You can see “The One Show” on the BBC building a WW2 Decoy Hawker Hurricane here —-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l7wlq/The_One_Show_15_06_2009 — from about 7min. 30sec. to 12min.
Does anyone know if the plans used were the original WW2 ones?
Does anyone know if the recreation has been saved or if it went straight to the rubbish skip?
By: spitfireman - 16th June 2009 at 17:56
That’s a great find, thanks for posting. It is amazing what wartime subjects make in onto such ‘light’ programming these days.
The plans shown didn’t look like decoy plans to me, more like balsa-wood model plans but I could be wrong. The wartime decoy wouldn’t have had the box underneath (not sure why they built it that way) as the shadows a decoy cast, including the undercarriage, were as important as the general look of it.
I doubt there was much of the decoy worth saving; unless you were interested in it as a decoy. It looked very shoddily covered and wouldn’t last long in any sort of weather.
To get it to sit on an undercarriage would require a spar which would make it more complex and expensive. It was cheaper sat on the box. Your right, it would only be skip fodder.
Proved the point though, nice to see
By: Creaking Door - 16th June 2009 at 17:12
That’s a great find, thanks for posting. It is amazing what wartime subjects make in onto such ‘light’ programming these days.
The plans shown didn’t look like decoy plans to me, more like balsa-wood model plans but I could be wrong. The wartime decoy wouldn’t have had the box underneath (not sure why they built it that way) as the shadows a decoy cast, including the undercarriage, were as important as the general look of it.
I doubt there was much of the decoy worth saving; unless you were interested in it as a decoy. It looked very shoddily covered and wouldn’t last long in any sort of weather.
By: Phantom Phil - 16th June 2009 at 12:52
What a facinating find. Good work Matt!
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June 16, 2009 at 10:21 am