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The "Skandi Constructor" is a multi purpose offshore vessel. This interesting vessel was also in dock the day the two cruise ships were visiting Invergordon.

Waiting in line at the well known scrap yard ,looks like it was a mixer in its life but i cant find any photos to prove that for now!

Plant & Commercial Services Constructor tipper B642 MFG, didn't have long to go when captured exiting Coombefield Quarry in September 1997. The firm is but a memory too.

Publicity photo of the Constructor 8

Constructor being made to add to fleet.

1957 Scammell Junior Constructor Reg no. UXC 611

carrying a road roller In the heavy haulage arena at the Great Dorset Steam Fair

Tidy and fairly new at the time of the photo.

Photo; D French

Our Constructor 30-26's (or 80 series if you like) hook loaders.

2000.

Scammell ULD664 storming up Lubenham Hill in Market Harborough in 1994 or 1995.

 

Neil F.

Scammell constructor chatham dock yard 2005

From an apparently small, but tidy fleet running from Hexham, Northumbria,

The driver of Constructor mixer F255 FTA of Glendinnings, gives me a bemused smirk as I take a picture of his motor back in 2000. The Leyland was already 12 years old by then, but stayed a further 2 years on their fleet before being withdrawn in 2002.

Leyland Constructor 24-21 photographed circa 1988 when brand new, having just been fitted with an aluminium body built by R&G Wilcox (Stevecastle) Ltd of Oundle.

(692), Hanson, (K 503), Just been resprayed from the Hanson Brick red, white & blue to the Hanson blue & white, (15/5/99).

Ignác Wechselmann - the wealthy constructor of plenty of buildings in Budapest, e.g. Dohány Street Synagogue, University Library, many other works by the renowned architects of the era, Miklós Ybl etc.; however, the only Jewish member of the Hungarian constructors' shield in the mid-1860s - and his wife, Zsófia Neuschloss, a childless couple, made their will for building a school for blind Jewish children in 1903. Originally the school was built for 75 pupils, and the facility had to be divided between Jewish and Christian children in fifty-fifty percent according to their will.

 

The building was raised between 1905 and 1908 on the designs of the distinguished architect, Béla Lajta (1873-1920), as one of his first large works (more to come in my stream soon).

 

In 1926 the foundation sold the building, though education and rehabilitation of the Jewish disabled still remained between these walls; in the turn of 1944 and 1945 the place was converted to a ghetto. After WWII it housed an elementary school, later the ill-famed College of Foreign Languages. The synagogue of the building, deprived of all the ornamental and religious elements, was used as a gym from then on. From 1952 on it is part of a motivity enhancing school and college (which was originally founded by a Hungarian freemason circle in 1903, close to this building).

 

In 1960 the stunning original Lajta building was extended and linked by a neighbouring inappropriate edifice (you can see it clearly on the right of the picture below, taken in March 2008) which was demolished two years ago and replaced by a modern wing last year. All of the complex is in the state of refurbishment and expansion now (it will involve a neighbouring hospital as part of this complex, as well). During the general refurbishment in-progress the original Lajta building will be also restored - at least the green gate on the right has been replaced now by a wrought iron piece manufactured according to the original designs. Most of the original ornamental details are to be put back again.

 

Though apparently not a work fullfilling all features of European Art Nouveau, I inserted it into this series yet - the measures & proportions & distant outlook, even smaller ornamental elements of the building earn this status - while the brick surface is rather telling of Art Deco. Béla Lajta himself was obviously a modernist, who couldn't get rid of his age, of course, and was keen on moderate using of ornaments. - See (25) for all means.

This nice Leyland Constructor bulker of feed merchants Wm Nichols of Crickhowell was about to be retired from service when I took this photo. On that reg I would image that the Leyland was probably ex Dalgetty Feeds.

Caught this Leyland Constructor, one from the Seeboard fleet parked up on the Tolworth roundabout around 1985

DADS CONSTRUCTOR. A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE. A picture of this took pride of place on the mantle piece when we were kids !!

(2131), LD 4584 & 4585), London Brick Landfill Limited, "Easidispose", (3/7/81), (internet purchase).

constructors at work on the top floor of an Amsterdam canal house

Scammell Constructor ex Pickfords, seen at the 2013 GDSF. what a tool!

Tony has many of these eight wheeled beasts and he has sold the most rusty ones but he still has a very large fleet of them, this was taken a good few years ago now. -enjoy the production!

