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Post by jp on Jan 23, 2018 18:49:19 GMT 12
What WWII Warbirds are in the line up? I've heard a Polikarpov mentioned, and the Catalina....Mosquito? Fw-190? Spit XIV?
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Post by jp on Jan 13, 2018 14:17:52 GMT 12
20 yrs or 30 - doesn't matter - my point is unlike its first resto which returned the aircraft to what appears to be an immaculate TT paint-scheme, in its wartime guise, it wasn't even unmasked completely for thirty years...
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Post by jp on Jan 13, 2018 9:53:48 GMT 12
I suggested the conversion was half-hearted because aside from re-installing a turret and changing the colour scheme, what was done to the internal fit-out, what about the stinger gun position?
Also, when I raised a question early last year with museum staff re: the formation lights on the underside of the fuselage which are on drawings, but don't seem to show up on photos on the restored aircraft, one of the museum went to check and found they were still masked over from its repaint nearly 20 years ago - so maybe 3/4 hearted might be fairer....
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Post by jp on Jan 13, 2018 6:34:50 GMT 12
It seems you've also inadvertently deleted posts re: the P-40 and the Oxford , Dave.....
On another note, how about restoring the Avenger back to TT config? Plenty of boring 3-tone ones around the country now, and converting it to its war-time scheme seems a bit half-hearted anyway - as an aircraft that has one of the longest continual ownership records by the Air Force (if you include the museum), why not put it back in the colours it served the longest in?
As an aside - the "bumble bee" scheme usually attracts much more attention from non-enthusiasts (wives, children) than the current one.....
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Post by jp on Jan 11, 2018 18:54:15 GMT 12
The dioramas (devon, beaver, etc) seem to have been done away with to make it easier to move aircraft in and out easily for corporate events?
Just as a thought - does the museum get any income from the events held in their new hall, or are they just paid an annual lease for its use by the local council?
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Post by jp on Nov 30, 2017 19:26:24 GMT 12
No worries.....
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Post by jp on Nov 30, 2017 18:33:02 GMT 12
Thanks, Dave, but Auckland is a long way to go for a party - I'll catch up with Paul in the New Year....
Feel free to report back after the weekend!
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Post by jp on Nov 30, 2017 17:28:28 GMT 12
Realistically, how viable a project is this? David Collins in the UK has been collecting/cataloguing parts for years, and hasn't really acquired much more than a cockpit....are there enough parts in existence (wheels, tyres, props, engines, instruments, etc) to complete an airworthy example? It would be a shame for it to end up like the TFC Beaufighter, which has stagnated due to (among other reasons) a lack of suitable engines......
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Post by jp on Nov 25, 2017 10:52:42 GMT 12
True - but he could have bought a bomber for less than a million pounds - one with a bomb sight.....precision bombing in 1938 didn't really exist.... somewhat ironically, the closest aircraft to a precision bomber at that time was probably the Ju-87....
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Post by jp on Nov 25, 2017 7:53:52 GMT 12
Surely, if this did happen, and the millionaire was serious, after being turned down he would have asked someone else? By 1938 there must have been more than a few anti-Hitler Jewish sympathisers that could have been approached...
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Post by jp on Nov 22, 2017 8:23:38 GMT 12
Actually, the author wouldn't be the first to suggest that Monty was hesitant to take advantage of forces in retreat, due to concern over casualties - Caen could have been taken easily after D-Day if a decisive move had been made on it, rather than having to level the whole city after it had been heavily reinforced, due to a hesitant advance in that direction....
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Post by jp on Nov 16, 2017 8:53:59 GMT 12
I've seen a review of this - latest New Zealand Aviation newspaper I think? Reviewed as generally good, with a few obvious errors..... definitely worth a look
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Post by jp on Nov 6, 2017 20:39:50 GMT 12
Hi - can someone please pm me Don's contact details? Thanks
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Post by jp on Oct 30, 2017 14:27:09 GMT 12
According to wikipedia, you're half right - officially there isn't a -1a, but it has been used post war to differentiate between early and late -1's..... but the differentiation does exist, and it wasn't invented by modellers....
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Post by jp on Oct 27, 2017 14:59:55 GMT 12
Rain on many other parades today Dave? If everyone in aviation preservation was as positive as your comments, there would be a couple less airworthy Mosquitoes in the world.....
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Post by jp on Oct 17, 2017 13:16:47 GMT 12
High horse anyone? The parts were all sitting in a paddock before being re-purposed - they are still sitting in a paddock - how's that vandalism?
and Rone - I think you're right (if my memory is correct) - pretty sure there are parts/assemblies other than Ansons there - maybe Bobcat/Crane or something similar?
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Post by jp on Oct 13, 2017 9:46:26 GMT 12
It is a TT.5, (not that you can tell the difference from a MkV from these photos) but it belongs to RAFM, not IWM
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Post by jp on Oct 7, 2017 9:42:52 GMT 12
Why suspend the Spitfire? Suspended aircraft offer rubbish viewing (Tempest V at RAF museum is a good example of this) - did MK XVI's even get used with any frequency against V-1s? Also, I'm betting tipping happened a lot less often than legend would lead people to believe, especially Merlin Spits which would have struggled to pull up alongside them.....
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Post by jp on Sept 8, 2017 22:09:50 GMT 12
or....different people place different values on signatures/initials/graffiti than others (snob appeal?) - if banksy had graffitied the Avenger, it would be worth more as a work of art than as an aircraft, and the people scrubbing off the paint would be desecrating a work of art.....
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Post by jp on Sept 8, 2017 18:40:31 GMT 12
Graffiti on aircraft is often factory applied - plenty of people on production lines signed their names discretely in/on aircraft. And what about "Flak Bait" at the Smithsonian? apart from some signatures added after the war, the bare patch on the nose where people have worn the paint off by touching it are part of its history... If one of the pilots/aircrew had scratched their initials on it, would they still be a dickhead who had desecrated the airframe or not?
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