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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:	Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:	dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:	VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS

Created:	Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1706
Total number of notes:	27193

679.0. "Tiger Moth and other Lepidoptera" by UPWARD::CASEYA (THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)) Tue May 08 1990 17:51

    Saw an interesting little flick last evening in the time slot usually
    reserved for kiddie-stuff on the cable movie channels.  Filmed in
    Sydney, this charming little Australian piece is titles "Tail of the
    Tiger" and stars no one any of us outside Oz would be likely to
    recognize.
    
    The story revolves around a youngster named [appropriately enough]
    Orville who is just plain nutz about airplanes but is shunned by an
    older group of bullies who fly R/C models.  (Some R/C flying is shown
    but nothing out of the ordinary.)  Orville builds a nice plastic model
    of a deHavilland Tiger Moth and offers to show it to the bullies in
    return for some stick time on an R/C plane.  Predictably, the bullies
    trash Orville's model and refuse him any time on their R/C models.
    
    Devastated, Orville begins picking through the junk outside an
    abandoned flour mill and, eventually, finds himself exploring inside
    whereupon he discovers a 1:1 Tiger Moth in  a serious state of
    disrepair.  An old reprobate who's caretaker of the mill claims to own
    the wreck and runs poor Orville off but he's persistant and eventually
    convinces the old man to restore the Tiger to flying condition.
    
    Through several trials and a few more tribulations, they finally
    succeed in getting the old Moth into flying shape and the
    much-persecuted Orville gets to laud it over the now envious bullies as
    he goes up with the old man in the Tiger Moth but, not being the
    malicious type, answers the head bully, Spike's, question by allowing
    that he can have a ride in "Orville's plane" once the bugs are worked
    out.
    
    I found I could relate to Orville quite a bit as I was always taking my
    latest models to school looking for acceptance but frequently receiving
    scorn instead.  And, I had a group of older kids down at the end of the
    street who, while not bullies, were only slightly more encouraging than
    the jeering kids at school.  But, I now take great pleasure in the
    knowledge that I eventually came to outbuild and outfly them all and am
    regarded as something of a guru by the two or three of them who are
    still around and still into modelling.  Like Orville, my day of
    vindication came and it was/is delicious!
    
    If not destined for movie-classicdom, Tail of the Tiger, nevertheless
    is a harmless, entertaining way to spend an hour and a half if you
    should spot it in your cable listings. 
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      |     \__(O_\_	        |	  |___/	 o	   (The Desert Rat)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
679.5	Need info on Pilot kits	ELMAGO::TTOMBAUGH	High Plains Drifter	`Tue Feb 27 1990 13:36`	13
	Does anyone have any experience/knowledge with Pilot kits? Specifically their scale kits, especially the Tiger Moth kits? I've heard they're good quality and well engineered, but tend to be on the heavy side. I'm not looking for super duper scale fidelity at this point, but want somthing that looks about right, and will have a fighting chance to fly well. Also, what about the English Premier kit of the Tiger Moth, as sold by Hobby Lobby? Terry
679.6	SECOND-HAND INFO ON PILOT TIGER MOTH	PNO::CASEYA	THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)	`Tue Feb 27 1990 13:54`	14
	Terry, I have no personal knowledge of either kit brand you mention. However, a friend from California, Jim Morrow, has flown a Tiger Moth for years which I'm pretty sure came from a Pilot kit and it's excellent...flies well and statics right up there near the top. I couldn't comment on how much extra Jim may've had to do to the kit but the result was/is a _very_ nice model. \| \| \| 00 Adios, Al \|_\|_\| ( >o \| Z__(O_\_ (The Desert Rat)
679.1	Tail of the Tiger available	K::FISHER	Stop and smell the balsa.	`Fri May 25 1990 15:41`	19
	> <<< Note 680.35 by UPWARD::CASEYA "THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)" >>> ... See Al Casey's description of "Tail of the Tiger" in note 680.35. This is a must see flick if you are building (or thinking about building) a Tiger Moth. Anyway - I recorded it and will send the tape out to the first one who asks since I have it right here at my desk now. But I request if you want it please post a reply here and along with getting it first you can own the responsibility of any further distribution and final return to me. Course if you want you can keep it and send me a blank tape. Anyway first to do this wins. $Mail nl: Tallis::fisher/subj="Tail of the Tiger - I want it!" Bye --+-- Kay R. Fisher \| ---------------O--------------- ################################################################################
679.2	NOT SURE BUT.....	UPWARD::CASEYA	THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)	`Mon Jun 25 1990 11:24`	20
	Alton, It's been awhile since I saw "The Aviator" (I assume we're talking about the flicck with Christopher Reeve and Roseanna Arquette) so I don't recall offhand what aircraft they were flying...it almost seems like they were using Stearmans for the mailplanes. However, if you're interested in the Stampe (pronounced Stom-pee), take a peek at "The High Road to China" with Tom Selleck and Beth Armstrong. Two Stampe's named "Dorothy" and "Lillian" (after the Gish sisters of filmdom, I assume) figure prominently in the story and are seen in numerous aerial and ground shots throughout the movie. BTW, this movie has been playing on the cable movie channels lately...I just watched it again yesterday. __ \| \| / \|\ \\|/ \|______\|__(o/--/ \| \ \| \| 00 <\| ~~~ ____ 04 ---- \| -------------------- \|_\|_\| (O>o \|\)____/___\|\_____\|_/ Adios amigos, Al \| \__(O_\_ \| \|___/ o (The Desert Rat)
679.3	<Same as the Tiger Moth	SNOC02::BROWNTONY	Tony Brown @ SNO: Sydney, Australia	`Mon Jun 25 1990 21:47`	11
	Alton Stampe et V???? was the Belgian agency for de Havilland and its most popular model (SV4B) was an "improvement" of the DH Tiger Moth. The basic differences are 4 ailerons and different shape tail surfaces. Otherwise it looks exactly the same. Don't ask me what a Tiger Moth looks like!!!! Tony
679.4	AHA! SO _THAT'S_ IT.......	UPWARD::CASEYA	THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)	`Tue Jun 26 1990 11:33`	19
	Re: .-2, Tony, Thanx fer' that insight into the Stampe. That explains why I never really knew when I was looking at a Stampe, always thinking it was a Tiger Moth. Not being intimate with the nuances of the Moth, I can see now why that's an easy mistake to make. I _did_ notice that the external tank on the upper wing center-section is missing on the Stampe but, knowing there were many Moth versions, just chalked it off. BTW, the Stampes used in "The High Road to China" had the cowling flattened off in front as opposed to the nicely rounded/streamlined cowling of the Tiger Moth. Is this standard Stampe or were the movie planes modified for some reason? __ \| \| / \|\ \\|/ \|______\|__(o/--/ \| \ \| \| 00 <\| ~~~ ____ 04 ---- \| -------------------- \|_\|_\| (O>o \|\)____/___\|\_____\|_/ Adios amigos, Al \| \__(O_\_ \| \|___/ o (The Desert Rat)