I thought she was built for the CAA along with the other machines in the batch which now star at Duxford etc.
Hi dave
Yes she did serve with the CAA all her life, but as l said there are two other dove’s in this scheme, so to make it something a bit different we are looking for the earlier scheme.
The type shown in the thread by Tim , “but what was the colours”, or we put it in a scheme she never wore like Newarks Dove when she was in “HOUSE COLOURS” that was where the Rolls Royce or Ind Coupe came from as these Dove’s operated in our local area.
There is nothing hard and fast about this yet thats why l’ve posted it on the forum to get some feedback as this will be a project I will be running.
The final paint is a good way off yet as there is much more work to do before we get there, we are at the very beginning and there are other jobs always in need of doing away from the Dove we are looking at a second romney if anybody knows of one lying around, as it would be good to keep the Sea Venom inside .
The wings will be worked on while they are off as the underside is heavilly corroded not deeply but there is a lot of it, l think this is due to it sitting in long grass keeping it moist.
l gave one side a wash yesterday it was thick with moss and lichen. All the markings will be recorded and then she will be paint stripped etched and undercoated it will be then that we need the final scheme.
We need a new/secondhand canopy if anyone knows of one as the one on it has a large hole in it. More wants later 😉
dave
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