Sea Hawk WV797

. . . and now, three weeks later it’s finished! 🙂

Well, the rocket rails and cockpit floor are to be painted (this Sunday), but to all intents and purposes MAM’s curvy little Naval jet fighter is finished and resplendent in its new paint job.

A few pix to illustrate the ‘more gooder‘ look. Consider that shine, the smoothness of the finish, the precision of the decals and markings. Notice the nose wheel bay – cleaned up a treat. There was remarkable little corrosion, some surface flaking is all, and that was mostly the old paint lifting. The cockpit is in really good shape, nothing missing, nothing broken. Pity it will never ‘light up’ but as explained previously, all the wiring is suspect and it would be too time-consuming to go over all the looms and circuits doing integrity and suitability checks. (This took about a year on their Canberra).

In the near future, WV797 will be re-positioned its tail pointing nearly into the corner of the field. This will allow more room in between it and the Hunter and help access (photo angles?) to the Sea Hawk, Javelin and Hunter. At least, that’s my theory. :rolleyes:

Looks like the work was completed just in time too as the English summer is setting in with rain, overcast, inclement weather and rain. It’ll probably rain a bit too. Did I mention it will rain?

Anyway, do go along and have a look. Phone ahead, you never know, there may just be a chance of having a look in the pilot’s office. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays are the best days in my opinion as the Chief Engineer is there on those days.

Oh, and if you do go, don’t worry too much about what they’re doing to the F-4’s radome. :rolleyes:
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