Looking for an RC plane for a film!

[Seb-M]

My name is Seb McKinnon and I'm an aspiring filmmaker from Montreal.
I'm working on a very special short film, the main character being a 1930's pilot.

I'm looking for a 1/4 scale yellow tiger moth RC plane to use in this film.
Shooting it outdoors and indoors (on green screen, not flying).

Can anyone help??
Any lead on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
:)

[Sempai-mj]

1/4 scale yellow tiger moth will be hard to find.

[bluebird_ca]

I have a yellow tiger moth but it is not 1/4 scale,

here is the link for the specs

if you are interested let me know

Marc

http://www.nitroplanes.com/60a-dy8957-tigermoth-rtf-24g.html?gclid=CPXgmI6C3rwCFSISMwodJA8ADQ

[Xavier]

I have a 1/4 scale Tigermoth but it's not completely yellow.

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#photo/109974795506183947946/5302501280798118545/5340317890299746706

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#photo/109974795506183947946/5302501280798118545/5340317963325349794

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#album/109974795506183947946/5302501280798118545

Xavier

[loflyer2001]

I have one from a Bud Bradley kit. It took me 4 years to build.
It is the Canadian version with the winter green house canopy.
Similar to the one in the Ottawa Museum. RCAF WWII roundels
and registration 5884. They were used in the BCATP program
during the war to train allied pilots.
It has a brand new DLE 30 engine which needs to be run in.
Instructor/Trainee are 1/4 scale pilots.

BCATP.... British Commonwealth Air Training Program. They were based
all over Canada. Nearby, they were in St Eugene with an alternate
strip at St Lazare (Not Norm Coopers) Mont Joli with an alternate
strip at Riv.-du-Loup.

[Xavier]

We want pictures :-)

I have one from a Bud Bradley kit. It took me 4 years to build.
It is the Canadian version with the winter green house canopy.
Similar to the one in the Ottawa Museum. RCAF WWII roundels
and registration 5884. They were used in the BCATP program
during the war to train allied pilots.
It has a brand new DLE 30 engine which needs to be run in.
Instructor/Trainee are 1/4 scale pilots.

BCATP.... British Commonwealth Air Training Program. They were based
all over Canada. Nearby, they were in St Eugene with an alternate
strip at St Lazare (Not Norm Coopers) Mont Joli with an alternate
strip at Riv.-du-Loup.

[Seb-M]

What a beautiful model Xavier!!
Our film's concept and art direction requires an all yellow plane (we're using the colour yellow as a visual link between our characters).

Forgive me if this sounds blasphemous to you model plane collectors and experts out there, but would it be possible to do a paint-job on your model for our shoot? and then paint it back the way it was afterwards?

Our production would cover any material costs and extra time this would take.
You would also be paid for this gig, and get credit in the film as "props manager" and "pilot"… Let me know what you think! :)

[Xavier]

It would be a lot of trouble for me to repaint the airplane twice and frankly, I have other priorities. If someone wants to buy the plane and do it, that's could be a possibility.

Xavier

[loflyer2001]

Hello Xavier;
Looks like this guy does not see how much work which goes into painting
a model. It took me many many hours to paint mine. Just the RCAF
roundels alone took close to one month. Imagine all the masking that
has to be done to do the circles of different colours. Let the paint dry
and cure so it become safe to tape for the next circle, how to prevent
the colours from bleeding under the tapes, etc. YA, just paint over
yellow and we will pay for the paint.....YA kiss my airbrush!

By the way I have tried to open up your photos and I could not. is it
because of a new APPS you are using by taken photos with your cellfone?
See you at the Manoir soon and I would like to see your Tiggie.
I will have a full folder of many photos of mine soon.<
Guy

[Burning Head]

Me too when i use the link that show me my PC personale pic by Picasa mobile:confused:

[Xavier]

https://picasaweb.google.com/109974795506183947946/Tigermoth25#

Try copy & paste instead of click on the link maybe !?

It work for some people. I don't understand :-(

[Seb-M]

It would be a lot of trouble for me to repaint the airplane twice and frankly, I have other priorities. If someone wants to buy the plane and do it, that's could be a possibility.

Xavier
Ah so are you selling it?
If so, please PM me or shoot me an email at seb@sebmckinnon.com!

[bob forest]

The pics did not work for me also on your first post of the pics. Now it worked. Also as your plane is yellow underneath, they can take the movie of the Moth from the bottom. As the plane is in the air it wold look yellow and if they take it from the top you go inverted, yellow again. You just have to think about it. Takes brains. Did I say that?

[Seb-M]

The pics did not work for me also on your first post of the pics. Now it worked. Also as your plane is yellow underneath, they can take the movie of the Moth from the bottom. As the plane is in the air it wold look yellow and if they take it from the top you go inverted, yellow again. You just have to think about it. Takes brains. Did I say that?
That's a good idea bob,
however, the scene features the plane crashing into the ocean during a storm. We don't see the actual crash, but we do see the struggle of the pilot trying to keep control of the plane in high winds! So this means shooting the plane tilting often, revealing all angles of the plane itself, that's why it needs to be all yellow. :)

[Burning Head]

Working now, thanks:). very cool and nice bip

[drgilo1973]

can we cover the plane by a monocote or ultracote instead of painting it ??

[Seb-M]

can we cover the plane by a monocote or ultracote instead of painting it ??
I suppose we could, but wouldn't that be a much more tedious job? Forgive me people, I know nothing about model building