Mosquito prototype fabric

Just set a date mate! don’t surpose you would bring a cockpit or two for our open weekend (first weekend in March)?

Wowser!!!!!!! Reminds me of the Del Boy and Rodney episode of them painting of a takeaway in dodgy BR yellow!!!!

I need to pop over old chap with a Cobra sidewindow to see your stuff!!!!

I wonder what became of the underside from LF363?

Large sections of the wing skins are held by and on display at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.

Wowser!!!!!!! Reminds me of the Del Boy and Rodney episode of them painting of a takeaway in dodgy BR yellow!!!!

I need to pop over old chap with a Cobra sidewindow to see your stuff!!!!

Do you mean like this….

When I visited the Mosquito Museum many years ago, our guide was showing us the prototype, when someone commented on the rather garish yellow paint scheme.

Our guide smiled and commented on the fact that they regularly got a lot of visitors researching the colours – particularly modellers – matching the yellow to a coloured fan deck.

Those researchers went away satisfied that they had finally nailed down the exact prototype yellow – from a genuine source.

The guide smiled and then used his thumbnail to scrape away a small area of bright yellow – to reveal the true otiginal chrome yellow underneath!!

Apparently the prototype had been badly restored previously – and the lemon yellow used as the final coat was totally unauthentic.

So there are many models of the Mosquito out there in a ‘genuine’ prototype yellow paint scheme – matched to the original – that are totally wrong!!

Ken

When I visited the Mosquito Museum many years ago, our guide was showing us the prototype, when someone commented on the rather garish yellow paint scheme.

Our guide smiled and commented on the fact that they regularly got a lot of visitors researching the colours – particularly modellers – matching the yellow to a coloured fan deck.

Those researchers went away satisfied that they had finally nailed down the exact prototype yellow – from a genuine source.

The guide smiled and then used his thumbnail to scrape away a small area of bright yellow – to reveal the true otiginal chrome yellow underneath!!

Apparently the prototype had been badly restored previously – and the lemon yellow used as the final coat was totally unauthentic.

So there are many models of the Mosquito out there in a ‘genuine’ prototype yellow paint scheme – matched to the original – that are totally wrong!!

Ken

The damaged parts of LF363 were widely dispersed. A big chunk went to the Static Hurricane project at Duxford. Another chunk went to the project at Little Gransden. I think Rocketeer came late to the party, but had a few bits for his project.

The best fabric to go for on W4050 would be wing fabric, as it is from the original, original aircraft.

Bruce

Of course if this were the Smithsonian, they would have kept the fabric as an original example of the linen and its history of markings.

The damaged parts of LF363 were widely dispersed. A big chunk went to the Static Hurricane project at Duxford. Another chunk went to the project at Little Gransden. I think Rocketeer came late to the party, but had a few bits for his project.

The best fabric to go for on W4050 would be wing fabric, as it is from the original, original aircraft.

Bruce

It makes sense, it would only end up in storage otherwise. BBMF have kept P7350s war time panels with bullet holes in them. I wonder what became of the underside from LF363? I recall the damaged panels being under her in pictures when she was rolled out, with an under wing roundel on one.

Great idea – I would love a piece too…great fundraiser!!

Some of it already has been. Ten years ago or so?

I suspect that now they have planning approval for the new hangar, they will step this sort of thing up.

Bruce

I will get a piece if they do! Other organisations do it so fingers crossed

Neat little fund raising idea that. Sell little squares of it off with a certificate.