It's only rock 'n' roll

McColm · October 13, 2018, 06:30:17 AM

Bands and singers have hired all sorts of aircraft when on tour. Some have even bought them for their own personal use and decorated the interior to their own taste.
There are decals you can buy in 1/144 and 1/72 to decorate scale model aircraft.
I have a Playfix Playmakers British Airways Trident which would look great with a few Harry Potter stickers on it.

PR19_Kit · October 13, 2018, 09:38:42 AM

Minicraft do complete kits of quite a few 'Band Busses' in their 1/144 range, usually 707s or 720s.

McColm · October 13, 2018, 12:38:04 PM

When researching the Lockheed Constellation the Rolling Stones hired one.

Mossie · October 13, 2018, 01:38:08 PM

Revell do a boxing of Iron Maiden's Ed Force One.

Weaver · October 13, 2018, 07:18:34 PM

One of my Shorts Skyvans is reserved for the day when I feel confident enough to paint it up as Budgie's Bud Force One (World Tour Of Wales) band bus...

Weaver · October 13, 2018, 08:24:53 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 13, 2018, 09:38:42 AM
Minicraft do complete kits of quite a few 'Band Busses' in their 1/144 range, usually 707s or 720s.

Roden do a series of the 720s 'Starship' and 'Caesar's Chariot' in different band liveries too.

Rheged · October 14, 2018, 12:19:36 AM

Madame Rheged, who toured America with the Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus many years ago, points out that they had 3 (yes, three) chartered aircraft to move them around. One for the musicians, one for sopranos and altos and one for tenors and basses. She asks if anyone can see any Whiffery potential here?

PR19_Kit · October 14, 2018, 01:00:46 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 13, 2018, 08:24:53 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 13, 2018, 09:38:42 AM
Minicraft do complete kits of quite a few 'Band Busses' in their 1/144 range, usually 707s or 720s.

Roden do a series of the 720s 'Starship' and 'Caesar's Chariot' in different band liveries too.

Darn it, I got that round my neck, sorry.

It's Roden that I meant did the band specific models, 707s and 720s.

I should have known better, Roden are the ONLY company who make a 720 anyway.

zenrat · October 14, 2018, 01:39:22 AM

Anyone do a Lynyrd Skynyrd CV-240?

NARSES2 · October 14, 2018, 07:03:10 AM

Quote from: Rheged on October 14, 2018, 12:19:36 AM
Madame Rheged, who toured America with the Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus many years ago, points out that they had 3 (yes, three) chartered aircraft to move them around. One for the musicians, one for sopranos and altos and one for tenors and basses. She asks if anyone can see any Whiffery potential here?

I'm fascinated that they felt it necessary to keep the sopranos and altos separate from the tenors and basses ? I assume that's basically a female/male split ? I mean we had male altos at school and I have recollections of a female tenor appearing in something I saw at the Albert Hall, but the memories are shaky.

Scotaidh · October 14, 2018, 07:57:10 AM

Quote from: Rheged on October 14, 2018, 12:19:36 AM
Madame Rheged, who toured America with the Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus many years ago, points out that they had 3 (yes, three) chartered aircraft to move them around. One for the musicians, one for sopranos and altos and one for tenors and basses. She asks if anyone can see any Whiffery potential here?

Many much wiffery potential there. They must have a logo, no?
What aircraft were used? Ideally, of course, it'd be Scottish Aviation's largest aircraft - but that was the Twin Pioneer, IIRC.

Oh - tell a lie - Wiki-might-be-right says that SA also had Jetstreams. Bit small to ferry around an orchestra, I'd have thought, although faster than a Twin Pioneer.

Rheged · October 14, 2018, 09:39:34 AM

For what its worth , a full symphony orchestra is 110 people, including instrument handlers etc. 275 singers in total, but Madame tells me that they split into smoking/non-smoking aircraft when they assembled at Prestwick to set off.

PR19_Kit · October 14, 2018, 09:57:22 AM

Quote from: Scotaidh on October 14, 2018, 07:57:10 AM

Bit small to ferry around an orchestra, I'd have thought, although faster than a Twin Pioneer.

Almost anything's faster than a Twin Pioneer, including most helicopters!

Maybe not a single Pioneer though...........

McColm · October 14, 2018, 12:09:49 PM

From my experience at working on security at the Royal Albert Hall. Orchestras have to be assembled in a certain way due to the Union rules and regulations. Which is the same when the orchestra is moving from venue to venue. Vehicles are assigned to sections of the orchestra.

Scotaidh · October 14, 2018, 02:42:12 PM

I was unable to discover if the SNO has a logo. One could always make do with the Scottish Lion and the Saltire, I suppose, but it seems a bit generic.
Thinking about aircraft size, what about a Britannia?
As a lad, I once flew in one of those from Nairobi to London. I had a lovely seat next to the spinner - the starboard inner, of course. I remember the tip had a bit of a wobble ... such was in-flight entertainment back then.