Geoff S Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I watch all my 'TV' on my PC as we've never bothered owning a TV. Can anyone tell me which episode of which series this is, please? I've found the programme but not this particular episode. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Season 3 Episode 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Posted by Denis Watkins on 06/08/2020 20:11:31: Season 3 Episode 6 Thanks Dennis Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Posted by Devcon1 on 06/08/2020 19:25:22: Good job the guy ripping that draw thing apart with a screwdriver didn't end up with the model Well,he could have painted it balck, then it would have been worth £1000 plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I think the term Restorers is a bit of a stretch! More like 'Bodgers', especially with reference to the unbelievably crude chest of drawers that didn't look much better when it was finished. I've got a couple of sets of small wooden drawers which must have been hand made from wooden soap boxes around 100 years ago and they're beautifully made. They came from an old friend of my father's and then to me. I wonder what they're worth. I just use them for bits storage in my workshop. The 3 piece suite ended up quite nicely finished though. We tried to dispose of our 3 piece suite to a charity shop some years ago and they wouldn't take it despite its excellent condition because it didn't have the right labels for fire risk after we had it reupholstered 20 years ago. Not sure how that would work with the suite in the programme. It was interesting to see the Tabloid actually flying after its repair. What did seem odd to me was giving the job to someone who wasn't an aeromodeller. I think someone like (say) Ian Redshaw, who has several restorations under his belt (including that superb HP42 airliner), would have made a much better job. As for the valuation, does anyone here think it''s worth £1000 let alone the £2,500 that was bandies about. I'm quite a fan of the BBC's Repair Shop which leaves Restorers lying in the dust. And they deal with the owners rather than dodgy antique dealers. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 It was just telly, and nit-picking isn't going to change that. It was, however, good PR for the hobby - and that's all the public need to see. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Crook Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I wouldn't have paid 4 figures for it, but I wouldn't pay 4 figures for a transmitter either, but several people I know have done so. Some of the jets we see cost as much as a fairly new car. We are a hobby that is a "broad church" and I guess we should rejoice in that. It certainly beats trying to make a TV program that satisfies aeromodellers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trevor Crook Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I agree about the Repair Shop. I did get a bit wound up with one restoration though - an RAF serviceman had carved a pretty good rendering of a P47, but throughout the show it was only ever referred to as a Spitfire. As I said, aeromodellers are a picky bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I hope the "cast iron provenance" was based on more than just the lettering on a scale model! Very gratifying to see it fly though and not be left to hang from a junk antique shop ceiling unflown - perhaps Mr. Hare might be motivated to join his local club and learn to fly it himself in a year or two! I see he lives close to Nomansland Common (where I taught myself control line and had my first RC crash) but I'm not sure how active the club there is these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Crook Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Martin, I believe David's son stated on the program that it was his father's prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I was just wondering how he'd made such a positive identification from grainy photos amd memories from childhood. If it was just that the markings looked the same then I would hesitate to (read that as wouldn't in a million years) use that as any basis to pay a premium on the value of the model - 3 to 4 thousand for something you'd pick up at any club auction for much less than a hundred quid ready to fly? I thought the restorer was far more realistic - until I looked at his website and saw him inviting offers of over £50,000 for an old Peugeot bike fitted with a "premixed methanol fuelled" model of a "9 cylinder Gnome radial???" engine - bearing a remarkable resemblance to an Evolution 99cc... Edited By Martin Harris on 07/08/2020 12:38:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Surely nobody would ever pay £4000 for a manky old Tabloid, even if it had been built by Sir Thomas Sopwith himself - that was just for the telly. It's not too difficult to identify the model from the photographs in the original article -it's not just a matter of having the same markings in the case of a scale model - there's the accessories as well -in this case the pilot etc looked identical to those in the pictures and there was even a photograph of the model in it'ts uncovered state. Here's a pictiure of my David Boddington built Hurricane Mk1 together with the picture from the RCSA magazine article. It is identical, the finish is identical, the small amount of weathering, the hand carved exhaust stacks painted the colour of Cherry Blossom boot polish, the unusual spinner, the markings are identical -it;s the same model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Did you build the Hurricane from a plan from D.B. or the magazine plan. I built mine from the free plan which was way out. If I remember right the main spar was 1/4" deeper than the ribs I had to remake a lot of parts but in the end it did fly quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hi Eric - I bought the Hurricane already built from a swapmeet, it is the prototype which was built by David Boddington and is the one featured in the magazine article. I haven;t flown it, I converted her to electric and then putting the model in the car to go for a maiden flight I caught the wing on the tailgate and tore an aileron off. Then she was hung back up on the ceiling and a couple of years later I used the gear in something else, so she still hasn't flown.It's definitely the model pictured in the magazine, so now I'm waiting to see if Drew Pritchard will give me two grand for the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul d Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 He'll probably offer you twenty quid but try and sell it for 2 grand after his band of bodgers have dragged there knuckles over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Clark 2 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Posted by paul d on 07/08/2020 17:06:27: He'll probably offer you twenty quid but try and sell it for 2 grand after his band of bodgers have dragged there knuckles over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Dance 1 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 It may well be David's prototype, but my recollection is that many of David's designs were actually built by David Toyer at the prototype stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I watched the latest Repair Shop on the iPlayer. A much more skilled and professional team, generally. The restoration of the penny-farhting/high-ordinary bicycle dated from arund 1875 was brilliant but with less detail than I'd have liked. The repair of the mechanical calculator took me back to when we had a slightly more advanced electric Friden at work - setting it to divide by zero was always entertaining Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Posted by Martin Dance 1 on 08/08/2020 15:18:45: It may well be David's prototype, but my recollection is that many of David's designs were actually built by David Toyer at the prototype stage. Actually David farmed out a lot of his designs for others to build. He once said that he liked to come home and spend time at his drawing board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter Miller Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Have you looked at their website? 3 12" wooden props for a bargain price of £60!!! They seem to have offices in the USA, UK and various other places. Obviosly catering for the totally moronic rich!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Posted by Peter Miller on 08/08/2020 15:45:15: Posted by Martin Dance 1 on 08/08/2020 15:18:45: It may well be David's prototype, but my recollection is that many of David's designs were actually built by David Toyer at the prototype stage. Actually David farmed out a lot of his designs for others to build. He once said that he liked to come home and spend time at his drawing board. The spray job looks to be typical Ian Peacock standard, could be he also built it. I know that Ian & David (Boddo) knew each other quite well & I believe they lived only a few miles apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I've just made this...cost around £8 for the wood, its a David Boddington design...Dracon...£1000 ono and its yours.. ken anderson...ne...1..Boddo designs dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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