Hi all,
The past decade we have seen short production runs of Yak 3/9, Focke Wulf 190 and Nakajima Oscars. These have proved popular as well as troublesome.
Purely hypothetical (but if someone is inspired, feel free:cool: )
Would there be sufficient interest in a similar set up of RAF-types. I was
thinking about 10 examples of the VS Spitfire 21/Seafire 47, Spiteful/Seafang
or Martin Baker MB5, Hawker Tempest V’s (with a griffon engine for example).
Or is this purely feasable for the axis aircraft regarding interest about anything from the darkside?
Cheers
Cees
By: Cking - 25th May 2007 at 09:37
It would be nice to have a couple of Hawker Typhoons new build. There must be a few erks who know everything about Napier Sabres.
Sound nice but don’t forget the few erks who would have known about them are 70+!!
My old apprentice master (The late Reg Weeding) actualy did work on the Sabres for a bit. He says they were a pig to keep servicable. He was glad when the first jets turned up!
Besides Sabres are not exactly thick on the ground either.
2/3rd’s replica’s on the other hand are proberbly the way forward. There are loads available so modifying a design would be easy. In fact wasn’t the WAR FW-190 was a basic design that could be changed into a variety of shapes? I.E not just the various FW’s but Thunderbolt’s and Zero’s????
Rgds Cking
By: Moggy C - 25th May 2007 at 07:44
I doubt if anyone would want to spend the money involved in buying a replica of a type (MB5) with no service history when they could probably pick up a Spitfire, Mustang or Hurricane for less. Maybe the odd eccentric, but certainly not enough to buy up a production run.
Rob P
By: Cees Broere - 25th May 2007 at 07:34
Yes, that would be nice as well.
But double the engines and the costs will multiply by four I think.
The Tempest jigs can be used to reconvert some back to Tiffy status. Scratch some new wings and presto!.
Is there a market for such aircraft (the list I mentioned in the initial post)?
Cees
By: MrBlueSky - 24th May 2007 at 23:35
What no twins… 😮
Three that come to mind are Whirlwind, Hornet and Beaufighter…;)
By: GliderSpit - 24th May 2007 at 20:41
It would be nice to have a couple of Hawker Typhoons new build. There must be a few erks who know everything about Napier Sabres.
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