And now for something completely different

Post by **Garry Russell** » 19 Apr 2007, 15:20

No worries Andy....only pulling you leg

But there are not really many modern liveries on our classic aircraft except of light airraft and Rapides.

The heavy metal is almost extinct now but the likes of 748's get painted up if real.

Garry

Post by **DaveB** » 19 Apr 2007, 15:32

I posted a shot over in E&S (as did JohnP yesterday) to show what Hovertravel are using now and sadly.. it's no SRN6 (hardly surprising given the age of these things now!)

I'm reasonably certain that it was Hovertravel who operated them in the 60's/70's but the only reference material I might be able to get my hands on are at my folks house in the Midlands. This would involve going through hundreds of slides.. IF they could be found :roll:
Somewhere in the dark recesses of my grey stuff, I remember them being (or having) orange in the livery but they aint nowt like that today so I'm probably off the mark.. and not for the first time

PeteP worked around them during their heyday so perhaps he knows where to look

ATB

DaveB :tab:

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 19 Apr 2007, 15:46

Oh, it's alright Dave, I've managed to find a couple of references.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A471412
http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/
http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Hovertravel.html

Post by **DaveB** » 19 Apr 2007, 15:52

:dance: :dance: :dance:

I can't believe it. There actually is orange on it!!

Nice references there matey

ATB

DaveB :tab:

AndyG · Post by **AndyG** » 19 Apr 2007, 16:04

Garry Russell wrote:No worries Andy....only pulling you leg

But there are not really many modern liveries on our classic aircraft except of light airraft and Rapides.

The heavy metal is almost extinct now but the likes of 748's get painted up if real.

Garry

Oh, there are one or two others Garry!

http://www.nlcas.ca/content.cfm?PageID=3
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1162167/L/

AndyG

kit · Post by **kit** » 19 Apr 2007, 21:52

TobyV wrote:Is that an SRN.5 or and SRN.6? Cant remember how you tell the difference? :redface:

An SRN5 is a lot shorter, looks like the Hama model that has run into a wall. But the bow and stern are the same shape as the '6 in general.

I'd confirm the original orange colour of the decking, I stepped over it enough times in the 60s and 70s.

If the flight model is the same as his FS9 version it needs a little tweaking to produce proper hovercraft 'skid turns' as the default model still tends to lean a bit in turns. I did this by adding a '0' to the roll MoI and it worked a treat.

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 20 Apr 2007, 09:48

DaveB wrote:

I posted a shot over in E&S (as did JohnP yesterday) to show what Hovertravel are using now and sadly.. it's no SRN6 (hardly surprising given the age of these things now!) I'm reasonably certain that it was Hovertravel who operated them in the 60's/70's DaveB :tab:

Also British Rail 'Seaspeed', operated from Cowes to Southampton,Cowes to Portsmouth, and Portsmouth to Ryde (Pierhead, as Hovertravel owned the slipway on the esplanade at Ryde)

There was a very brief period when it was possible to travel from Cowes to Ryde and vice-versa via a combined Cowes-Ryde-Pompey service.

And moving away from the SRN's ;Vosper-Thorneycroft operated a sidewall craft as company transport between Shepherd's Wharf (Cowes) and their yard.

ttfn

Pete

ps the N6 was called the 'Winchester' for export,
there's a couple of photo's of a Canadian Coastguard one here (scroll down the page)

http://www.quicktechhobby.com/Hovercraf ... RCRAFT.htm