Who used to do the 1970’s and 1980’s box art for Matchbox aircraft? They were great, often better than the kit themselves.

I know that at one stage some of the same artworks were also released as jigsaw puzzles by lesney, I have a few.

It’s about time. I could never get over the idea when I was in England that, just as the evening would begin to get interesting, you’d be turfed out of the pub at 11pm. That’s about the time people arrive at he pub in this country, after having a few drinks and a meal with mates at home first.

It will put a lot of those nasty, seedy dank holes they called nightclubs out of business, as no-one will pay the ridiculous ransom they charge to drink after 11pm anymore when they can stay in the pub.

I guess with later shifts, there’ll be much more work available for bar staff. They cannot expect existing staff to fulfil all the longer shifts. Got to be good for the economy.

It’s a later model than was in New Zealand but see the photo of the wheel on this page
http://rogerritter.com/images/aviation/Mu5XF4U-4/

The East Kirkby nose section is made from steel tube and I believe was used for explosve charge sequences. It has recently been in New Zealand for some more film work.

David, can you elaborate a little on this please? Is a WWII aviation film currently being made here?

(This isn’t the supposed Russian woman fighter pilot film, with the Brietling fighter pilots and Peter Jackson, is it?)

Quite a fascinating thread. So we’re talking about three aircraft here?

– A genuine CASA taken off the dump, lowered into position and used in the crash scene
– A mock-up cockpit built at Pinewood for interiors
– A genuine fuselage imported to Uk also for interiors

Have I got it right?

The Pinewood replica would surely have been mainly used for the many Heinkel interior shots seen in the film. It would be impractical to use a real aircraft for such shots.

I had a go too when I visited Lambeth in 1997 (or was it my 1993 visit?)

An excellent thing it was. Basically the very famous film of the Amiens raid. You just sit there and watch on the big srceen in front and the booth moves to give effect. I seem to recall the commentary stating the footage was taken from the C.O, Gp Capt Picard’s aircraft, but this has since perplexed me when I later read he was killed on the raid. Yet from memory the film covers the return to England too. Maybe I recall the commentary wrongly. Maybe it was one of the squadron CO’s