Marty wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:34:15 -0500, Marty wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
There is a book about that same thing only it was diamonds Smuggled
out of Britain to evade currency restrictions and smuggled back inside
an engine from a lethal wreck near Tahiti.
Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute is what I sort of remember,
so i checked, Suspicion confirmed.
Casady
Lord, I remember reading that book years ago. As I had been a
machinist early in my career I thought it was a really good read.
Funny though I remember that the guy had a machine shop in his house
but not the diamonds.
Same here Bruce, read it more than 30 years ago when I was a teen.
Didn't remember the plot, but remembered the machinist aspect, envied
it in fact. Now I have a machine shop fifty feet from my front door,
better than having it in the basement,, at least in the opinion of
"She who must be obeyed"

I really liked Shute, until I learned more about the man himself and
I was left with rather bitter taste in my mouth.

Cheers
Martin


I have only read a couple of his books, Trustee from the Tool room and
On the Beach. Both of which I liked. Never read up on the author

"A Town Like Alice" and "A Far Country" are particularly good,, "No
Highway" is cool, he predicted metal fatigue taking down an airliner
before the Comet problems...

Cheers
Martin


I've been collecting old movies.
Some of them are getting really hard to find.
No Highway in the Sky is one of the ones I want but can't find.

But I have found...

PT-109
and
African Queen

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:35:59 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Marty wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:34:15 -0500, Marty wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
There is a book about that same thing only it was diamonds Smuggled
out of Britain to evade currency restrictions and smuggled back inside
an engine from a lethal wreck near Tahiti.
Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute is what I sort of remember,
so i checked, Suspicion confirmed.
Casady
Lord, I remember reading that book years ago. As I had been a
machinist early in my career I thought it was a really good read.
Funny though I remember that the guy had a machine shop in his house
but not the diamonds.
Same here Bruce, read it more than 30 years ago when I was a teen.
Didn't remember the plot, but remembered the machinist aspect, envied
it in fact. Now I have a machine shop fifty feet from my front door,
better than having it in the basement,, at least in the opinion of
"She who must be obeyed"

I really liked Shute, until I learned more about the man himself and
I was left with rather bitter taste in my mouth.

Cheers
Martin


I have only read a couple of his books, Trustee from the Tool room and
On the Beach. Both of which I liked. Never read up on the author

"A Town Like Alice" and "A Far Country" are particularly good,, "No
Highway" is cool, he predicted metal fatigue taking down an airliner
before the Comet problems...

Cheers
Martin


I've been collecting old movies.
Some of them are getting really hard to find.
No Highway in the Sky is one of the ones I want but can't find.

But I have found...

PT-109
and
African Queen

I remember the African Queen. I thought it was one of the two best
cast movies I ever saw. The other one was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier....
I had read the book and when I saw the movie I was able to identify
every character before they spoke - terrific casting.

I didn't see PT-109. I don't remember the reason, maybe I thought it
was a Kennedy production? I don't remember.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

I remember the African Queen. I thought it was one of the two best
cast movies I ever saw. The other one was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier....
I had read the book and when I saw the movie I was able to identify
every character before they spoke - terrific casting.

I didn't see PT-109. I don't remember the reason, maybe I thought it
was a Kennedy production? I don't remember.


On display at Key Largo:
http://www.sv-loki.com/The_Trip/Flor...ricanQueen.jpg

This pic was taken in 2001. They would take it out on charters. I
think the steam engine worked, but they preferred to use the outboard.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:09:10 -0500, jeff wrote:

This pic was taken in 2001. They would take it out on charters. I
think the steam engine worked, but they preferred to use the outboard.

Not the original engine. They put in a Diesel to make the movie.
Current engine is a 15hp twin. Written up in Boating.

Casady

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:03:07 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:09:10 -0500, jeff wrote:

This pic was taken in 2001. They would take it out on charters. I
think the steam engine worked, but they preferred to use the outboard.

Not the original engine. They put in a Diesel to make the movie.
Current engine is a 15hp twin. Written up in Boating.

Casady


Interesting. I had always assumed that it was just a boat that someone
built for the movie company as the story was fiction so there wasn't,
I believed, an "original" African Queen". I always thought the name
was supposed to be rather grandiose to underline the rather derelict
condition of its owner.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:29:40 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

Interesting. I had always assumed that it was just a boat that someone
built for the movie company as the story was fiction so there wasn't,
I believed, an "original" African Queen"

In passenger and freight service from 1912 to 1968, if that is
original enough. British built of riveted steel, by the way.

Casady

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:32:19 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:29:40 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

Interesting. I had always assumed that it was just a boat that someone
built for the movie company as the story was fiction so there wasn't,
I believed, an "original" African Queen"

In passenger and freight service from 1912 to 1968, if that is
original enough. British built of riveted steel, by the way.

Casady


But was it the boat in the movie, or was the movie boat a copy? Or a
whole different boat?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:09:10 -0500, jeff wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

I remember the African Queen. I thought it was one of the two best
cast movies I ever saw. The other one was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier....
I had read the book and when I saw the movie I was able to identify
every character before they spoke - terrific casting.

I didn't see PT-109. I don't remember the reason, maybe I thought it
was a Kennedy production? I don't remember.


On display at Key Largo:
http://www.sv-loki.com/The_Trip/Flor...ricanQueen.jpg

This pic was taken in 2001. They would take it out on charters. I
think the steam engine worked, but they preferred to use the outboard.

The photo, on my small screen, was too small for me to read the sign.
Was this the actual boat used in the movie?
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

This pic was taken in 2001. They would take it out on charters. I
think the steam engine worked, but they preferred to use the outboard.

The photo, on my small screen, was too small for me to read the sign.
Was this the actual boat used in the movie?
Cheers,


Sorry, yes it is the original. Here's a crop from the original:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Queen.jpg

I believe the original was built in England and shipped in parts for the
filming. However, much of the actual footage was a mockup on a raft
where all the parts could be moved around. Other footage was in a tank
in England, and some was using a model.