Yes must be hard for you being such a smart @rse Mike:D; and Bruce , yes I’d like to see that rubbed down, primered, topcoated, codes and stencil applied in a week, but as I’ve said before now it has been repainted if there was any damage, no one will see it.

Forgot to put the smiley thing on, you know the one that lets people know that your joking or being sarcastic etc.

Well lets hope they can get it there safely without the major structural damage done to the poor old Tiffy when en route to Canada :rolleyes:

Hi bazv, what happened there then? I recall some discussion on this very forum where a few members that had reservations with regards to how achievable the move was without some damage, were shot down in flames by the usual knownothing brigade; all of which were (apparently) fully paid up members of the loadmasters union……..

Tractors & farm machinery are rarely part-numbered.

They don’t use a lot of stainless either; it might be the business end of a grain drill, often quite thin and were prone to rusting (running in the damp soil as they do) not usually round or square, but quite thin in section, essentially the bit dragged through the ground to create the groove in which the seed is deposited, (let me know if I’m getting too technical)

Whilst I can’t say “definitely” the idea of stripping every engine down after “running in” seems strange, as the running in or bedding in should be the final stage; from what I’ve read on the Sabre, it appears the failure rate (early on) was attributed to the use of (relatively) unskilled workers allowing debris to contaminate the engines in the build process, that being the case would you really strip an engine that has run without issue so that it can be rebuilt again, opening up the same avenue for contamination?

I have some bad news Moggy, Frank’s gone…….

On another note weren’t the JP engines re-lifed by RR just by inspection; their initial lifetime being too conservative? (much like the Merlin)

Brian as you know I have removed comments made on one of your Duxford threads in the past, but realistically can you expect that people will not comment on the pictures you post, especially when they narrate a story close to the hearts of many on this forum; a picture that is worth a thousand words, must expect a few in response.

Still seems odd, like your wife using your credit card to buy you an expensive present then she gives it to your neighbour

Sorry to hear about that…….