A Mig 21 cockpit – complete.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-MIG-21-UM-Cockpit-Sektion-komplett-/170688249767?pt=Transportwesen&hash=item27bdcfffa7#ht_500wt_1413

Very nice, if only I has space and endless amounts of cash!

A fair way down this link is a photo of a B-26 fuselage being used as some type of trainer

http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2004.htm

and I also found this very interesting photo of scrapped B-26’s in Germany, it appears that their nose legs have been cut off, could be good for your model. The photo is too large to post here.

http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/B-26-Marauder/B-26-Photos/pages/44-67839-B-26G-Marauder-322BG452BS-DR-H-scrapped-Landsberg-Germany-1945-01.html

Paul

Hi MSphere

Thank you for the suggestions, I have had a quick look at the links and will get in contact with those organisations. I have to admit however that I was thinking more along the lines of scrapmen and surplus dealers as from past experience buying things from aerospace manufacturers is very expensive.

What normally happens to Soviet style aircraft when they are withdrawn from service, they must be broken up or disposed of somewhere.

Paul

It that the pilot I see bailing/baling out?

I can’t work out exactly what it is but appears to be something that was outside the aircraft on the other side of the hedge.

I can post pics of my grips but nothing really rare, Jag, Su22, Mig 21 and Phantom, the first 2 are in cockpits and the last 2 are complete columns that have been removed properly. I can’t offer any advice on spotting fakes though, would also be interested in collecting a few more but not for the prices I regularly see on that online auction site.

Paul

Hi Tony

I thought your first post on this topic was very informative, I for one am interested and would like to see more photos and info. It seems like the original aim for this thread has gone off on a tangent so it would be great to see it steered back on track.

Paul

Hello Peter

Thank you for the very detailed and informative posts, I have greatly enjoyed reading about your adventure.

As to the wrecked aircraft at Turtle Bay, I too had heard about it and in fact had a photo from a guide book (maybe Lonely Planet?) of it. I asked our guide if we could see it and he replied that the local chief had actually removed it from the airstrip to protect it a bit, the guide looked up the chief, asked if we could see it and then took us to the wreck you can see me standing on in post #8. It was in a lot worse condition than the photo in the guide book and frankly I couldn’t tell what it is although looking at my photo there is a turret ring so was most likely an Avenger.

Paul