"Bruce Simpson" <checksigformyre@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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| On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:04:02 -0500, "Oppie" <oppie1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
| It's amazing just how much stuff from the build-day simply didn't make
| it into the show -- mind you, they have about eight cameras and they
| film for a solid 10-14 hours so there's obviously going to be a *lot*
| of footage that never makes it past the cutting-room floor :-)
|
| The Destroyers were all strong characters and I knew we had a job on
| our hands to get everything done within 10 hours so I was pretty much
| focused on making sure we'd end up with something that would actually
| work on race-day.
|
| Nick (the expert for the other team) and myself have actually done up
| a CD that has the plans (PDF and DXF/DWG) for the pulsejet and the
| turbojet, lots of pictures from the build, safety and race-day, plus
| nearly 600MB of videos showing a numbner of jet-powered karts and
| other vehicles. Plus -- there's a little "behind the scenes look (in
| video) at a yet-to-be-screened episode of Junkyard Wars showing Rossi
| and Bobbi Sue at their very best ;-)
|
| Suffice to say however, we all had a lot of fun and would do it again
| in an instant.
|
Bruce,
We have been privileged in this group to have had several folks associated
with the show discuss some of the goings on behind the scenes. I have done
some production work in the past and know that the finished cut can appear
pure fantasy compared to the way things went in actuality.The purpose of
the
show, in the US at least, is to sell advertising time. That often times
colors the way the final edits are made. So it is always nice to have
insider's view on how a build was chosen and any of the details that
didn't
make it to the screen.
Interesting sounding CD. How do I get my hands on one?
How do your neighbors back home view your hobby? I get complaints here
sometimes about noise just using a leaf blower (for what it was intended -
no less) not to mention I took up blacksmithing as a hobby. Banging out
small pieces isn't too bad but larger ones do tend to make a racket.
Regards,
Bob 'Oppie' Oppenheimer
20 miles North of New York City
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