Here is a side scan image of a Whitley 60 m down in the North Sea we are planning to recover.
Not really i’m afraid! This is an airfix Whitley sitting on my kitchen floor. One of the big brains on the Wix forum mentioned how easy it was to produce ‘fake’ side scan images using the ’emboss’ function on photoshot.
Just a bit of fun – looks quite convincing apart from the white bits – i’m sure this could be removed by someone who knew what they were doing.
Can we have a prize for the best fake sonar image?
If it winds up on some dodgy website we all know where it came from 😉
By: paulmcmillan - 30th March 2004 at 08:55
I am no Mark 1, Mark II or Mark III expert (unlike James) but for reference the Airfix kit was a Mark III !
By: JDK - 29th March 2004 at 20:51
I’m torn.
Do I want
a) a ‘new’ Sunderland? or
b) the Times to have been had?
Today, I mostly go for b)…
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 29th March 2004 at 17:59
sonar images
Nope nice one guys – i’m too busy raising a royal navy frigate from the Cornwall coast – funny thing was it wasnt there last week….flaming litterlouts!
By: Manonthefence - 29th March 2004 at 17:42
Just a thought, are the control surfaces fabric covered? If so why are they still there?
By: Peter - 29th March 2004 at 17:36
that sunderland pic
This might be along shot but with changing the “sonar” pic into a negative, if you look at both wings the floats are broken off right? Look at the left wing it appears to be half buried in silt at the leading edge. This would be characteristic of a float broken off. But, if you look at the right wing it appears to be sitting above the bottem with a broken float! Also look at the sharp edges of the right wing and trailing edges of both?!
By: Whitley_Project - 29th March 2004 at 15:00
Originally posted by Jagan
Can we ‘Un-Emboss’ the Sunderland pic?
Very good idea Jagan… 😎
By: Hatton - 29th March 2004 at 11:31
Originally posted by Jagan
Can we ‘Un-Emboss’ the Sunderland pic?
DONT THINK SO 🙁
By: Jagan - 29th March 2004 at 10:14
Can we ‘Un-Emboss’ the Sunderland pic?
By: Whitley_Project - 28th March 2004 at 23:15
Wow – there’s a great opportunity there for someone 😉
By: Hatton - 28th March 2004 at 00:04
Originally posted by Whitley_Project
Wasn’t you who posted that Sunderland image was it 😀
no, im too busy raising this lanc from the bottom of coniston
By: Whitley_Project - 27th March 2004 at 22:56
Originally posted by Hatton
add a few touches, broken port fin, engine ripped from mounting and hey presto 🙂
Very impressive Hatton – seriously impressive work. You obviously know your way around photoshop!
Wasn’t you who posted that Sunderland image was it 😀
By: Hatton - 27th March 2004 at 22:54
original..
By: Flood - 27th March 2004 at 22:53
[PEDANTIC MODE ON]But Airfix didn’t make a Whitley… Frog did![/PEDANTIC MODE OFF]
Looks like fun – except you still have too many delicate bits that would have gone in the landing visible!
Flood.
By: Hatton - 27th March 2004 at 22:49
add a few touches, broken port fin, engine ripped from mounting and hey presto 🙂
By: Andy in Beds - 27th March 2004 at 22:30
Debris..
Looks like there’s a large bit of Debris off at the top right also.
Any guesses on that?
Perhaps that liberty ship which sank carrying the entire months wages for the 8th and 9th USAAF in May 1944.
Have you got map references Whitley/
I’m gone-it’s late.
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March 27, 2004 at 10:19 pm