Hey, that’s good timing. In june my wife and I will be touring through Scotland and Inverness is on the list. Mmm how do I tell her………. 😮

Cees

Seems like the New Zealand collection is winding down?

Cees

Ok, just saw the other thread, hadn’t read that before. 😮

oops

Cees

Does Shellac count? Comes from the Lac Insect in Thailand. If I remember correctly….Electricians and armorers used it a lot?

Shellac was used in Air Ministry equipment used during WWII (and after) such as AMU, API, radio’s etc. The substance is actually the poo from the Lac insects. I was shown a jar last week. Didn’t know it then either 😮

Cees

Seems like the New Zealand collection is winding down?

Cees

Indeed a cracking book TT. 😀

Sea Hornet remains, Liberator noses in orchards, and they actually scrapped that Dutch B-24 after all the effort 😮

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Yes, but a lot of that B-24 is on show at Soesterberg among which are an undercarriage leg with tyre, the instrument panel with central pedestal and the nose turret. A lot more is in store such as the nosesection forward of the windscreen.

The complete B-17 was named Dinah Might and was found in 1946/1947 IIRC, the olive drab had been weathered back to almost orange. Due to the high reeds it had been hidden for so long (but not very much longer after discovery).

Cheers

Cees

Must admit (and I know this is drifting off the main topic again, so sorry) I never did grasp why an H2S blister couldn’t be made and fitted to the Lanc?

Must be something about the cost as the perspex noses for YAM’s and Trenton’s Halifax has been a problem for years as well. The Lancaster H2S cover is also made of perspex and it must be able to withstand the airflow etc.

Cheers

Cees

That’s exactly how MK732 looked like at Abingdon in the seventies while in use as a spares ship for the BBMF.

Cees