Have a look at my photos on this thread

http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Modelling&action=display&thread=8918

Has Peter Garrett got an Air Medal??

Did the two UK-based Hurricanes they mentioned actually get used as well as the five from Portugal?

Can we see pages 20 and 21 please? Thanks.

Yes, it’s nowhere near as pretty as the Vildebeest but certainly looks more robust (though the Vilde was a tough old bird in her own right).

perhaps Peter Jackson is having second thoughts, whats the point in splashing out a fortune on a film that may only appeal to a critical Flypast Forum audience, I can’t see it filling cinemas in the USA and making a profit.

Why is it whenever I read one of your posts Pete, I hear Victor Meldrew’s voice in my head? This story is one of the best known air stories of WWII thanks to Paul Brickhill’s book, the original film, and countless documentaries, books, articles etc. since the war. The 1950’s film is hugely popular with a very wide audience, this is obvious from the DVD sales it still gets across the world, the multitude of screenings it gets on television networks around the world, and the parodying of it in popular culture. The theme tune alone is like a minor British national anthem.

Yet you think only a few boring old farts on an anorak forum would watch it, (no doubt with the intent of hoping to point out where the film went wrong.)

Does it really matter whether it does well in US cinemas or not? There have been bigger budget films that have bombed at the cinemas but made their money back later. Cinema sales are a lesser consideration for many big budget films these days, it is after sales where they make their money. DVD packages, sales to DVD rental chains, TV broadcast rights, murchandise sales, etc.

The film is being made, it will be great with the team it has behind it, and I am certain it will do very well across the world because people know the story, they know what Lancasters were, they know the production company, they know the producers, they know the writer, they know it will be better than the original film in terms of special effects, accuracy, and in some cases acting techniques.

This will bring the story of the Dams Raid and the story of Bomber Command to a new generation and more generations to come after that in a way that the stilted ancient 1950’s film never could. It will be brilliant. Sure, other stories could have been told but it is well worth retelling this one too.

It seems to me you won’t be satisfied till Peter Jackson himself comes on the forum and tells you to shut the hell up.

Isn’t the Dambusters remake meant to be filming there sometime soon? What a shame they’re demolishing original buildings before that happens. I thought fro the orignal post it would be the set dressers rather than demolition team in there.