Bryan Ribbans
August 14, 2008 at 8:42 pm

Short C Class Empire flying boats…….Pics

I’m looking for colour (yes, colour) images of the Empire ‘boats.

Do YOU have, or know of, any that that you can e-mail to me, or post here?

I know of three (only) ever…….but I’m wondering if there are any more.

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By: Newforest - 14th August 2008 at 22:29

Best I can do is a coloured print of ‘DHL which is probably the box cover of the new model by Czech Master. $275 for a 1/72 model?:confused::D

http://www.essmc.org.au/new.html

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By: Bryan Ribbans - 14th August 2008 at 21:42

Yup, the’re the ones……………

Actually, There are four in total but I bet there are more than that. I cannot believe that the ‘Flight’ photo’s were only taken in one’s………..If I was THAT close to an Empire, I would have taken more than one at the time – it was quite a rare event in those days for an Empire to land infront of you!

I’m just curious to see ‘what’s out there’……………….!

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By: Pondskater - 14th August 2008 at 21:37

Bryan,

I can’t believe there are only three colour photos! But I can believe they are elusive. I wonder if any of the early Atlantic crossings were recorded in colour on arrival in the USA?

This fine list of the Empire boats , which I’m sure you know well, has three colour images but I think the one of Awarua towards the end is hand tinted. I presume the others are two of your three?

Allan