Kermit Weeks Lancaster sneek peek..

Opps….my mistake.

Gent’s, KB944 is complete and on display in our National Museum in Ottawa… Kermit has parts of KB994……!

Its a good deal more complex than that David.

The project, when it was sold to Kermit comprised enough parts to build one Lancaster. The nose of KB994, along with the remains of its centre section, and the next section back from KB976 all ended up as a separate project, which is now in Australia. There wasn’t, incidentally, much left of the nose section. The aft fuselage of KB976 is with Aeroventure at Doncaster.

Kermit does indeed have the forward fuselage and nose of KB976. Scampton only have the extended post war RCAF tip of the nose of KB976 which was removed in the early 70s and replaced with the standard nose of KB944 – piror to the flight to UK in 1975.
Kermit also has the remainder of the fuselage of KB994, which was purchased by Charles Church to replaced the damaged bit of KB976 following the hangar collapse.
Despite what Scampton say, they do not have the nose and forward fuselage of KB976 – bar the tip of the nose.

Correction KB994

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I’m looking forward to seeing photos of the forward section of the fuselage. Thanks Mr Weeks.

You wont, its not there

He’s just “like farming”.

I think that’s it, he says those photos are part 2 of 2 sets

I’m looking forward to seeing photos of the forward section of the fuselage. Thanks Mr Weeks.

Hi All,
Well here is the 2nd part of Kermit’s Lancaster reveal enjoy all….:eagerness: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.973566462712433.1073742529.271937182875368&type=3

Geoff.

Hi All,
trumper,
Many thanks for posting Kermit’s Facebook page as I had neglected to in my original post…:eagerness:
To all responders,
Glad I could be of some service to all on Facebook 😉 My apologies for not including Kermit’s Facebook page…..:stupid:

Geoff.

https://www.facebook.com/KermitWeeks/

OK, first of all I want to say how amazed and touched I was by the response from all of you out there!
As I mentioned before, in the past when I’ve see a small number of “Likes” and only a few comments, I’ve often wondered whether or not my time was worth the effort. Now I know and thanks for the GREAT RESPONSE! I think we just set a Facebook record the greatest number of “Likes” for a roll-up door! smile emoticon
I am including a couple of pics here of the engines for my Lancaster Project with more to come as soon as everyone reads and acts on the following –
As you can see, this last post generated about 700 new followers (we just cracked 16,000), 5410 LIKES, 2907 COMMENTS, AND 226 SHARES!
So I understood that all this meant, I asked my social media person as to how Facebook works so, please consider what he said as we move forward – “When it comes to the newsfeed algorithm, actions are weighted, so a CLICK is good, a LIKE is better, a COMMENT even better, and a SHARE is the best.”
And while I always welcome Comments and Shares and am happy to respond to relevant questions, all I ask from you is that, AT A MINIMUM, please “LIKE” each of my posts (and pic if possible). This only involves a tap on the screen of your smart phone or a quick click on your computer! FYI – I read EVERY one of your comments and just spent 4 hours reading and responding to yours!
It takes two to tango so, to test out our new relationship, let’s see how fast we can generate 3500 “Likes” on this post so I can release the rest of the pics and information I’ve included in “Lancaster Project Pics Part 2 of 2!

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I don’t know how Kermit finds the time to post all that he does, but I’m grateful. While appreciating the drawbacks of FB, it’s a fantastic resource to stay informed about historic aviation news and groups.

He said he spent four hours today scrolling through, and replying to, comments about the Lancaster tease. How’s that? What a cool dude.

I’ve put a comment on as well.

Merlin engine pics up now.

I don’t know how Kermit finds the time to post all that he does, but I’m grateful. While appreciating the drawbacks of FB, it’s a fantastic resource to stay informed about historic aviation news and groups.

I don’t usually like using such phrases but I just feel compelled to do so.

Isn’t Kermit Weeks just the ‘coolest guy’ on the planet!

I’ve added my message as have many hundreds of others from around the world!

Kermit’s tweets and FB updates seem to be the best way of finding out more about his extensive collection!