Adam Elsdon Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Done a search on the old SE5A fighter and found a website, which is just tremendous, and it is packed full of restoration/manufacture information for a number of Great War Aircraft they have painstakingly built and flown, its a very nice looking website as well, be prepared to be glued to your PC for a while!! http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/node Here is the "Gun" room for the replica weapons to fit to the aircraft, for when they are flying, some of them are blank firers that they use at airshows/films.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 This is the business owned by Peter Jackson the film director. Just goes to show that not all people who come into large amounts of money do stupid things and waste it on women, fast cars, drugs and gambling. if i had the money i think i would do something similar but with WW1 trucks. Well done Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Very lucky man, i noticed there was a mention of the "Blue Max" on the site and how it was filmed at the time. Maybe he has an overiding desire to make a WW1 flyers film, with his know how it would be pretty epic, make a change from the weird sci-fi or disaster based mainstream stuff punted out at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Peter Jackson did some experimentation with making a WW1 movie. It was only a few minutes long and was really just a test of his cameras. he made it in a couple of days. There is a clip of it on Youtube here: it does show i feel what could be acheived if someone throws some real money and effort in to making a WW1 film. I know he is collecting WW1 trucks and aeroplanes in New Zealand. Lets see what he comes up with. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bill Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Tremendous clip! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 very nice clip Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Yes it would make a refreshing change to have something decent to watch instead of all the drivel that seems to do the rounds these days. It would have to be based on historical fact though,in the vein of 'The Battle of Britain' to get full points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 The vintage aviator is a fantastic site to browse , lots of photos , interesting projects , I love it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Seems like it has lots of detail , not shot from a distance and simplified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Great link. The section on building new Oberursel 9cyl rotary engines (which powered the Fokker Triplane) is fascinating, particularly in demonstrating how advanced manufacturing techniques can be used to great advantage. At a recent International Machine Tool Exhibition I saw these new generation co-ordinate measuring systems, 5-axis machining centres and 'fast prototype' 3-D 'printing' machines which can produce plastic sand moulding patterns from a CAD drawing. I came away with a headache and feeling very 'old-school'. But the Oberursel article clearly demonstrates how this new technology can enable such projects not only to be contemplated in the first place, but completed in such a short time. Without it this project and many others might just be pipe dreams. Brilliant stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 For further images on WW1 aircraft produced by Peter Jackson's crew check out you tube; search, Omaka airshow. Other vehicles are being prepared besides aircraft in readiness for filming. A further search of http://www.omaka.org.nz illustrates the aviation museum with WW1 displays. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Love the trailer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWDTEXAS Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Fantastic site, we here at Vintage Aviation are doing the same but on a smaler scale with far less $$$$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vor Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Adam thought you might be interested in these pictures they were taking at Montrose in 1993. The Se5a replica was owned by a doctor from Aberdeen. Cheers Stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Adam thought you might be interested in these pictures they were taking at Montrose in 1993. The Se5a replica was owned by a doctor from Aberdeen. Cheers Stan. My favourite WW1 fighter, very purposeful looking machine, with a very nice Hispana Suiza V8 in the nose. Its a shame the idiot "Developer" pulled the rug out from under the trust that was going to buy the former Montrose airfield, then start pull down listed buildings, only to find he couldnt build because the ground was contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Bump. Any more developments regarding this film project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Lets not forget the tremendous work carried out by Swedish enthusiast Mikael Carlson, who built a full scale perfect working replica of the Fokker Dreidecker SE-XXZ (This was the same type Manfred von Richthofen flew when he was killed) "It climbs like a monkey, and turns like the devil"... Amazing, really, considering the stringent laws we have in Sweden concerning flying and building aircraft. Goran N Lidingo Sweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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