Possibly the manufacturers of model railway era 1 should take note of your coal tub. It has a brake and solid (plank) wheels?
@century_bombers7 күн бұрын
I'm guessing the model companies are going for a slightly later era than the first horse drawn wagons. I'd imagine that by the time of the first steam locos, they were probably using cast iron wheels, but my knowledge of that earliest period is a bit limited. Remember that these wooden wagonways were still 100 years before the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
@briancooper5627 күн бұрын
@@century_bombers Yes you could be right about the wheels but the FR has brakes on there Gravity train. Quarries however are usually flat bottom with rope inclines so some railways would not have brakes but may have chocks (or stones) to stop wagons moving under gravity?
@century_bombers7 күн бұрын
@@briancooper562 Many years ago, I volunteered on a rope haulage railway, manning a level crossing on the incline.
@ridingwitha6vbloke87815 күн бұрын
Hi I have sent you a message on FB I was asking what the size of the square white and black paint on the dodge. As I am want to do mine as well in Australia I am restoring. I got a few radio stand and bracket for it come with my dodge. Thanks
@century_bombers15 күн бұрын
From memory, they were 7 inch squares. After 12 years, I returned the Dodge to olive drab, so can't check on the sizes.
@bowmicrosys22 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video. My father was a Regimental Havildar Major, 4 Field Artillery Regiment, Indian Army. The regiment's artillery was this QF25 Pounder. He completed 15.8 years of service, and served 1962 Indo-China war & 1965 Indo-Pak war. Retired from army service in June 1970
@tomcarr1358Ай бұрын
Excellent compound ( overlay) site plan. Object lesson for all who are explaining the layout of the operational base as completed.
@MrSummitvilleАй бұрын
Very nice!
@century_bombersАй бұрын
Thank you.
@Iceni_Paul2 ай бұрын
Excellent video, nice to see what the Orlit hut looked like before the vandals got to it, it’s in a very sorry state now sadly. Who do you need to speak to regarding permission to explore what’s left? As I would like to see the stuff over on the western side of the airfield for myself one day, before it’s gone forever.
@century_bombers2 ай бұрын
You would need to speak to the museum curator, who I think is still Ron Batley, who took me around the site.
@Iceni_Paul2 ай бұрын
Marvellous video Stephen, I’ve often wondered what’s left of the place other than the bits you can see from the roads. Would be nice to do an update to see what’s left in 2024.
@as03uk2 ай бұрын
This guy has a great narator voice
@century_bombers2 ай бұрын
😁 It's a text to voice app, reading from my script. I'm terrible at fluffing lines and it requires too many takes if I'm reading!
@as03uk2 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers ah I couldn’t tell! It’s great! The video and research is awesome too of course. I live 30 mins away from the airfield and hope to visit soon.
@theshepherd93822 ай бұрын
Great video Thank you!
@janjitzekrol25643 ай бұрын
This is awesome for a number of reasons, one is that it is a lot of work to put a shed like this together. Most videos make it seem easy and skip a lot of steps. In this one, all of it is there and gave me a ton of ideas how I can replicate it in my backyard. And, at the same time, not feel bad that it will take a while to build. Thank you so much for this thorough video JJK
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
Thank you. It was a lot of hard work and several other people have said how they encountered underground obstacles that made the groundworks so much harder! You have to just keep focused on the end goal and on days where things aren't working out, take a break and come back fresh another day. Also, don't make the design set in stone, as once you start using it, things may have to change. That's one of the reasons I didn't bury my cables in a duct in the pier. I don't remote image and move around with my laptop as the sky changes. Having cables and power supplies that are free to move works for me better than a fixed position.
@doc81783 ай бұрын
Great video, I live just 10 miles away and visit every summer when the museum is open for a brew and a chat. Can anyone access the areas you did or is it private property? I spoke with a lady from the museum a couple of years ago who said they were trying to start walking tours of the site, not sure if they ever did
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
@doc8178 Thanks. Most of the airfield is private property. For this trip, the museum chairman took a friend and myself around.
@klatt40573 ай бұрын
As a new subscriber, I discovered your channel looking for military jeep content, but I enjoy your other military stuff also. Take care and God bless.
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ToddChaddingtonEsq3 ай бұрын
cool video, thanks for the virtual tour
@keithburr39593 ай бұрын
Fantastic job, I hope it's getting good use.
