Interesting to hear G-ORDY’s thoughts re Percival’s litigious nature, perhaps this is why there was never a Putnam ‘Percival’ volume?..surely derserving of one in my opinion.

According to the Silvester book, ‘For some reason known only to himself, Percival always chose to start his production numbers at 20’ …I guess we will never know!

Hi Tom,…It might well of been me who sent you pix of the 109 wing spar, long time ago it seems. I trust that you have given up on the dreaded spit wing spar??!!!

The attached shot shows the wing structure from a 109e, the wing on the F / G s etc series similar in format. However a lot of detail differences, also shorter in span.

Chumpy.

Some while back I purchased a DVD of a WW2 vintage info film entitled ‘ Daily Inspection of a Spitfire’, this shows in great detail the daily routine of inspection, refueling, rearming etc. Good deatail of the chaps doing there thing, uniforms etc.

I got mine from a well known internet auction site…search for ‘Spitfire Inspection DVD’ and you should find it,… from a seller in Canada!

Cheers, Chumpy.

Oh thanks Chumpy. Brilliant. 30 years of therapy undone in one sentence. I thought I was passed that bast**d model. Totally forgot about it. Choosing between Airfix’s Churchill tank or being ******** by a priest, I would have chosen Catholicism any day of the week. Not an evil kit, nor one that was badly designed, but…

…I was only ten 🙁

Hi Phil,
So sorry to dredge up your nightmare, but I thought I was alone…shall we form a victims support group?

I seem to recall the Buffalo amphib thingy was a bit similar, thence I stuck strictly to aircraft..and to mothers best table!!

Cheers, Chumpy.

Spitfire windscreen de-icer tank

Yes it is the true, the new owner of AR213 preferring Duxford rather than Booker as his operating base.

Chumpy.

…oh gawd!!