ColR1948 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I did another fictional paint job, Albert Ross Seaplanes, placed it at Edinburgh Harbour in Scotland. See if you understand the name lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Ah Yes! The automobile!! Very Clever!!! :p:p Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 No not that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 No not that lol. Not the old automobile with a name that sounds like a plane?? Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptrcam Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Albatross W11 Home. Intel Corei7-14700K 3.4Ghz 28cpu. Nvidia Geforce RTX4040Ti Super. ASUS ROG Strix B650 Mobo. 1 TB Samsung 990m2 SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Well Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptrcam Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Thanks. Nice repaint, you should take it along the Ohio river valley, where there are a few official water runways... should make interesting flying. I'm planning to do it soon. W11 Home. Intel Corei7-14700K 3.4Ghz 28cpu. Nvidia Geforce RTX4040Ti Super. ASUS ROG Strix B650 Mobo. 1 TB Samsung 990m2 SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Albatross Yes, the Albatross, which was also the brand of a car that actually looks as though it might be a plane. Look it up.;) Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Thanks. Nice repaint, you should take it along the Ohio river valley, where there are a few official water runways... should make interesting flying. I'm planning to do it soon. Funny you'd mention that! I've been an Ohio River boater for years. A friend of mine has a seaplane and lands it in the river, throws his anchor out, and acts as though it were an anchored out motor boat. ;) He also has been known to water taxi around in it as if it were a boat as well. He says he can't afford both so he just keeps a plane that floats! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptrcam Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Dear Michael, Is it this one? W11 Home. Intel Corei7-14700K 3.4Ghz 28cpu. Nvidia Geforce RTX4040Ti Super. ASUS ROG Strix B650 Mobo. 1 TB Samsung 990m2 SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 No, that's way too fancy and new as well!! I don't know what it is. The Albatross, which is actually named after Albert Ross who was the builders' mentor, was made in the early 1920's. And if you put a prop on the front and an overhead wing, you could pretty easily imagine it as an airplane of that era. BTW: Sorry this shot is so small! Rather than spend a lot of time looking I just used the picture in Wikipedia. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptrcam Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 That's the 1939 Albatross by the Albatross Car Co. New York. This aircraft suggests that the designers were unclear as to whether they were designing a car or an aircraft W11 Home. Intel Corei7-14700K 3.4Ghz 28cpu. Nvidia Geforce RTX4040Ti Super. ASUS ROG Strix B650 Mobo. 1 TB Samsung 990m2 SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 According to Wikipedia the Albatross motor car I pictured was a 1923 model. Based on the picture you posted, I really wonder WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!?? Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Apologies Michael, you taught me something here. I was trying to be clever by using the name Albert Ross = Albatross, I never knew anything about the real Albert and his link with the aircraft etc, so thanks for posting and the info. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Apologies Michael, you taught me something here. I was trying to be clever by using the name Albert Ross = Albatross, I never knew anything about the real Albert and his link with the aircraft etc, so thanks for posting and the info. Col. Don't apologize! You were right!! Albert Ross does = Albatross, both car and airplane. ;) Like Henry Ford = the Ford, Model T and Tri-Motor! Back then, it truly was a much smaller world! Think of all the diverse machines named after Edison, Watt, Budd, etc. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 This is off topic but I read somewhere Henry Ford got a medal off Adolf Hitler, apparently he supported the Nazi Regime. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Great looking paint Colin! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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