Air New Zealand DC-10

[herky]

Originally Posted by Uyraell

Herky, My Sincere Condolences.

My connections to that flight are many and varied, although not as close as yours.
In trying to avoid raising the unwelcome spectre of controversy, I'll say only this much:
Capt. Gordon Vette and his Crew were innocent victims of a company that had, in effect, ceased to care for its' personnel. As were the passengers on that flight.

I read repeatedly every authoritative book I could find in the years after.
From all that reading the conclusion I reached above is the most polite and least controversial I could state in public.

With My Deepest Respects to You Herky,

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.

YOU have my full agreement regarding airlines and indeeds government treatment of this tragic affair.That more than the accident itself keepsd the matter raw to many here as you will know.I like yourself dont want to get into the handling of this on here.

[herky]

Originally Posted by MacSongLi

I'm very sorry for you personal loss, I didn't know that this repaint meant so much to you.

Gary

Thanx for the kind words gary.i finally have the model i wanted so it will help keep memories alive.

[Knife]

I don't want to hijack the thread. I too have lost friends in a senseless airline crash and have personally suffered from airline (mis)management. I just want to point out that there's a new Air New Zealand model, 1/72 scale 767-200, coming out soon from Skyline models. Photos of the model are at Skyline B767 (1/72). I'm looking forward to the DC-10 model and thank Herky and the other posters for bringing this aircraft and it's story to the rest of us.

[herky]

Originally Posted by Knife

I don't want to hijack the thread. I too have lost friends in a senseless airline crash and have personally suffered from airline (mis)management. I just want to point out that there's a new Air New Zealand model, 1/72 scale 767-200, coming out soon from Skyline models. Photos of the model are at Skyline B767 (1/72). I'm looking forward to the DC-10 model and thank Herky and the other posters for bringing this aircraft and it's story to the rest of us.

will look forward to that one as a modeller.no worries about thread hijack.dont want to get into the whys and wherefors and blame allocation,cover ups etc.i have my model and im happy or at least happier

[herky]

pages are at printers being expanded to a3 size and printed on 220gm paper.hoping to start the build this weekend.

[croden]

Originally Posted by herky

pages are at printers being expanded to a3 size and printed on 220gm paper.hoping to start the build this weekend.

Please post some progress pics!!

[herky]

will do that for sure.

[herky]

wow what a print job.they did botch it a little and put it on 250gm card instead of 220gm/means its harder to build but will last longer.had a rough measure up and at a3 size its lenght is aprox 80 cms with a wingspan of aprox 60cms.gonna make internal formers for fuselage and engines first then off on the real build

[herky]

ok here are scans of fuselage parts at A3 size before i start cutting

[MacSongLi]

Look good, I have my fingers crossed for you.

Gary