Wasdale Mountain Rescue team find
A member of the above team gave me this piece of wreckage many miles from any known crash sites yesterday. I thought it looked military as there is an Anson above Cam Spout Crag on the S. side of Scafell and a Spitfire on Ill Crag nearby.
The only others nearby were civvy (a Cherokee on Esk Hause and an Arrow on Bowfell) but this was found way, way South west of either of these sites.
As you can see, there is green paint on one of the skins. It has probably been blown or carried there.
Thanks in advance.
Patty
Wessex/Whirlwind airframes at Weston museum.
Here are some pics of some airframes I spotted at a flightsim show at Westom Supermare Helicopter Muesum. I never got a chance to speak to the owners as to availability but it looks like some may have been languishing there for a while.
I have more a comprehensive list in picture form so here are the Wessexes and one of the many Whirlwinds out the back.
For the record, that’s 4 different Wessexes.
Also has anybody heard of a company called “Their finest Hour Ltd.” . Are they a charity, are all the proceeds going to RAFBF? The website was a little unclear http://www.theirfinesthour.co.uk/
Spitfire camo brown query.
The second Spitfire simulator back from it’s first show of the year. Not happy with the brown on the camo tho. tried Johnstone’s mixed BS381c for dark earth but it was way too dark then I matched a chip that a very kind engineer at ARC Duxford gave me that came closest to Johnstone’s Nutmeg. Any ideas anybody.
The colour of the brown in this MK5 A from Duxford is the one I think I need. I am assuming this is Dark Earth that would have been used up until ’41.
Any suggested suppliers for the right colour? Would the brown on the second pic be Dark Earth. My chip came from the Blenheim nose section removed from the one being restored at Duxford.
Spitfire Mk2 Ready for painting
All the design snags are complete on Mk2 so now it’s on to Mk3 which is away at the cutters as we speak.
Flea Progress
Above is the Flea prop scratch built by our very talented carpenter John Phillips.
And below is the scratch built upper wing in progress.
Jet ranger simulator
I wish I didn’t have a “real job” to go to. I could get so much more done at Millom! Here is our latest exhibit that I picked up today from Sunderland. It went under several reg no.s until it crashed as G-OJEF in 2005. As you can see the rotor went through the left side rear so we will be breaking it from the rear seat back.
So far the plan for monitors is similar to the Traumahawk sim setup.
Which pump sir?
The bad side.
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