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Post by aeromedia on Sept 29, 2010 15:10:47 GMT 12
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Post by vs on Sept 29, 2010 16:27:42 GMT 12
wow! amazing restoration!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 29, 2010 17:24:54 GMT 12
I'll say, that is a real mint example.
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Post by baz62 on Sept 29, 2010 18:01:38 GMT 12
Where are the oil leaks?  Veryu nice example and obviously has put his heart and soul into this T6. Did you get some tips Pete? ;D |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Oct 2, 2010 17:31:18 GMT 12
Love how immaculate the cockpit is - probably better than when it was fresh off the assembly line!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 2, 2010 18:02:55 GMT 12
Very nice indeed.
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Post by aeromedia on Oct 3, 2010 10:21:02 GMT 12
It was a lovely sunny Wisconsin day, and just being able to wander around at such close quarters and watch the owner carefully and quietly replace the panels and fasten the zusses gave me a warm and cosy T6 glow !  I think it has since had more markings applied externally. It looked like a very very fresh restoration. The polished fastening heads against the base colour is certainly a different approach. |
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Post by corsair67 on Oct 3, 2010 13:24:14 GMT 12
I'm sorry to have to say this, but I don't think that restoration is very good at all - certainly not worthy of a Gold.
The exhaust pipe hasn't been chromed! ;D
Apart from that, it's okay I guess. ;D
Great photos, aeromedia.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 3, 2010 22:27:13 GMT 12
What was the colour scheme representing? Is that a WWII US Navy scheme? Or a postwar one? It's quite dark, almost like it is designed for night ops?
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Post by lumpy on Oct 4, 2010 8:09:34 GMT 12
I'm sorry to have to say this, but I don't think that restoration is very good at all - certainly not worthy of a Gold. The exhaust pipe hasn't been chromed! ;D Apart from that, it's okay I guess. ;D Great photos, aeromedia. I actually did wonder about that myself . Would it really have been that bright and shiney even when brand new ? It does look fantastic , but I wonder if they ever looked quite that good ? |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 4, 2010 13:02:59 GMT 12
Still very very nice. A lot of restored cars look better than they did off the original production line.
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Post by aeromedia on Oct 4, 2010 15:48:45 GMT 12
"Did they ever look that good brand new?"
No, . . . but it doesn't matter. There are all sorts of camps. Ranging from he originality brigade to the bright and shiney showstoppers. There's plenty of room in the warbird world for them all. I have some great shots of P51's and the Seafire from Oshkosh and will try and get them up soon.
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Post by lumpy on Oct 4, 2010 19:30:51 GMT 12
"Did they ever look that good brand new?" No, . . . but it doesn't matter. There are all sorts of camps. Ranging from he originality brigade to the bright and shiney showstoppers. There's plenty of room in the warbird world for them all. I have some great shots of P51's and the Seafire from Oshkosh and will try and get them up soon. Thanks for that ( and yr reply flyjoe ) , that is what I figured , but thought I should ask . I do sometimes have a little to do with vintage vehicles in my ocupation , and see many looking way better than new ( and have no problem with that - they look fantastic ) but the most interesting ones ( for me anyway )are those that are only restored just enough to function - although I guess thats not really possible with planes . |
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Post by aeromedia on Oct 5, 2010 6:09:43 GMT 12
No, . . . its a fair comment you make about how they looked v's how they can look. As you no doubt are aware, overseas there's been a bit of a trend to have museums peel away the shiney restorations to reveal the original patina underneath. Sounds like a highly specialised process to me, but if theres something underneath to "uncover" then I guess that history is priceless and merits unveiling. Another quite cool trend is to have recovered wrecks display as wrecks, and not attempt to make anything more of them.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 5, 2010 7:58:35 GMT 12
Grant, some aircraft restorations are basic just to get it flying, others are fitted with all new interior for comfort and safety (look inside ZK-TAF) and then there are others which are restoredto the absolute inth as is was off the factory floor. I was talking with Richie at Avspecs about this the other day and he was sating about the Tomahawk, the lengths they have gone to to et all the original speck piping, etc which is 4 times the price of prefectly adequate cheaper stuff. There was a lot more involved than piping too, the aircraft is 1/1 superdetailed. It's all down to what the owner wants, and what they want to pay. And that is the difference between a gold winner at Oshkosh (like the Spitfire Mk V they rebuilt) and an average rebuild
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I think it has since had more markings applied externally. It looked like a very very fresh restoration. The polished fastening heads against the base colour is certainly a different approach.
