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May 17, 2015 at 7:45 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #909820

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It should be worth more as it`s rarer, but time will tell.

May 16, 2015 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #910177

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As you say, the Defiant button is electrical and the Spitfire pneumatic. The Typhoon firing button is also electrical but differs from the Defiant in that the back part is made of brass whereas the back of the Defiant button is made of Bakelite. The actual button to fire the guns on a Typhoon and a Defiant is made of Bakelite whereas on a pneumatic grip it is made of brass.

May 16, 2015 at 11:55 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #910408

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Firing button which is listed as Spitfire but is in fact from a Defiant.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181744672268?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

May 5, 2015 at 3:35 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #918390

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Thanks for all the help.

May 4, 2015 at 10:51 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #919244

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I take the point about provenance, but what I meant was, quite often the parts shown are identified by someone on here as coming from something completely unrelated to the type of aircraft in question. I just wondered if the parts shown can be identified as coming from a Mosquito or if it`s impossible to tell ?

May 4, 2015 at 9:01 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay (2015) #919296

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While not my thing, I am curious to know if the relic`s which purport to come from Gibson`s Mosquito are genuine, what do people think ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R-A-F-Mosquito-Relics-KB267-Guy-Gibson-V-C-617-Sqd-Crashed-Holland-19-9-1944-/221762400933?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item33a211b2a5

February 6, 2015 at 2:27 pm in reply to: What are these and are they genuine? #908871

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Yes, it’s just a stylised A. This type of wing can be seen in Warren Carroll’s book.

February 6, 2015 at 1:06 pm in reply to: What are these and are they genuine? #908890

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They are not early volunteer wings, they are just a variation on the standard RAF wing. While wings are not my strong point I think that they are genuine.

February 4, 2015 at 9:05 am in reply to: No 141 Squadron Defiant Nightfighters #911390

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If you have any luck with obtaining a picture of T3926, I would be interested in a copy as I own Wolfe`s wristwatch and I could add the picture to the display.

January 29, 2015 at 3:51 pm in reply to: Plane ID-Help please #918308

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Thanks. I didn`t expect to find out where it was as well, top spotting.

January 27, 2015 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Plane ID-Help please #919985

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Thanks for all the help, much appreciated.

November 15, 2014 at 5:44 pm in reply to: Your Favourite Control Column Stick/Yoke/Grip! #899717

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I was about to suggest the same thing! You are not the chap I sent some hemp twine to a few years ago to cover a grip?

JDH

That would be me, I still have your email address and due to the current topic I was only thinking about you today. What a small world it is.

November 15, 2014 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Your Favourite Control Column Stick/Yoke/Grip! #899758

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The best way to replicate the plastic covering is by using three core twine and removing one of the cores, then once bound on the grip apply a liberal coating of car body filler to fill in the gaps and even it out a bit. The photo below shows a Typhoon grip I did this with on the right of the photo. In my opinion the string applied is usually much too thick and electrical tape doesn`t look anything like it`s supposed to.

Hope this helps ?
BS

September 23, 2014 at 8:41 am in reply to: Kent Battle of Britain Museum acquire the BPA Defiant. #870570

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When I went to the BPA museum you were allowed to climb on the plane and look in the cockpit, take pictures etc, something which I`m sure won`t be allowed in it`s new home. While it is not an original plane, visitors should appreciate it for what it is and the amount of hard work that went into it.
While I applaud what Hawkinge museum stands for, along with the plastic planes, a large part of the flying clothing on display is reproduction (at the risk of being thrown out my friend and I sneaked in a piece of paper and a pencil and did a survey of their RAF flying clothing collection) and so the museum is nowhere near as impressive as it would appear at first glance.
I am in regular contact with Cyril Plimmer who was one of the members of the BPA and a former Boulton Paul employee and a more friendly helpful person you could not hope to meet and so I am glad that the result of all their efforts will be on display for people to see and not locked away somewhere out of view. I must admit to being biased as I am a big fan of the Defiant.

September 8, 2014 at 9:36 am in reply to: One law for the rich and another….. #1844553

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To return to the millionaire Mr Flintoff, while he may have kept his license I`m sure that the £330 fine is really going to hurt him !

Personally I think that once you reach twelve points you should lose your license because lets face it, you don`t go from zero points to twelve in one fell swoop and if you are careless enough to amass twelve points you deserve to lose your license.
If there was no appeal process when you reach twelve points it would be a level playing field for everyone and perhaps people might drive a bit more carefully.
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