Museum website now updated, last entry into site 1 hour prior to closure and last admission into shop 20 mins before closure. Hopefully this should stop any further misunderstandings and the museum can get back to its excellent work.

Boeing tyre for sale anyone? At £400 item number 191388095576 Seriously where do people get these prices from?? Would only be suitable if you had a Boeing jet and if you did who is going to buy a used or part worn tyre for their passenger jet on eBay?
Reminds me of all the obscure mainframe Nimrod parts we have seen on eBay recently for hundreds of pounds, only going to be suitable if you have a serviceable Nimrod jet??
Dream on people……

Aircraft;
To clean older panels up whereby you want to keep the original paint, I use to give it a light clean with some spirit on a soft cloth to get the dirt off. Then once dry added a light coat of WD40 oil wiped on again with a soft cloth. This use to bring the panels up well with a nice sheen coat.

Thanks Swifter, looks like I have both examples on the P3 Orion but always wondered why there was a difference. The Convair explanation sounds interesting, I ‘ll have to hunt a 340 example down. Great exchange of information on this forum thanks to all recently.
One other acquisition some months back on ebay (posted on a previous thread but not this particular one) was this Russian war time yoke, the nearest I can nail it down to is an Ilyushin 4 WWII bomber.

Thanks for the clarification Ian and thanks for the photos Nick.
Nick, I have a couple of questions if I may with reference to your latest comments. I have 2 P3 Orion yokes both with different front heads, I note your comments that there was a later version of yoke designed implying that an earlier type yoke may have been in existence. Could you please explain the differences between both? In addition I would be interested to know the difference between the Convair 240 and 340 yokes. Many thanks in advance FB.

Well done Nick, as always great restoration job, nice to see that you have kept things as original as can be….

Good to hear that the Shack will be going to Bruntingthorpe. Would the final intention be to have her ground running at the base?