No Brian, they didn’t let you build the Airfix kits last time, and they won’t this time either! 😀

Personally I’d wait a couple of decades until the next remodelling, in the hopes they get it right next time.

Oh, and take a packed lunch. A burger and fries in the caff will set you back £11.50!

The truck is a Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet, re-discovered in the Western Desert 1980

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/70000266

A nice exhibit with an original patina, which is being added too all the time by more touching, sweaty fingers. 🙁

Just to add, the extra floor space added under the atrium roof is completely empty other than a couple of benches.

Technically LF363 is not flying at the moment.

Lone Star at Galveston had a flyer, it had a couple of bad days (groundlooped and hit by Bill Greenwood’s Spitfire, then caught in floodwater from Hurricane Ike). I’m not sure of its current status, but haven’t heard anything about it being under repair.

Vintage Wings of Canada have one under restoration, and there’s one part-restored project recently shipped to Europe from Washington State, plus the pair at Milden mentioned above.

East Kirkby have recently announced on Facebook that their ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity is in fact a ‘twice in a lifetime’ opportunity, and there will be a repeat performance of the three Lancasters event on September 7th.

I think you’ll find that Mr K lives even further away from KD431 than you do! 😉

I made the trip yesterday, and would agree with Aeronut and Brian’s comments. Dark, cramped, badly labelled, traffic flow through the galleries unworkable, and a selection of exhibits and labeling that give a ‘soundbite’ view of history rather than tell a story. Oh dear! 🙁