I’d be curious too, but not just for Merlins – I collected a few boxes of Gipsy Major parts a couple of weeks ago and the crankcase and most other major parts in the collection were in the black finish – not something added later thats for sure !

Tony,

PM on its way 🙂

Cheers

Ewan

More Beau pics

I have been scanning hundreds upon hundreds of slides and negatives over the last few months from the collection belonging to Ash Briggs, much of it not seen before as far as I know, or maybe only to a very select few (great slides night indeed 😀 )

With his permission, here is a few shots of the Beau fuse that was recovered from inner suburban Melbourne, in a backyard (the story that I have been told is a doting father asked his daughter whether she would like a horse or an aeroplane – she went with the plane – if that’s true, good choice on her part !)

These pics were taken in 1981 and the mid fuse section is now on the Duxford Beau…..

Apologies for the quality, I have not attempted to clean up or edit them…

Other shot (yes yes its back to front, bleedin scanner) is of the Moorabbin Beau, unsure of date, but looks to have been just after the shed was built around it – Keith or Ash I’m sure you can correct me on this, there was no tag on the negative when I scanned it

Er, Phil, as mentioned in a previous answer, your question was addressed in the first page of the now locked thread on WIX. Nothing more really needs to be added here as your query has been addressed ie there are at least three or four lots of parts with ID provenance. Maybe more, certainly not less, but not full airframes or any such thing like that…

The location of these has been made public in abovementioned forum as well. Given that Bob has done a lot of his work out of Pt Cook I see no reason why you wouldn’t ring Pt Cook and ask even if just for Bob’s contact details, as I said, they go above and beyond in their efforts to help me with my research and project work and really do try and help where they can. Or better still just look up Mustang Joy Flights Melbourne on the web and contact Bob via that. Helluva lot easier and saves potential issues from the naysayers – “haters gonna hate” etc…

Phil, instead of posting such things here and on other forums leading to massive slagoff fests, why not simply ring or email Pt Cook and ask the question? They are more than helpful with queries from researchers and restorers & you are more likely to have a definitive answer for your query.

At any rate your question was answered on the other forum by two people in among the other fluff.

ZRX61, Please do not judge the majority of Aussie on the words of one Daniel/Liberator/Migace/etc. The man is a fool and has proven that in many, many posts across a multitude of forums.

John Ward

+1 There are a good many of us down under that actually get on with projects and research without the need for trumpeting about “secret business” and nothing other than info “passed on” , no pics, no evidence, nada… I totally understand ZRX61’s comment though, it’s silly attention seeking stuff like this that gives us all a bad name 😡

I have found the forum group to be above and beyond the call of duty a number of times when trying to work parts out that I have picked up or even questions on numbers, lists etc.. and yes, some parts go onto some auction site thingy but most I put up here are in my own collection in the hope of building something one day…

There will always be people like this original poster going for the “lookit me I’ve got hot news” angle but I come on here to read and LEARN as I am still what many of you would refer to as a newcomer / youngun, and what I have been able to learn so far has been invaluable, and gratefully appreciated…

Still, the bottom line is, if you see a post from this person, rather than open it and get razzed up by a non-event, simply don’t open the thread, saves you a bit of angst 🙂

The Duxford Beaufighter would be nice 🙂

Seconded, in fact any Beaufighter gracing the skies again would be nice 🙂