Your ticket Mr. Bond and enjoy your flight

ACACIA_AVENUE

Recently I watched the Goldfinger DVD and noticed that both Goldfinger and Bond travelled with their cars from the United Kingdom to Switzerland by British United Air Ferries, which got me thinking about creating what I would call a ‘Fantasy Prop’ of Bond’s flight ticket.

My first step was to check the original book which states that both Bond and Goldfinger flew from Lydd Ferryfield Airport by Bristol 170 Superfreighter, although not stated in the book this service was run by Silver City Airways.

Silver City Airways was merged with Channel Air Bridge on January 1st 1963 to form British United Air Ferries.

Rather than using Lydd Ferryfield Airport the filmmakers used Southend Municipal Airport and on this occasion the plane was a British United Air Ferries ATL 98 Carvair.

After some searching around I managed to obtain an original British United Air Ferries flight ticket, I also ascertained that the Bond/Goldfinger Golf Match was filmed in May of 1963 and using these as a reference have created my own version of what might have been Bond’s flight ticket.

othertravel

Really cool! Was it difficult to replicate?

ACACIA_AVENUE

othertravel wrote:

Really cool! Was it difficult to replicate?

Thank you, it took a couple of days to set up, printing and making it up was the easy part.

danjaq_0ff

Very nice AA -{ now you need to do a vintage passport

BenSV650

Great idea and expertly executed! Very nice -{

ACACIA_AVENUE

danjaq_0ff wrote:

Very nice AA -{ now you need to do a vintage passport

Now there's an idea -{ ............. I am pretty vintage and I have my original passport

danjaq_0ff

Cool, I look forward to seeing that -{ I think that there are a few of us on here that are a bit vintage

ACACIA_AVENUE

Well lets just say I have the same birth date as Pierce Brosnan ...... but he is a year older than me

danjaq_0ff

Im not quite THAT old but not far behind )

ACACIA_AVENUE

danjaq_0ff wrote:

Im not quite THAT old but not far behind )

I'm a relic from the Cold War with boyish charms )

danjaq_0ff

and prop making skills -{ what else have you got hidden away )

ppw3o6r

Nicely done my friend. A few other fabricators could take a leaf out of your skilled book -{

Sir Miles

Have to say they are looking great - well done -{

Charmed & Dangerous

Wow! Amazing work! -{

Strangeways

I adore this.
Any plans to make some up and sell them?

As for the passport - that would be the ultimate!

cyclones122

Very nicely done!

The Domino Effect

Great research and awesome job. Well done.

ACACIA_AVENUE

Strangeways wrote:

I adore this.
Any plans to make some up and sell them?

As for the passport - that would be the ultimate!

PM sent

ke02eww

ACACIA_AVENUE wrote:

Strangeways wrote:

I adore this.
Any plans to make some up and sell them?

As for the passport - that would be the ultimate!

PM sent

Likewise - nice job !

And I'd be interested

thespyboys11

Great idea and brilliantly executed. It is little things like this that can expand our collections with props that never existed...but SHOULD have!!!
I would be proud to add this to my collection!!! WELL DONE!!!
Ed

minigeff

Wow wow and wow!!

I've seen one of these up front now and my god is it detailed or what?

I'm not usually one to go for the paper stuff too much but if anyone wanted a standard to aspire to, this would be it.

Superbly laid out, made and detailed, it's a fantastic effort.

Nice one, and keep it up Rob!!

MG -{

danjaq_0ff

I was just saying in a pm, that it is like going back in time and seeing a vintage pristine ticket -{ outstanding.

Please do a vintage passport :x

minigeff

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

danjaq_0ff

minigeff wrote:

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

Would be the right size for you then Singe

Allowing one to stop off for a quick one un rout )

ACACIA_AVENUE

Thank you both for your kind comments it is much appreciated -{

Now a 1:8 scale version sounds like a brilliant idea, i'll get on to that.

Vintage passport?.............watch this space

Higgins

danjaq_0ff wrote:

minigeff wrote:

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

Would be the right size for you then Singe

He'll still need an extra padding for the driver's seat to be able to see the street 8-)

minigeff

Bondtoys wrote:

danjaq_0ff wrote:

minigeff wrote:

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

Would be the right size for you then Singe

He'll still need an extra padding for the driver's seat to be able to see the street 8-)

It must be hard work trying to think of yet more height related jibes, yet when it comes to ribbing you bumtoys there's endless material to go on....

ppw3o6r

minigeff wrote:

Bondtoys wrote:

danjaq_0ff wrote:

Would be the right size for you then Singe

He'll still need an extra padding for the driver's seat to be able to see the street 8-)

It must be hard work trying to think of yet more height related jibes, yet when it comes to ribbing you bumtoys there's endless material to go on....

Our friend the bloater (fish) was the best one. If only it had had long arms with scraped knuckles

ACACIA_AVENUE

minigeff wrote:

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

Not finished, but gives you an idea of size, it measures 12x28mm

minigeff

ACACIA_AVENUE wrote:

minigeff wrote:

Ya know what would be cute is if a 1:8 scale version was available for the 1:8 DB5 model

Not finished, but gives you an idea of size, it measures 12x28mm

Cute!

You added carpet too, swanky. ;%