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December 12, 2012 at 11:23 pm in reply to: IWM Spitfire Dismantled – Pics #1012921

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Perhaps, finally, someone will be able to confirm what colour Spitfire cockpits were painted………

December 12, 2012 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Baffin project underway Dairy Flat NZ #1013794

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As the Baffin is a development of the Ripon, with some new builds and some converted from Ripons, I guess that it would be possible to use the surviving Finnish Ripon as a pattern aircraft for much of the airframe behind the firewall.

December 12, 2012 at 10:30 am in reply to: Welcome Back Tangmere1940, Charlie Hunt And Mark12 (merged) #1014622

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Welcome back – it would have been a lesser place without you

and thanks to the mods for holding the ring

December 11, 2012 at 5:16 pm in reply to: M8-20 or equivalent companies restoring Spitfires #1015231

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Whitley,
Are you ready to put together your spitfire then?

Jay

I’d far rather Elliott put his Whitley together first – there are (soon to be) hundreds of Spitfire’s being put together but very few Whitleys 😀

December 10, 2012 at 8:41 pm in reply to: National Cold War Exhibition, RAFM Cosford #1015863

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just a shame that the architects didn’t think about people to the extent that when the building was first opened it was possible to brain yourself on some of the rusty steel framing as you walked in through the main entrance. They’ve added black and white safety barriers now to satisfy elf & safety……

December 9, 2012 at 12:40 am in reply to: Wagga Wagga wrecks update #939626

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Another of these “I know more than you do ” threads which serves only to inflate the overblown ego of the original poster

December 8, 2012 at 9:03 am in reply to: Burma Spitfire Press Conference to publicise further press conference #941475

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That would be nice.

Do you have a URL?

Moggy

Google is definitely your friend on this occasion………

December 8, 2012 at 8:05 am in reply to: Burma Spitfire Press Conference to publicise further press conference #941530

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I’m really surprised nobody has mentioned the World of Tanks girls yet.

Oh damn I have………………

December 5, 2012 at 10:56 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Hendon Visit (WW1 mostly) #943898

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Am I alone in thinking that it would be nice to get all the WW1 and before a/c (including the Snipe) centralised in the G-W area and quietly loose the “Milestones of Flight” theme instead using the hall as part of the general display area – perhaps for inter-war aircraft.

Nice to see that thought is again being given to “small exhibits” such as uniforms – bring back the gallery areas in the historic hangars!

December 5, 2012 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Colour wartime Spitfire photo #944026

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It looks much the same to me ? not really easy to tell. I’m about to spray my RAF Humber 4×4 and was going to use RAF Dark Earth and Green camo, so interested in this subject.

Jules

Vehicle colours and RAF aircraft colours are different

Have you got a copy of Mike Starmer’s book on home/NW Europe vehicle colours – essential reading plus he gives you colour chips. The other source is Dick Taylor’s 4 volume Warpaint series from MMP

Frank Burberry’s paints seem well matched – I’m doing a 10cwt GS trailer in his SCC2 at the moment

December 5, 2012 at 8:16 pm in reply to: Colour wartime Spitfire photo #944247

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Interesting comparison photo of the Spitfire with the Albion refueller – showing how different the SCC2 colour of the refueller was from the standard RAF Dark Earth colour on the Spitfire

November 23, 2012 at 8:18 pm in reply to: bit stormy #960350

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I agree. In fact, I think that it’s dangeous to dali here for too long unless you’ve got magritte than me. Or, at least, that what my dada said – and he was in real ernst, man. Ray said that this miro society nowadays!

the whole thread is a load of pollocks :diablo:

Wasn’t the Wolverine’s “sister ship” USS Sable a side wheeler?

November 21, 2012 at 4:18 pm in reply to: Museum storage #963330

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For me, the worth of adequate and informed storage is summed up by the Hampden – a nose and other remains at East Kirkby (from Sweden) and the original nose glazing on the Canadian reproduction were both de-accessioned by the RAFM at a time before the museum’s own example had been found, recovered and swapped for a Spitfire. All of this material would have immeasurably eased the task of restoring a single complete example for museum display in the UK

November 21, 2012 at 3:24 pm in reply to: A/c type change?… #963340

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Don’t forget political expediency either – B-29D became the B-50 so that it could be perceived as a new model during a time of wholesale cuts with the conclusion of the war, rather than being a revision of an existing design

November 19, 2012 at 10:06 pm in reply to: What Moth type @ Doncaster & where is it now? #965254

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Many years ago when working at Gamston we often used to get a DH ?Moth fly through – not sure which type or reg. It was owned/flown by a elderly lady Doctor from the former Doncaster airport.

As I remember she never used R/T & quite merrily used to trundle through the air at was seemingly close to a stall.

I know someone out there can probably identify both aircraft & pilot, but what became of the aircraft & does anyone have photo’s.

If you can enlighten me please do.

Many thanks Rad:)

Hornet Moth formerly owned by Dr Ursula Hamilton

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1002334/

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AHBL

Well remember seeing her taking off one day as I drove in from the M18 to work on Ten Pound Walk
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