Caught in 2007 being used internally at Avonmouth docks

1986 T45 Leyland Constructor with a TL11 and 13 speed Fuller seen today parked up and out of use. Everiss' still have four of these Constructors in similar states of disrepair,but they won't part with them. What can you tell us about this one Goldney mate,rego number MW6136

Tawa Jan 2013.

Leyland Constructor (hybrid) Malta still sporting its UK Reg number 2008

Constructores... bienvenidos al paraiso

 

Builders... welcome to paradise

 

Seen on Explore: #496

And to celebrate 1000 items on the TRMH photostream and OVER!! 55,000 views, I will be posting some rather special photos which I hope you will all enjoy. So a selection for my lorry friends now as Leyland Constructor C224 FYS negotiated the crossroads in the village of Whauphill near Stranraer whilst doing the milk rounds.

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G-PBYA was originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Canso A amphibian, basically equivalent to the US Navy PBY-5A. It was built by Canadian Vickers at Cartierville, Quebec and was allocated their constructors number CV-283 before adopting the RCAF serial 11005.

 

It was taken on charge by the air force on 27 October 1943 and initially saw service with 9 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Bella Bella on the British Columbia coast between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. It was on their inventory from November to the following August. 9 Squadron had been based at Bella Bella for some time prior to the arrival of Cansos, having operated Supermarine Stranraers there. The Cansos were mainly operated from water despite their amphibious undercarriages and were used on day and night patrols, looking out for enemy submarines. By mid-1944, the threat of a Japanese invasion of Western Canada had receded and it was decided to disband 9 Squadron and close the station at Bella Bella.

 

The Cansos, including 11005, were flown to Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands, also in British Columbia, and transferred to 7 (BR) Squadron in August. The job was the same – anti-submarine patrols mostly – and 11005 remained with 7 Sqn until it too was disbanded on 25 July 1945. During this period of 11005’s service, it would have flown with an overall matt white hull and upper surfaces, the lower hull being gloss white.

 

It's current scheme represents a wartime USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33915 of the 8th Air Force 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth, Suffolk.

 

Registration: G-PBYA

Constructors Number: CV283

Place of Manufacture: Cartierville

Previous id(s): C-FNJF, CF-NJF, F-ZBBD, CF-NJF, F-ZBAY, CF-NJF, 11005 (RCAF)

G-PBYA was originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Canso A amphibian, basically equivalent to the US Navy PBY-5A. It was built by Canadian Vickers at Cartierville, Quebec and was allocated their constructors number CV-283 before adopting the RCAF serial 11005. It was taken on charge by the air force on 27 October 1943 and initially saw service with 9 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Bella Bella on the British Columbia coast between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. It was on their inventory from November to the following August. 9 Squadron had been based at Bella Bella for some time prior to the arrival of Cansos, having operated Supermarine Stranraers there. The Cansos were mainly operated from water despite their amphibious undercarriages and were used on day and night patrols, looking out for enemy submarines. By mid-1944, the threat of a Japanese invasion of Western Canada had receded and it was decided to disband 9 Squadron and close the station at Bella Bella. The Cansos, including 11005, were flown to Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands, also in British Columbia, and transferred to 7 (BR) Squadron in August. The job was the same – anti-submarine patrols mostly – and 11005 remained with 7 Sqn until it too was disbanded on 25 July 1945. During this period of 11005’s service, it would have flown with an overall matt white hull and upper surfaces, the lower hull being gloss white.

 

With the war over, 11005 was no longer required in its originally intended role and it entered a period of storage at Moose Jaw before being converted to a freighter in 1948. A number of other RCAF Cansos were similarly converted and records show that they were known, at least on paper, as Canso 2Fs. Subsequently, 11005 flew with 413 Survey (Transport) squadron out of Rockcliffe, Ontario and, later, with 121 CU/CR Flight. 413 (Tusker) Squadron had originally flown Catalinas in the North Atlantic and Indian Ocean theatres during WWII. Reformed after the war as 413 (PR) Squadron, it flew photographic reconnaissance missions surveying the Arctic regions, search-and-rescue and flood relief supply flights. In April 1949, it was re-designated 413 S(T) Squadron until, at the end of October 1950, it was disbanded. 11005 then passed on to 121 (Search & Rescue) Flight at Sea Island, Vancouver with whom it would have carried the hull code QT-005. It was finally struck off military charge on 25 May 1961, having been stored at Vulcan, Alberta, and was disposed of by the Crown Assets Disposal Corp to the commercial company Frontier Air Transport based in nearby Calgary. Prior to this, it had lost both its bow turret and side blisters as part of its post-war conversion. 11005 was about to embark on a new and lengthy civilian career!

