I was so pleased to read your comment Circus 6. Just when I thought I was the only one who hates all this ‘her’ and ‘she’ nonsense when referring to aeroplanes.

It’s an affliction of having worked on them for a quarter of a century. Regardless of shape they can all be a total pain to work on. They’re just machines (albeit ones we seem to get overly nostalgic about).

No reason why it would not be allowed to fly in the UK. The only power plant banned in the UK for r/c models is Pulse Jets. Also if the model is over 20kg (IIRC) the model needs to be inspected whilst under construction under a scheme agreed with the CAA and operated by the Large Model Association.

Anyway……….very imaginative model though especially taking off from the ramp.

That can’t be true, pulse jets fly at Weston Park model show every year. Unless its a NZ thing.

Lol Tony!!!! I think that’s a Chanel Cone though 😉

BK,
As alluded to on this thread earlier on, I saw it at Stafford in the RAF Museum store. That was in 2008, and it was outside. One can assume it’s still there, or contact Ewan at the Stafford store and ask him. I don’t remember his surname, but he’s on this forum under his real name but very infrequently. Lovely chap.

Brake cleaner

I would imagine it’s unit marking. Warning triangles always point down, not up.

Meddle, I’m a mere 41, and have spent the last 23 years fixing UK’s fly able aeroplanes. Restoration, rebuild, repair, line operations, depth maintenance, scheduled servicings, modifications etc etc. I’m that younger guy and there are hundreds like me.

The pilots who fly warbirds are generally older because they’ve worked a lifetime to afford the finer things in life. That said, there is a new crop of warbird pilots, just go and look in the pilots tent at Legends. The thing is, if you’ve spent millions on your toy and are capable of flying it, surely you’re going to have a go? And the age of some of these guys is a mark of experience.
Incidentally you refer to filling of metal if that 109 if it were restored. We don’t use body filler on flying aeroplanes, so I don’t know why you thought that?
(This post is more from the heart and less tongue in cheek).

The thought of losing the original paint work, no matter how scruffy it is, makes me wince slightly. I would put a prop on it and call it a day.

Surely putting a prop on it, you’d have to take the original off, which was torqued on many many years ago? Then you lose originality.
That old paint is just that. That old metal is just that. Do you preserve every can of pop you ever drink because once it may have been part of an aircraft? There are still aircraft wrecks littering PNG, and many other parts of the world. Perhaps we should just throw this one back in the water, as that paint will be bleaching out in the American atmosphere…