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
Also check out my "Masters of the Air" 100th Bomb Group airfield, two part tour - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXu9Z517jchpo7csi=F4MXoCUGnz575DDx kzbin.info/www/bejne/bni5l3eYnNOkfLMsi=wSRSUjZRoSlqhuI9
@chrisbeard58843 ай бұрын
Great information. One question on the M201 I noticed the 24v internal coil mounted on the block any more information on this thanks.
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
When I got my M201, it had the Hotchkiss sealed distributor. When the ignition lead insulation broke down, I replaced it with a standard distributor, fitted with electronic ignition. The coil was mounted on the block. Later replacement coils have been 24v versions from a Land Rover. I've seen a number of M201s that have had the distributor replaced with the wartime type and various different coil styles, I presume depending on what people could find and whether the M201 was converted back to 12 or 6v.
@chrisbeard58843 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers are you on the UK Hotchkiss Facebook page? Thanks for the reply. Just currently going through mine and was planning to go duel purpose to RAF markings.
@century_bombers3 ай бұрын
@@chrisbeard5884 No, not in that group. I'm on G503 and the Universal Jeep Supplies FB pages. I used motorway grade magnetic plastic to make my RAF markings. 2mtr x 600mm roll of white off Ebay for £16. I gave it a light wet sand to key the surface, then painted with enamels. Check out my website for more info about my two Jeeps and Dodge. There's a link in the video description.
@bruceklassen82613 ай бұрын
Good luck having the Willys MB # still being there
@guy51guy753 ай бұрын
👍
@daviddavies20724 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video, the airfield is nearly all gone , but the memory is kept alive god bless America 👍🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
@century_bombers4 ай бұрын
Check the link at the end of the video if you missed Part 1.
@century_bombers4 ай бұрын
Part 2 now live - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIm8moB9fbV0fNUsi=7G6EWX94CdJgrDco
@petermcgarrymusicandflying4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Triquetra4 ай бұрын
that was so good!!
@ExploringWithEmAndStu4 ай бұрын
I've visited a few of these sites in the past, thanks for making such an detailed record of what some of the structures we found were as we weren't too sure at the time. Really appreciated the time you put into making this 😊👍
@michaelangelo75115 ай бұрын
I want to see it fly.👍🏻🇺🇸
@century_bombers5 ай бұрын
I presume you saw the link to the flight video in the description?
@michaelangelo75115 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers I didn’t . Thanks for telling me. I will go back and view it. Beautiful craft. Great job.👍🏻🇺🇸
@angeley37565 ай бұрын
These were good events. Shame they sacked the fire crew and can't do these fast runs again.
@century_bombers5 ай бұрын
I was told recently that they don't have access to the airfield any more and the taxiway between the museum and airfield is no longer suitable for moving the heavy aircraft like the Victor and Nimrod.
@angeley37565 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers yep they will say that. Nothing wrong with the airfield or taxiways.
@angeley37565 ай бұрын
95 was a good show.
@TerryHolton-zr2yp5 ай бұрын
It sounds more like a petrol engine than an electric motor to me.
@century_bombers5 ай бұрын
There is a light aircraft that can be heard passing overhead, just after the spitfire takes off, but the rest of the flight is prop noise.
@tutts9995 ай бұрын
I work 5 miles from Thorpe Abbotts. One of these days I'll call in. Interesting watch.
@petermcgarrymusicandflying5 ай бұрын
Excellent
@FlightSimVRDad5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this gift. I am an historian and it is nice to have an historic narration for the tour. It is amazing how fast nature takes back over once abandoned.
@Iolis5 ай бұрын
Oh man! I want one of those!!
@monty94635 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Beautiful. Lecky motor and prop sound a lot better than ICE. !!!! Never thought I'd say that. I love glow and petrol and go way back to the 80s flying. This model is wonderful. Love the landing. Great stuff.
@century_bombers5 ай бұрын
It's an impressive model and flew well, but I'm ICE all the way. Electric is just soulless to me. I've had a few small electric models, but love the sound and smell and engineering of petrol and glow engines. However, due to the shape of the Spitfire nose, I can see why Ali wanted to go electric on this one. However, it can't beat the sound of his F7 Tigercat, powered by two Moki 150cc radials!
@davidmallender78785 ай бұрын
Speed that is .
@davidmallender78785 ай бұрын
Would love to know what it's capable of. Because I looks fast
@century_bombers5 ай бұрын
I only saw it make three flights that day and then it was taken away by the customer, so not really sure what its performance was. Endurance was only about 7 minutes from memory, with something like a 250 AH speed controller.
