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The Tin Shed
Tex Bryson
MASTER ARTISAN
MODEL AIRCRAFT
 Built by Tex in Vietnam in 1969. It was shipped home from Vietnam in a crate with the B36. This particular model met its demise during a trip to the RAAF Base. It fell off the roof of the car on to the bitumen and smashed in to unrecognisable pieces. It was on its way to its maiden flight, so never once made it off the ground. |  |  |
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 |  Control line B36 6 engine Strata Fortress, wingspan of 10 feet and length of 7 feet. Making a stir with the locals. Built by Tex in Vietnam in 1969. It was shipped home from Vietnam in a crate with the B29, one strapped to the roof and one to the floor of the crate. The crate was oversized, so when Tex picked it up from Cannon Hill he had to pay for a Police escort all the way back to Amberley. |  48'' wingspan control line Lancaster Bomber model built at RAAF Base Amberley in the 1970s. It flew only once at the RAAF Base open day, where two minutes in to the flight the wind picked it up and drove it straight in to the bitumen. |
 Colour photo of the 48'' wingspan control line Lancaster Bomber . |  The first Hercules built by Tex. A control line model flown at RAAF Base Williamtown in 1976. 56'' wingspan. This particular Herc flew many times before its demise when a control line snapped mid flight. |  Control line model Hercules during a parachute drop at RAAF Base Williamtown. |
 The control wire Herc hanging on the wall in Tex's quarters at Williamtown. |  The Hercules met its demise in about 1977 when a control line snapped mid flight. |  Not quite finished in this photo, the radio control P-51 Mustang was yet to be fitted out with its cockpit. |
 Built in 1976. An exact replica of the aircraft that was flown by the Commanding Officer of 77th Squadron. Control line 4'6'' long, weighing 7 pounds. |  5 channel radio control twin engine Nomad. Included a 'bomb' drop, which was rigged to drop lollies when there were model aeroplane displays or RAAF open days. This plane was built specifically as a prelude to flying the RC Herc. The reason was that the pilot, Dennis Scott, had never flown multi-engine aircraft before. He didn't want to risk flying the Hercules without some kind of experience. |  5 channel radio control twin engine Nomad. |
 RAAF Base Edinburgh. Foreground right, the radio controlled Hercules flown at Edinburgh, South Australia, in 1978. To its left is the Dassault Mirage, Tex's first jet powered model. P-3 Orion "Sub-hunters" can be seen in the background. |  This photo ran in an Adelaide newspaper after the RC Herc's flight in Edinburgh. |  On 31 October 1978, Tex Bryson was awarded with a Certificate of Outstanding Service, in "appreciation for outstanding service which you have rendered to the Royal Australian Airforce while servicing in support command". Although the success of the Herc wasn't mentioned as a reason, it was coincidental timing for the Certificate of Outstanding Service, as it was widely accepted as portraying the RAAF in a positive light to the public. |
 A scanned copy of the article about the model Herc, printed in an American aero modelling magazine in 1978. Tex seems to think the magazine was RC Modeler, but we don't know for sure, and unfortunately the scan didn't include the title of the magazine or the exact date of publication. |  |
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