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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:22 pm
by Alfashark
After years of frustration and failed attempts to repaint, something Ian said on TS today must have flicked the switch rolleyes.gif

GDS, a Schleicher Ka7 was probably most well known as "The Pink Panther" around Tauranga... I can claim a few hours in her before she was sold to Ben Clarke and is currently undergoing a full rebuild.









Still a few spots to tidy up, and awaiting some photos to add the Pink Panther tail-art that the old girl has smile.gif

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:32 pm
by Adamski
Well - blow me down! The Ka-7 was the first "real" glider I solo'd in - went like a little rocket! ! Many years before that, I solo'd in a T-21 Sedbergh.

Sadly, I just haven't been able to afford to keep it up - and daren't even show my face at a gliding club in case I burst into tears laugh.gif ... I just don't want to get "hooked"!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:11 am
by Splitpin
thumbup1.gif I love it.....no problem spotting you if you land somewhere unexpected....well done, great shots Alpha.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:34 am
by Charl
Great way to break the ice!
A whole new dimension of flightsim awaits you...
If you haven't already, splash out and get FSRepaint, it makes life so much easier.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:15 am
by connor
What scenery is this?

Neat repaint too thumbup1.gif

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:30 am
by Naki
connor wrote:
QUOTE (connor @ Dec 20 2010, 12:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What scenery is this?


Realnz Tauranga

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:43 am
by Ian Warren
I can almost hear the whooooooooooooh off the air slipping past the canopy , you would,t want to hear a Meowllll , the would really get on ya nerves tongue.gif

PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:41 pm
by Alfashark
Well, she's all done... If I wanted to get pedantic, there were chips of paint missing from the fiberglass nose section...
Thank god I haven't tried the ex-Matamata Ka13 - That skewered a sheep during a out-landing a few years back censored2.gif




PostPosted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:47 am
by connor
Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Dec 20 2010, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Realnz Tauranga


Think I might have to buy the Real NZ FSX collection, after I get VLC though winkyy.gif . You can't beat that sort of value (Wellington, Malborough, Southern Lakes, Rotorua and Tauranga for $99). I can get a further 20% off the FSX Collection if I buy the Auckland Supercity at the same time! biggrin.gif