@robinsareolas6 ай бұрын
Wow, very nice! Spectacular landing too! 😮
@kpd33086 ай бұрын
Showoff 😀
@ramjet40256 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the work you did to show this historic airfield. Hopefully there will be a demand for a community airfield. Generally the number of airfields keeps decreasing.
@deanrogers83816 ай бұрын
Just finished reading 'luck of the draw', a book by Frank Murphy, a navigator with the 100BG who flew from Thorpe Abbotts and was shot down in October 1943. Excellent read, would definitely recommend.
@century_bombers6 ай бұрын
Back in the 1990s, I wrote to several veterans about B-17 "Hang The Expense" and also met several guys at the Thorpe Abbotts reunions. The stories they told would have made hollywood films look tame! Amazing guys.
@deanrogers83816 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers Mr Murphy was shot down in Aw-R-Go. 8 POW 2 KIA.
@Iceni_Paul2 ай бұрын
@@century_bombersWhich one? Valesh got through about eight of them from what I’ve read. 😉
@century_bombers2 ай бұрын
@@Iceni_Paul Frank flew 14 B-17s, but only two carried the name Hang The Expense - #035 & #560
@Iceni_Paul2 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers we must be getting conflicting info, according to Harry Crosby’s accounts in ‘Wing and a prayer’ he’d got up to Hang the Expense 7. Looking in the back of the Century Bombers book, I could only see Hang The Expense 1 and 3 listed. Confusing isn’t it?
@paulbrennan39966 ай бұрын
Pleased they have a long lasting memorial to the Bloody 100th bomb group even the 100ths mascot got killed wasn't it a Donkey 🐴 if memory serves me right it's a long time ago when I read about the Bloody 100th unluckyest Bomb group in the 8th airforce R.I.P to all that was lost in the 100th bomb 💣 group 🤝🫶👏🤲
@century_bombers6 ай бұрын
The 100th didn't have the largest loss rate in the 8th Air Force ( I think that was the 91st BG ), but the 100th did have several single missions, with particularly heavy loss rates.
@paulbrennan39966 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers I didn't realise that I know the 8th airforce bomber group had terrible heavy losses across all of there groups especially before long range fighter escorts thank you 🤝🙏
@martingruffalump54846 ай бұрын
😀😀😀 great B17 - i admire u for rebuilding and getting it certified for display again - soooo much work and effort!!!! failsafe - whats so safe or no fail about it causing a big smash!!!!!!!??? had u bin a yank back in 44 - it DOVE into the ground!!😁😆😁
@century_bombers6 ай бұрын
Thanks. The failsafe is designed to crash the model as soon as possible after signal loss, to prevent a fly-away, where the aircraft could cause greater damage to a 3rd party. In the UK, any model over 5Kg needed a failsafe.
@historykid8906 ай бұрын
I'm the paratrooper with the garand in the fssf display yeah it was an fssf display but it wasn't the whole row
@century_bombers6 ай бұрын
It was hard to remember the boundary of each display, just from the photographs I took.
@historykid8906 ай бұрын
@@century_bombers that's understandable
@charleshunziker74166 ай бұрын
If you put Wings on that trailer it would be interesting
@tinkerbellrock7 ай бұрын
My mom calls that star the party star
@angelamurtagh12217 ай бұрын
An excellent display, would definitely like to see more of this theme
@century_bombers7 ай бұрын
Thanks. This railway went to the customer around Spring 2016 and I haven't built any more railway models since. I'd like to do a small US layout for myself, but currently have too many other jobs with both my military vehicle fleet to look after and house and garden projects.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv8 ай бұрын
This Plane is a Beautiful ❤ It 😊
@NevadaDesertSkies8 ай бұрын
Nice job Stephen. Congrats on the obsy!
@century_bombers8 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@tubedude549 ай бұрын
How did you weatherstrip it? Of all the home observatory builds I've watched no one ever tells how they keep the wind driven rain and snow out...
@century_bombers9 ай бұрын
I've got mylar plastic draught proofing strips over the front and rear opening joints on the inside. The roof runs on L section channels, so the L section acts as a gutter, preventing rain from entering at the sides.
@D-Slowpass9 ай бұрын
Love flying an ICON
@century_bombers9 ай бұрын
The P-47 has alway been a favourite of mine. Before this P-47N, I had a P-47D to the same scale. Both were scratch built and both flew very well.
@D-Slowpass9 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing . love the way you document the certifacation, and how dedicated you are to the models success. Keep it up