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[flymetothemoon]

Wolfheze, I would love to meet you to discuss our collections etc , maybe on the MSCP
at some time,let me know!

 

[wolfheze]

That would be good. Am willing some snow or fog to arrive in the next few weeks in the hope there might be something interesting to see. Am afraid A320s don't really do it for me

 

[wolfheze]

First L1011 View attachment 4091

 

[richard winterbourn]

Well, this is a random thread but it does have tenuous links to the development of Birmingham city centre.

I have just returned from the city of Goiania in central Brasil, a city which was created from farmland only 85 years ago and which now has a population in excess of 3 million!

Goiania has grown both fast and upwards with tower blocks, or skyscrapers, exceeding 38 stories everywhere. However, what builders there are doing and, i suppose, to stop people trying to count how many floors have been completed on new builds as they drive past, they put a large white poster on each floor. Thus last week i passed one which was clearly marked up to 33 floors - and they certainly had not finished.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to see the same method applied in Birmingham. We are likely to see skyscrapers of 33 floors or more in the next couple of years and i think it would be good if we could just look at the building and see where they are with the construction ie 32, 33, 34 or even more floors. No need to count or take your eye off the road, it's there for everybody to see.

 

[Butty]

Richard, in the UK builders put the storey number in big white lettering on the central core which is always the first part to go up. It is to inform the construction crew where they have got to. They could count I suppose. What I would like to see is the use of building site hoardings for schools artwork depicting their neighborhood or town, rather than just corporate advertising. I started a project in the Thames Gateway years ago to that effect and it was great.

 

[wolfheze]

View attachment 4094 View attachment 4095 View attachment 4096 View attachment 4097 View attachment 4098 View attachment 4099 Took a trip to Brooklands to see a few British classics .
Sultan of Omans VC10

 

[wolfheze]

Viscount . View attachment 4100 View attachment 4101 View attachment 4102

 

[wolfheze]

Vanguard View attachment 4104 View attachment 4105 View attachment 4106

 

[wolfheze]

BAC One eleven View attachment 4107 View attachment 4108 View attachment 4109 View attachment 4110

 

[wolfheze]

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[wolfheze]

Vickers Wellington View attachment 4112

 

[wolfheze]

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[wolfheze]

Looked up on the net an old mate and work colleague from the early nineties. The last time I saw him he had just got a ppl and was about to start training on twins.
Anyway he's now a Learjet captain for Gama aviation at Farnborough . Fair to say he's done well

 

[wolfheze]

First 747 . Gave up waiting for a BA red tail to come along. Have always liked the Alitalia livery though . The collection is starting to diversify a bit with Heathrow and Coventry Additions.View attachment 4135

 

[Ray Finkle]

When are we going to see the new Wolfheze master plan?

Surely some more apron space is going to be needed pretty soon?

 

[wolfheze]

Was thinking could I demolish the existing display case and build a new one on the other side of the lounge

 

[58terminus]

Was thinking could I demolish the existing display case and build a new one on the other side of the lounge

Wolfhese.Do you have a picture showing the complete display?

 

[wolfheze]

I will do it in a minute

 

[wolfheze]

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[58terminus]

Thanks Wolfheze but i'm wishing i hadn't asked.Suddenly feel old as i reckon i have seen nearly all of these full size,including the Court Line. Great collection.