits were popular as ever across the weekend, especially with the kids in attendance. The next station along the line was in the hands of the Germans. A few made the trip along to the main display at Stanhope Station.
  15. The venue and also scenery around the railway make a very attractive setting for the event. A poor weather forecast in the few days before the show threatened to spoil everything, but thankfully, the weathermen got it wrong, and the event saw mostly blue sky and plenty of sun. Several vehicles arrived on the Friday evening and set up camp. At about 5:00am on Saturday morning, the camp was surrounded by mist, but by breakfast the sun was out and it was warming up nicely.
  16. I'm about to head off to the Weardale Wartime weekend in the Jeep, now towing a fully laden trailer. This will no doubt increase my fuel consumption, so I'll be adding my 0.000000000000000000000000001% contribution of CO2. If it gets real hot over the weekend, thank me for your suntan! Steve
  17. My essentials for camping..... a) 6 man Outwell tent ( the 5 man just wasn't big enough for the two of us! ) b) Fridge ( gotta keep the drinks cool ) c) Tent heater d) Stereo for playing 1940's music e) Digi SLR Camera f) Laptop ( for downloading each days pics. My memory card only holds about 550 pics ) g) 12v to 240v mains inverter to power laptop and stereo h) Four Seasons sleeping bags ( this is England after all! ) i) 5 Gallons of petrol to get the BBQ going! j) King Size Airbed Of course, we only take these things when we're roughing it. Steve
  18. Thanks. I'd still like to see anyone elses efforts??? I'm off to the Weardale Railway Wartime weekend in a couple of hours, so maybe I can get some new background shots while I'm there. Steve
  19. Instead of Big Brother, they should get 20 re-enactors and cram them into a 12 x 12 tent for several weeks and film them, they could call the show "Small Privates" ??? Steve
  20. Here's some other pics I did a couple of years ago. 1) Jeep, Me and B-17 - The B-17F is one of those used during the filming of Memphis Belle, and was taken in 1989 at Duxford, and is a scanned 6x4 print. The jeep and myself were digital taken in November 2005. 2) Mid-Air Collision - The troops, vehicles and background, ( including the smoke which came from a steam train ) were the original picture. The B-17's that have been involved in a collision were pasted in, and some red/yellow added to the smoke. 3) P-47 Ground Attack - Again the troops, jeep and background were the original picture, while the P-47's attacking were two pictures of my 1/6 scale R/C model. I'd like to see any other efforts made by others here. Steve PS I don't have photoshop. All my editings are made with an ancient version of Ulead Photo Express which dates from around 1990!!
  21. The plane IS actually a model!! a 17 feet span Radio Controlled version. Steve
  22. Here's the results so far, background detuned etc
  23. I'm in the middle of cutting out all the foreground and defocussing the background, to shorten the depth of field. It's quite difficult to make a fake photo, there are some many factors that can give it away. Steve
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