martin collins 1 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Just seen on a Facebook feed that model guru Brian Taylor has sadly passed away, many on this forum will have built or flown some of his scale designs, i myself have a couple, Condolences to Brian`s family. 3 1 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan mcatamney Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Rest In Peace Brian. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryW Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 RIP Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Oh dear, that is sad. I have one of his Me110 I really should paint and get in the air this Summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Sorry to hear this sad news, I was only speaking about him this afternoon.  RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) Very sad to hear about Brian Taylor, I have made quite a few of his designs. Had a few chats with him over the years.When I first started building from his plans I asked if he supplied decals, a very cold response "These are scale models I expect the insignia to be painted on" . RIP Brian. Edited June 14 by Eric Robson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Chambers Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I remember going down to Merryfield to learn to ride a bicycle, because I had to ride the two miles to school. I wasn’t keen, it defied logic balancing on two wheels. However there were some model aeroplanes being flown that we went to have a look at. One in particular was a big green bomber that had a Merco engine with twin plugs and it carried a couple of cap bombs (remember those) and a parachutist in the bomb bay. A couple of years later I cycled down to the airfield to watch the models and the same man was flying a Hawker Hurricane. In the eighties I was a member of the club and I got to see quite a few maiden flights of Brian Taylor's Designs. He was also still flying the Hurricane on reed relay gear and to watch that plane get right down on the deck and fly up along the runway absolutely rock steady was a sight to behold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Sorry to hear that, I built a few of his planes, Mosquito Spitfire etc, RIP Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARD WILLS Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 That is sad . Brian will always be remembered as setting the standard we all aspire to . Very much the best of British . A great loss to our hobby and no doubt , his friends and family . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu knowles Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Yes a sad loss. I never met him but his skills and ability made him a legend in this hobby. He left a lasting legacy with his designs and a space that will be hard to fill.  My condolences to his family and friends stu k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 RIP Brian. Inevitable as time marches on but still sad when it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comper Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 So sad to hear Brian has passed away, I talked to him at the nationals in the 1970s, seeing his models started me on scale modeling  Brians plans are the go to for scale models and I know his models are famous world wide, he has a big following in the United States.     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murat Kece 1 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 sorry to hear. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) Very sad to hear this. Around 1967-8, as a teenager, I used to cycle out to Merryfield from Taunton, single-channel model in a duffle-bag on my back, to fly with the guys there. Despite them all flying expensive (to me!) models, they always made time for me to lob my Cox .049 s/c model off and have a few minutes solo airtime.  Even then, before he became well known, it was clear that Brian was an outstanding pilot. As Tim (above) has said, proportional radios were so new that most club pilots were still on either single-channel or reeds. Brian had a scale Japanese dive-bomber (a Kawasaki something or other IIRC) which he flew with great gusto. His low level high-speed passes were something to see.  Merryfield was open to the public back then, and the model club flew at one end of the runway. A drag racing club operated at the other end, and one week-end a particularly obnoxious character in a Daimler Dart decided to do some high speed runs into our end of the runway. I will never forget the moment when, travelling at very high speed, he looked out of his window to see the Kawasaki dive bomber overtaking him at a height of about two or three feet above the runway! Brian had dived from quite a height to get that much speed up, and the Dart was probably slowing down as the end of the runway approached, but it must nonetheless have given him quite a shock! He got another shock a few moments later, when another club member (who had better remain anonymous, as he's still active!) dropped a couple of flour bombs in front of him from the club's toffee bomber!  He fled back down the runway, never to be seen again!  Happy days!  I believe that Brian had to give up flying due to failing eye-sight in recent years, though this was only gleaned second or third hand from another pilot from those days, that I happened to run into. Even back in the 60's he wore quite thick tinted glasses, so it sounds about right.  RIP Brian, and thanks for the memories!  -- Pete  Edited June 16 by Peter Christy 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Carlton Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Very sad news. One of those names absolutely synonymous with Scale for many years. A "go to" designer for any aspiring scale modeller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurice northcott Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Very sad. Prior to, and all the way through my R/C life Brian was my "demi-god" ....... inspiring in design, construction, finishing and flying ...... fly high and wide Brian ..... and Thank You for everything. Condolences to Margery and all the Family and Friends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ace Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Just seen this. Sad. Personally, I think that the 1970s/1980s were the Golden age of RC Scale, in this country at least. RIP Brian. Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 What a sad loss. Bas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Another one 🤢we lost two of our members this year, Monday our old club president died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Sad news. Â i have his smaller Harvard but the rodents got at it when it was in storage. Like anything else it's repairable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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