Mr. Silburn at Sefton Clothing has repaired to USAAF used RAF Type C helmets for me and does absolutely amazing first class work.

How did the oil cooler intake get smashed? Seems to me leaving it that way doesn’t fall under historical preservation does it? Ouch!

From my own examination of the IWM Spitfire it would seem that the current paint scheme is all there is on it. It doesn’t have any indication of a previous scheme and I would suggest that it was given a bare metal strip at some point before its current colours. Digging for a previous scheme would be another fruitless Spitfire dig 😉

I’m curious if that was common practice for Spits being passed on to OTU or even being rebuilt for further front line use?

I’ve often wondered if the Spit I at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry would be the same way or if her paint history is there, one layer at a time

Maybe someone can help this guy and the kids who are doing the 1:1 Spitfire build

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=117155

“Clouds of Fear” by Sammy Hall

This whole thread totally restores ones faith in people and this forum, good on all those people that are donating lending and helping with this project, what the kids will learn from this is that the older generation really take delight in helping youngsters do something very vey worthwhile.
Now who has plans for the B-36 I i am starting on in the basement ? 😀

Mike Pannell

It does make you want to point this out to the crowd that complains about the kids not knowing the history.

Lots of folks putting their money or help where their mouths are on this one. Kids are happy to learn if the adults keep teaching 🙂

What a way to learn too with this kind of project.

Sefton Clothing, Stephen Silburn, as already mentioned. He does amazing work

He’s repaired two RAF Type Cs used by USAAF pilots for me. This one was my first ever that I had lying on a shelf since the mid 1970s when I got it as a kid. Ear cups cut off and I couldn’t for the life of me figure how I’d ever get it right.

Heard about Mr. Silburn and he took on the job. Looks great don’t you think?

He does both the early Type C receiver cups and the later type as is shown here.

Easy to see why they considered changing the name from Spitfire with the later Griffon birds. What a beast. A beauty too but a monster in the air. Sad that Mr. Malloch and his Spit were lost 🙁

I still have a scrapbook of Spit pics clipped out of different magazines from when I first went around the bend about Spitfires and that bird is included.