We’ve got a newish estate here in Worksop with

Beaufort Way, Blenheim Rise, Lerwick Close, Gibson Court, Bristol Mews, Lancaster Walk, Lysander Way, Anson Close, Stirling Close (spelt correctly), Mitchell Close and Halifax Drive.

The next block along is named after Generals and Field Marshals such as Wavell, Alexander, Stilwell and Fairfax. Further along the roads are named after RAF airfields such as

Scampton Road, Manston Way, Kenley Close, Coningsby Avenue, Abingdon View, Boscombe Road, Alconbury Way, Scofton Close, Winthorpe Road and Swinderby

..as well as a reminder of that superb Mosquito CGI right at the very end.

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The shot was taken at 300mm from the pilot’s enclosure across the Gold Pass compound and required just a couple GP heads to be removed with PSP.

Delighted.

Mark

removing people’s heads with a length of Pierced Steel Planking seems rather an extreme way of getting a good picture. Also don’t we need all the doctors we can get, although as a retired NHS manager there are one or two I could have willingly pointed in your direction………:diablo:

What would be nice to see would be a restored airfield (including all appropriate domestic/technical/training buildings, bomb dumps, fuel installations, dispersal pans etc etc ) populated with the appropriate vehicles and a full squadron’s (or two) worth of replica aircraft, representing the site as it would have been during the war.

It would give an idea of the complexity and span of a wartime airfield.

It will never happen, but nice to ponder such a development

Apparently the Stuka is actually a Ju88……

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501714_162-57453860/wwii-plane-wreck-not-stuka-but-larger-ju88/

another source

Frank Burbery:

http://www.milweb.net/dealers/trader/frankburberypaints/

Mike Starmer’s books provide colour chips

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/books/pb/starmer_bacdc.html

These could be matched by a paint supplier – but it can be hit and miss

this might help as well

http://www.wdnorton.nl/Colours.html

Repro BD is probably the best bet, as original stuff is now too expensive to wear. Everybody has their own favourite supplier but suggest your friend signs up to the WWIIreenacting.co.uk forums to check out other people’s views. Basically depends on how much you want to spend. Options include Soldier of Fortune or Pegasus Militaria. For applied insignia try Monty’s Locker. For webbing try Sabre Sales in Southsea

Lovely job particularly as additional work has been done to replicate the first type of windscreen as well.

Ok it’s now a hybrid with the metal wing but only a pedant would complain – particularly as it will be airworthy but does the change bring any certification issues with it?

What would be good would be to see a set of wooden wings made for the RAFM Anson I fuselage currently perched on a QM trailer -does sufficient metalwork remain – perhaps in Canada – to allow this to happen?

I might also add that the lack of worth of the AAC1 represents the views of the current crop of curatorial staff. This undoubtedly changes with the change of individuals in key posts and over time.

A prime example of this is how the collecting policy of the RAFM seems to change with the Director – using WW1 aircraft as an example, the benchmark has changed from “original airframes only” to acceptance of reproductions and examples built from original parts to the current acceptance of TVAC new builds. I regard all of these policies as appropriate and valid but simply use them to demonstrate that policies will change with individuals and over time.

Another recently quoted example is the sole remaining Seafire III which could have been acquired by the FAAM but wasn’t. I suspect the view would be very different today.

There is nothing to say therefore that the next IWM Director or Keeper of Aircraft may feel that the AAC1 is an appropriate part of the collection – if say for instance the story of Airborne Forces was to be enhanced. This disposal is however non reversible, so subsequent re-inclusion of the airframe would not be an option .

This short termism has denuded the national collections of any single stage Merlin powered Mosquitoes (or is that Mosquitos), a gap that has had to be ably filled by regional collections.