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I was just pointing out the things ive seen over the years and what the overall impression they give me. if anyone agrees or disagrees with me i dont mind.

there is nothing more real than the sight sound and smell of the actual none replica thing. by being around objects that have lived through the period of time they were born in lifts the imagination of who made it,touched it etc. although we could drift off into how authentic is authentic nowerdays? but best avoid that as long as poss as that was not the point of this thread i dont think.

A replica over time will develope a history and become characterlized much as the replicas at Hawkinge air museum but even these look dodgy now. if these new build museum replicas are of a high standard then that would probably make them stand out from the rest, especially if of a rare none existant type like a Stirling is built (unlikely). it would take alot of time,effort, money and imagination to make it work in a magical way that the real thing can do with ease.

dont get mixed up between full scale static display replicas, rebuilt replicas and flying replicas. cockpits only or full airframe. engines and wear and tear bits not included as these are changed on a live a/c often.

static display replicas =
plastic,fibreglass,resin,moulded,bonded,glued,screwed,nailed oversized airfix kits with abit of internal structure to give them strength but have no internal guts or structure of the real item unless modified.. with no real history behind the model replica other than what it externaly represents

rebuilt replicas =
a/c rebuilt using as many original sourced parts as poss. although rebuilding of structual/skinning may have to repaired at the cost of some originality but as long as the new bits are joined to old original still attatched bits somewhere down the line then thats close enough.. history of the airframe will obviously be mixed unless there was a complete sirframe to start with

full scale flying replicas =
which is as good as the real thing in my tiny mind but are built to the same structual methods as per original design although plumbing different and more reliable abundent engines are sometimes used that from the outside look authentic. we have seen new build fw190`s and ME262,s reflecting the sun from thier wings recently as they graced the sky and fantastic they look but still only replicas!!

same here, will browse through them later coz they look great from what ive quicklt looked at

a one of these earlier today just ahead of the rain at 10am. i think the Cub is based near Bala, North Wales

looks like the kind of pop/clip item your would put a hole of a leather belt strap through kind of thing?