Well there I was on the M25 this lunchtime…

I’m shure this Seafire will look great in it’s navy colours. I’m looking forward to see an update from our local Seafire reporter (easy tiger) 😉

Stieglitz

Re Spitfire,

Just an idea but a Homebuild Spitfire arrived at Shoreham
one day last week – Maybe………

So wheres the port wingtip in the second shot?

Just kidding…
BARNOWL *takes cover*

XN923

A bit like this one?

Mark

LOL – that’s the one. A bit of Silvo and you’re there.

Mk12, do you ever not come up with the goods?

It is called a ‘Road Angel’, Mark

I have a similar device that I married nearly 15 years ago; she just nags about the speed limits to a point where I have to comply to keep her quiet.

The “mother in law” version is even worse, she goes on about watching the speed limit whether I’m exceeding it or not.

Neither of them is particularly adept at aircraft recognition, though the present Mrs EN830 has been known to stop what she is doing to look for the source of a merlin/griffon engine, overhead.

Funny how, on my recent trips to the UK, on my own, Portsmouth Ferry terminal to Clevedon, which is just south of Bristol on the M5, would take 1hr 45. With the speed limiter sat in the passenger seat it would be in excess of 2 hrs.

Just wondering where one obtains the “Mk.12 Spitfire Detecting Radar” (TM) for fitment to Rice Rockets and other man-of-a-certain-age cars.

I know a few folks would buy one…

Or perhaps, like miners, you used a more organic warning technique, like a little birdie whispering in your ear?

😀

James,

It is called a ‘Road Angel’, and also picks up laser signals from mobile police speed enforcement devices…and if you are mighty quick on the brakes…but not last month 🙁

As for ‘men of a certain age’ cars, I believe only pensioners, as an age group, can afford the group 20 insurance. 🙂

Mark

JDK, Mark 12 doesn’t need synthetic electronic gadgetry. Over the period of his extensive and long life he has developed and fine tuned his ESP senses, “Exact Spitfire Positioning”.

He can now track, lock on to and identify over 200 Spitfire targets at any one time, over a radius of several thousands of miles, by, just, sniffing the wind.

Well there I was on the M25 this lunchtime when this little beauty hove in to view.

Just wondering where one obtains the “Mk.12 Spitfire Detecting Radar” (TM) for fitment to Rice Rockets and other man-of-a-certain-age cars.

I know a few folks would buy one…

Or perhaps, like miners, you used a more organic warning technique, like a little birdie whispering in your ear?

😀

It would be nice to see one of these in the earlier scheme or the FR scheme (silver with yellow wing/fuselage bands) as most of the survivors seem to be in the standard sky/ESDG high demarcation scheme like these. It is nice though, and it would look just the ticket in partnership with a Sea Fury and a Firefly MkV.

I’m going slightly giddy at the very thought.

XN923

A bit like this one?

Mark

It would be nice to see one of these in the earlier scheme or the FR scheme (silver with yellow wing/fuselage bands) as most of the survivors seem to be in the standard sky/ESDG high demarcation scheme like these. It is nice though, and it would look just the ticket in partnership with a Sea Fury and a Firefly MkV.

I’m going slightly giddy at the very thought.

I think the “standard sky/EDSG high demarcation scheme” is one of the best finishes ever applied to operational aircraft!

But then, I’m prejudiced……… 😀 😀

Looking forward to seeing this aeroplane back in the air. Well done to all who have worked on her.

It would be nice to see one of these in the earlier scheme or the FR scheme (silver with yellow wing/fuselage bands) as most of the survivors seem to be in the standard sky/ESDG high demarcation scheme like these. It is nice though, and it would look just the ticket in partnership with a Sea Fury and a Firefly MkV.

I’m going slightly giddy at the very thought.

The fuselage of the Crystal Lake Seafire is sorta that color!

One of Mark 12’s colour schemes methinks … 🙂

Now that you mention it, I remember seeing pics (of models) in this sort of scheme.

The fuselage of the Crystal Lake Seafire is sorta that color!

Roarex. It should end up looking something like this, but with a different fleet number and possibly Yeovilton codes 😉

Nice 🙂

Sid Cotton used a very similar colour early on in his work which he called Camotint – although it worked very well against the sky, it was much less sucessful in hiding the machine from above when parked or at low level.

Which of course was adopted by RAF/FAA as Sky – which will be the underside of the Spit, er sorry, Seafire when it’s finished!

Moving by road is far less expensive. To fly it in, it would need to be made airworthy for the ferry flight; including weight and balance. Add to this insurance, fuel and cost of paperwork 😮 . To do a proper spray job all the control surfaces would need to be removed, plus other sundry bits and pieces. After spraying, weight and balance has to be done again when fully assembled then inspected again. Yes; cheaper by road. They could have bubble-wrapped it I suppose. 😎

OK, so Maxalpha (denizen of Bicester) has today viewed the Seafire at an airfield in all liklihood not too far away (say in Bucks/Northants) which might just have a reputation for top-quality spraying.

Is this all really supposed to be secret???? And why???????????
Still, more fun than Sudoko, I suppose!

Roarex. It should end up looking something like this, but with a different fleet number and possibly Yeovilton codes 😉

Look i just went and checked the thing in the hanger ,it is all there no bits missing , so dont go rushing out around the M25 looking for a missing wing tip 😉 :diablo:

but where is the right wingtip in the second photo of the country road it really looks that its gone