rant away lol but how much does a few small tins of paint, a couple of brushes and a little bit of artistic skill cost?, especially if its offered for free..

i understand and appreciate the costs involved in restoring and operating any type of aircraft or vehicle. sometimes though they are overdone where everything is as sharp as a pin and nothing like how they come out of the factory but its down to the personal choice of the owner that takes pride in the machine.

on the other hand a run around on a rare 1958 Matchless 600cc CS motorcycle, its not mint but it turns heads where ever it goes. its not restored to original colours but then its not there to represent a specific machine or time period in front of thousands of people each year

WATER SLIDE TRANSFERS!! lol, i take back my Airfix jibe. i wonder how long they did that for??.

we applied a whopper of a stick on Phoenix transfer on each side of the tail fin of a Tornado F3 at Coningsby to try it out and save time instead of using stencils. we also did stick ons for most of the markings on that one aircraft. over which we applied a coat of varnish to “improve” the aerodynamics.

needless to say the aircraft came back from its first high speed flight a little lighter as it had lost both the Phoenix stickers over Scotland somewhere and most of the stencils.

the other Phoenix stickers that had been done ended up on display around various parts of the station and one was even cheesily and proudly applied to the bonnet of a VAUXHAL VIVA