Old School Scope - from The Avengers

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Months ago I was watching an episode of The Avengers. It had some nice old school scopes being used as props.

I had some time today, so I tracked it down on YouTube. The portion of footage that has the scope I would like starts at 40 seconds. Part 2 of 5.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRX8RjLdJGE

Scattered through parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 are some other scopes as well. At least one of them was a mock up.

Diana Rigg (as Emma Peel) is alright too.

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

This is a really nice piece of kit as well. They went to a bit of effort with the props for this show.

Part 1 of 5 at 1 min 45 sec

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SGryLKfdI


Edit: Not so sure about the scope shown at 4 min 35 sec. Looks good though.

[doppler (Rick)]

Used to love watching the avengers when I was a kid. If you are interested in looking at old classic scopes, I came across this site http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/. There are some wild scopes

Check this 16" out.

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Originally Posted by doppler

Used to love watching the avengers when I was a kid. If you are interested in looking at old classic scopes, I came across this site http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/. There are some wild scopes

Thank you Rick. That site is a gold mine.

[Astro_Bot]

Originally Posted by Shark Bait

Diana Rigg (as Emma Peel) is alright too.

Yes, I always thought so. I have the complete Avengers set on DVD.

The scope is interesting, but that spherical mounting would need a bit of maintenance, I'd imagine.

[doppler (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Shark Bait

Thank you Rick. That site is a gold mine.

Check this link out from that web site some big scopes here http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/c...ave/cave74.pdf

[MattT]

Great links Stu and Rick. Gonna take a bit of time to trawl though this lot! Lucky it's holidays. Love these old school scopes.
Matt

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

It is fair to say that Mrs Peel's detective skills were probably better than her observations.

The Avengers, From Venus With Love - Part 4 of 5

Check out the footage at 2 min 20 sec:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFb5j42wec

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Thanks Stu and Rick .
Stu , I had such a crush on Emma Peel when I was younger , And now I know why , she is HOT !

And Rick , thank you , this is going to kill lots of time during the long wet nights of this wet season , what a gold mine .

And that Newt looks like the origonal " Porta Ball" scope ?
Brian.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Stu , She can come around to my place any night and I will teach her how to use a scope .
That origonal porta ball has no focuser ? it has a secondary tho ?
Emma is welcome any time ..
Brian.

Originally Posted by Shark Bait

It is fair to say that Mrs Peel's detective skills were probably better than her observations.

The Avengers, From Venus With Love - Part 4 of 5

Check out the footage at 2 min 20 sec:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBFb5j42wec

[Wavytone]

LOL.. Diana Rigg is 74...

I'm old enough to remember that episode on its first airing here.
As for that school scope... They were and are complete junk.

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

Stu , She can come around to my place any night and I will teach her how to use a scope .
That origonal porta ball has no focuser ? it has a secondary tho ?
Emma is welcome any time ..
Brian.

Originally Posted by Wavytone

LOL.. Diana Rigg is 74...

I'm old enough to remember that episode on its first airing here.
As for that school scope... They were and are complete junk.

I was thinking along the same lines Brian, and then Wavytone dragged me back to reality (kicking and screaming).

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Kicking and screaming alright , but we all grow old , and when Emma ( Daina ) was 20 ,,, HOT!!! .
I will still teach her how to use my scope . even today , I bet she is a lovely lady .
Brian.

Originally Posted by Wavytone

LOL.. Diana Rigg is 74...

I'm old enough to remember that episode on its first airing here.
As for that school scope... They were and are complete junk.

[Suzy]

you guys!

She's still as gorgeous as ever and she can come observe with me anytime too.

This pic was taken in 2006.


btw, I didn't know until now that she's a Dame!