| Peter Jackson says it was seeing "Blue Max" when he was about 12 that got him hooked on WW1 aircraft, the old story "I liked the film so much I bought the aircraft!"
Its taken about 3 years for it to be made airworthy again. He purposely left it the 20th Century Fox version of a color scheme (even though it's wildly inaccurate) given his interest in films and also it is accurate for the particular aircraft which was built especially for the film.
Also shown is a Halberstadt D IV ready to do battle and, waiting in a corner of the hangar, a Siemans Schuckert D IV awaits it's turn.
One thing about having a film producer playing is that you never know what he will have the props department turn out. Ground theater forms a large part of the show with battles raging instead of just having aircraft fly around. The tank is built on Caterpillar running gear and, unlike the original, has 4 closed circuit TVs on board so the driver can navigate. PJ supplies heaps of blank ammo and explosives for the troops who fight WW1 in the morning and then they all get changed and do WW2 in the afternoon. Lotsa noise, lotsa fun!
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I'll show you some of the allies stuff soon.
Last edited by Kiwi; 07-04-2005 at 12:24..
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