 

It seems that although the sale of 11005 was to Frontier Air Transport, it was intended for a company called CANSPEC who were intending to convert it, and four other Cansos acquired at the same time, to fire fighting water bombers. A contemporary CANSPEC brochure is illustrated with a Catalina/Canso equipped with under-wing tanks although it also states that their aircraft were available for pest control, general freight and fuel hauling and photographic/geophysical survey. 11005 was registered CF-NJF for its ferry flight to Calgary. It is not certain what came of CANSPEC’s plans but CF-NJF was in due course converted to carry internal tanks by Field Aviation and was taken on by the well-known Catalina/Canso operator Kentings. In addition to carrying Kenting titles, it was also chartered to the French operator Protection Civile and flew with them for a number of fire fighting seasons during the mid- to late-1960s, based at Marseille. It carried a blue rear hull band and was known by the call-sign Pelican Bleu. At first registered F-ZBAY, it later flew as F-ZBBD although it seems to have reverted to its Canadian marks each time it returned to Canada.

 

In 1974, it joined Norcanair, a fire fighting company based at Prince Albert in Saskatchewan and it’s predominantly natural metal livery was brightened up with the addition of a white rear hull and tail with vivid orange stripes on the bow, top of the vertical tail, wingtip floats and around the rear hull. It carried the fleet number 14 in large orange numerals below the cockpit. A few years later, its registration was amended from CF-NJF to C-FNJF in accordance with new Canadian practice.

 

Around 1980, it was taken over by the Province of Saskatchewan at La Ronge who continued to use it as a water bomber within their own fleet of fire fighting aircraft including two other Cansos and Canadair CL-215s. It acquired a new yellow overall livery with green trim and fleet number 7. On one memorable occasion, all three Cansos flew together at an airshow and performed a simultaneous, formation water drop!

 

By the late-1990s, the Saskatchewan Cansos had been disposed of and two of them including C-FNJF were acquired by Hicks & Lawrence and stored for a while at St Thomas, Ontario. They were then ferried to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island where Catalina Aero Services were engaged to convert them into passenger carrying aircraft for tourist flights in Zimbabwe. This venture never got off the ground and both Cansos remained at Nanaimo where they were put up for sale. Stored in the open for some time, C-FNJF was eventually purchased by Plane Sailing Air Displays. Although the proposal to use the Cansos in Africa did not come to anything, conversion work was carried out. Not only was the water-bombing equipment removed and seating put in its place but one-piece smoked perspex blisters with hydraulic operation were installed in the rear hull to give passengers a panoramic view. A hydraulic airstair was put into the rear hull to make entry and exit easier. When advertised for sale, the particulars for C-FNJF stated that the airframe had flown 12,829 hours.

 

Plane Sailing’s search for a Catalina to replace its original aircraft had been a long one, not because there is a shortage of available Catalinas – there are always a few for sale at any one time for the right price – but because the owners wanted to acquire one that was right for them. This meant an aircraft that had a sound airframe, preferably with rear hull blisters, an air stair at the rear and scope for a passenger interior. After a number of aircraft were rejected the choice fell on C-FNJF at Nanaimo.

 

With the decision to acquire C-FNJF made, there followed a long period of work on the aircraft to make it ready not only for the long ferry flight to the UK but also for ongoing operations. This process became somewhat protracted as various modifications made to the airframe required clearance by Transport Canada. Eventually, however, all was ready and, following a period of test and familiarisation flights, C-FNJF left Nanaimo on 1st March 2004. Over the following month, the delivery route took in a number of States before entering Canada again and then crossing the Atlantic. The exact route, planned to avoid high ground and adverse weather, took in Port Angeles, Wa; Santa Rosa, Ca; Castle AFB, Ca; Mesa (Phoenix), Az; Midland, Tx; Mineral Wells, Tx; Montgomery, Al; Greensboro, NC; Atlantic City, NJ; Bangor, Maine and St John’s, Newfoundland. A first attempt to fly from St John’s to Santa Maria in the Azores had to be abandoned after several hours flying because of a strong, un-forecast headwind. A week later, a second attempt was made, this time successfully, the destination being Shannon in Southern Ireland, reached after nearly thirteen hours in the air and in temperatures as low as minus 28 degrees Centigrade!

