Magnificent Machines

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 12:35 pm

I took Linda's Monaco to the Magnificent Machines show over at The Museum of Flight at East Fortune yesterday.

Great little show.

They have a Concorde there, plus the second Falklands Vulcan and a whole bunch of other planes.

Great to have a show where there is lots of stuff to see apart from cars. Kept it interesting for along coldish day.

I can see why the Mopar show at the IWM Duxford looks so good.

Some pics of things of interest.

Not quite in the Iso/Lambo/Ferrari league of southern shows, maybe ..

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 12:36 pm

More cars.

Compare and contrast contemporaries.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 12:38 pm

More .

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 12:40 pm

For you engine buffs.

Hercules - such an awesome piece of kit and, having seen it, I almost understand how the sleeve valves work.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 12:43 pm

The Falklands Vulcan.

And, sadly, probably the most interesting thing for me, after the Hercules ...

the other Vulcan.

And how scarey electronics used to .. the guidance system for a Sparrow AAM. Now it probably all fits on one chip.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Sep 27, 10 1:01 pm

I'd hate to do he timing on that herc engine !!!!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 1:17 pm

Sandy, fantastic pictures. Really enjoyed looking through those. Have you seen the prices of those Volvo's these days? Stratospheric (almost). Afraid it would have to be the E30 M3 for me. Fantastically exotic piece of kit.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Sep 27, 10 1:53 pm

I really like the little steam traction engine. I could play with that for hours every day.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon Sep 27, 10 2:06 pm

ditto, wonder how many times he's been pulled for dodgy number plates and bald tyres!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 2:57 pm

Cheers for the comments.

The Hercules was just an amazing piece of gear, beautifully sectioned as well.

The DB601 is from Rudolph Hess's Me110 when he flew over and parachuted out, just about ten miles from me outside Glasgow in 1941. An unusual inverted V12. How do they keep the oil at the top or is it all dry sump lubrication?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 2:59 pm

There were quite few small and full size traction engines.

Unfortunately the battery quit on the camera (the first time I have ever had the digital camera battery run out. I was surprised and disappointed).

But the little traction engines were pretty cute. There was even one with an '06' plate

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 27, 10 3:03 pm

Clive, I was impressed with the M3 Evo. One of the magazines (evo?) did a feature on M3's through the years recently. This is the first 'real' M3 I have seen.

I nice turn out by the BMW owners too. Really nice 635CSi alongside it as well ... but camera battery ..blah-blah-etc-etc.

Nice to see inside a Concorde again too. When I worked for Air France I sat in the pilot's seat of one and it is really cramped.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Sep 27, 10 5:17 pm

Thanks for posting Sandy, we had a day out there a couple of years ago while visiting the Liz's family who live in Coatbridge, It's a good way to spend a relaxing day out. That makes two Concordes we've been on now.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Mon Sep 27, 10 5:38 pm

fascinating stuff

I love the traction engine

latil · Post by **latil** » Mon Sep 27, 10 6:14 pm

Funny old things those sleeve valve engines

Love the model steam stuff,but always laugh at the fools that register them and all the liability that goes with it. Up to and including 4" scale they don't need to be registered,just insured.