NZFF

Posted: **Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:22 pm**

Flying in to make a splash
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=11128240

Posted: **Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:47 pm**

Hmm maybe i should contact the company shortly , my TEAL Solent drawing is near finished .. just about to touch down on the Waitemata Harbour with a chase boat in tow .

Posted: **Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:03 pm**

Spotted that ...

1st thought - "Awesome !"

2nd thought - "Beavers ! To where ? Hope they're amphibs and can use beaches like the widgies / geese"

3rd thought - "20 beavers a day ? That's going to get people whinging about the noise quick smart"

4th thought - "Awesome !"

Posted: **Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:22 pm**

I was thinking along those T.E.A.L anniversary dates and have a few in the works covering the types flown onto the harbour . This dose look magnificent printed on photo gloss SRA3 (slightly larger) and looks even better with an age colour tinge in it .

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:36 am**

Wow Ian, what a fantastic picture!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:51 am**

mavman wrote:
QUOTE (mavman @ Sep 23 2013,12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow Ian, what a fantastic picture!!

Thanks Mav , one of many and in two different formats , i am selling these , fifteen complete so far , they take there time to do , tow different formats the other takes maybe six weeks to complete .

With the history of the Waitemata Harbour with these boats and a new company out flying the DH Beaver be an ideal conduit ... so the detail would have to smack on par excellence .

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:04 pm**

Chairman wrote:
QUOTE (Chairman @ Sep 22 2013,4:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Spotted that ...

1st thought - "Awesome !"

2nd thought - "Beavers ! To where ? Hope they're amphibs and can use beaches like the widgies / geese"

3rd thought - "20 beavers a day ? That's going to get people whinging about the noise quick smart"

4th thought - "Awesome !"

Not amphibs, just a floatplane. Will just be using pontoons at wharf ends I imagine. A submission has been put forward to the CAA by them to create an aerodrome called 'Auckland Harbour'.

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:49 pm**

Plan a jetty to suit the Catalina Club aircraft would not be a silly idea ... just a pity so very very few of the Shorts flying around and just recent the Martin Mars finally has been ponded .

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:14 pm**

I've always thought there'd be a real market for this sort of thing, especially in the Hauraki Gulf or Marlborough Sounds. It's a bit disappointing that I've never seen anything land on the harbour just outside my window here in Lyttelton

I guess that it's a lot easy to get to the bach by boat, and certainly a lot cheaper. But imagine offering a tourist flight to somewhere off the beaten track, giving them lunch and time for a swim, then flying them back home.

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Sep 22 2013,5:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I was thinking along those T.E.A.L anniversary dates and have a few in the works covering the types flown onto the harbour . This dose look magnificent printed on photo gloss SRA3 (slightly larger) and looks even better with an age colour tinge in it .

That's captured the spirit of the times, that's for sure. Well done.

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:53 pm**

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Sep 23 2013,6:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's captured the spirit of the times, that's for sure. Well done.

Thanks Rob , Think in keeping with Flying in to make a splash i should research the Short C class flight into Lyttleton Harbour , you recall i got tripped by a photo thinking it was South Africa ... draw in detail of Lyttleton , it would suit the little cafes and trinket shops over there .... might sell like hotcakes when the cruise ship enter the port ? ... from the period think it would be and goodie .

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:01 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Sep 22 2013,5:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I was thinking along those T.E.A.L anniversary dates and have a few in the works covering the types flown onto the harbour . This dose look magnificent printed on photo gloss SRA3 (slightly larger) and looks even better with an age colour tinge in it .

Great job there Ian. Looking forward to your next artistic surprise.

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:19 pm**

scaber wrote:
QUOTE (scaber @ Sep 23 2013,8:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great job there Ian. Looking forward to your next artistic surprise.

Thanks Greg , it is enjoyable doing the research for them .. have a couple of brilliant ideas and New Zealand flying boats and amphibians and sky planes are a choice subject .

I would like to get hold of Ross again , most every thing sorta went out one ear after this last weeks debacle , so just stuck to what i no tho i have scanned the old pen drawings for etching .

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:23 pm**

Great stuff Mr. Artiste Warren.. love those huge props biting the air.

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Sep 23 2013,5:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
But imagine offering a tourist flight to somewhere off the beaten track, giving them lunch and time for a swim, then flying them back home.

http://www.heletranz.co.nz/adv_fishing.htm
Different market: San Francisco always had a Beaver floater doing circuits of the bay, always a queue of old geezers waiting to get on board...

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:26 pm**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Sep 23 2013,9:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great stuff Mr. Artiste Warren.. love those huge props biting the air.

Thanks Matey , think i should have advice from you and others years back .. Whats the old saying from the Admiral about awakening Sleeping Giants

Posted: **Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:28 pm**

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Sep 23 2013,8:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Different market: San Francisco always had a Beaver floater doing circuits of the bay, always a queue of old geezers waiting to get on board...

Just point me at that queue...