 

C-FNJF had reached Shannon in the early hours of 30th March and, after a few hours rest, the crew of Paul Warren Wilson, Rod Brooking and Garry Short flew on to home at Duxford, to be met by a small band of dedicated crew and supporters, almost outnumbered by representatives form the aviation press, radio and TV!

 

Following its triumphant arrival at Duxford, C-FNJF flew at a good number of airshows during the 2004 season, its first being a long flight down to Biscarosse in south-west France where it not only performed impeccably in the air but also made several flights from water, its first for many a year. At the end of the 2004 show season, C-FNJF entered a period of overhaul and preparation for British registry as G-PBYA and it was re-registered as such on November 19th, 2004.

 

The start of the 2005 season saw G-PBYA still flying in its bright yellow, read and green colours but, in May, it flew the short distance from Duxford to Cambridge where it was repainted in its current magnificent scheme representing a wartime USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33915 of the 8th Air Force 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth, Suffolk. It has now, like its Plane Sailing predecessor, become an established and hugely participant at air displays throughout Europe.

 

The Catalina is operated by Plane Sailing Air Displays Limited on behalf of Catalina Aircraft Limited which is made up of a number of shareholders. The enterprise is supported by its own ‘fan club’ – The Catalina Society.

 

In use in Dumfries-shire in the early 90's.

Constructor awaiting its fate at Weymouth in 1999 after having its drum removed.

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Naval Constructor, W.J. Baxter, at launching of "Vestal", Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

5/19/08 (date created or published later by Bain)

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

 

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.00453

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 80-12

 

Constructor Hughes (EEUU)

Dimensiones Longitud: 117'4 cm (TOW-1), 155'5 cm (TOW-1A) y 171'4 cm el (TOW-2)

Diámetro: 15'2 cm

Envergadura: 34'3 cm

Peso 22'5 kg (TOW-1), 25'7 kg (TOW-1A) y 28'1 kg el (TOW-2)

Sistema de guiado filoguiado

Alcance máximo, 3.750 metros; mínimo 65 metros

Motor cohete bifase de propergol sólido

Cabeza de guerra carga hueca, 3'9 kg de alto explosivo (TOW-1 y -1A), 5'9 kg (TOW-2)

Perforación 600 mm de acero (TOW-1 y -1A), 800 mm de acero (TOW-2)

 

Datos extraidos de la web : Armada Española

 

1982 Scammell built Constructor eight wheeler, still wears its GB (Manchester) numberplate, WND 900X, having been given the 'Maltese treatment' and awaits its new body and owner at Burmarrad Commercials on Malta in 1993. Note the ex. Wincanton Transport ERFs in the background, also awaiting buyers.

Carlton Mill Christchurch, 23/7/12.

Cummins NTE 350. 15 speed Roadranger, Rockwell axles.

Originally Isaac Construction, registered as MC 4855.

 

Still has two-berth sleeper fittings.

 

Make: LEYLAND

Model: SCAMMELL

Year: 1985

Main colour: White

Vehicle type: Goods Van/Truck/Utility

Body style: Flat Deck Truck

No of seats: 2

CC rating: 14,000cc

Fuel type: Diesel

Assembly type: Unknown

Country of origin: Not known

Gross vehicle mass: 33,000kg

Tare weight: 25,000

Maximum rated towed mass: 30,000kg (for braked trailer)

Axle type: 4-Axle Single + Tandem + Trailing

No of axles: 4

Wheelbase: 5,230

Front axle group rating: 13,220

Rear axle group rating: 20,000

Vehicle Identification

 

Plate: BDF372

Plate type: Standard

Engine no: 23187917

Chassis: 78140 - to confirm

   

Plate Effective date

BDF372 2003, March 5th

TALLOW 1998, January 14th

MC4855 1985, September 11th

   

BASE ENGINE INFORMATION

Upfit: Original

Engine Serial Number:23187917

Vehicle ID Number:

Shop Order #SO1832

Plant:SHS - SHOTTS OPERATIONS

Build Date:24 May 1984

Warranty Start Date:17 Sep 1985

Customer Number:7190

Customer Name: ISAAC CONSTRUCTION

ECM Code:Not Available For This Engine

Fuel Pump Part # 3043282

Fuel Pump Calibration:S938

Film Card:F

Engine Config #D093343BX02

CPL #CPL419

Marketing Model Name NTE-350

  

A Black Country firm that led a nomadic existence over the years was Regis Aggregates, with one of their six-wheeled Constructors seen here. Sadly, this no frills fleet, is sadly no more,

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