As someone who takes reference shots for modelling projects, I’d certainly echo the comments about Hendon and Yeovilton, both in regards to tripods and photography more generally. Yeovilton in particular didn’t bat an eyelid at the prospect of me crawling underneath the Scimitar, Attacker and Gannet taking pictures of the undercarriage bays and arrestor hook.
But the star prize among museums I’ve visited has to go to Newark. A brief PM to this forum’s own Howard (TwinOtter23), and I had a lift from the station to the museum, and a helpful personal supervisor who bent over backwards to let me thoroughly photograph the Javelin, and didn’t bat an eyelid when I produced a tripod! In these days of H&S mania, the fact Howard was more than happy to let me climb the access ladder, stand on the top of the fuselage and take useful shots like this one is very gratifying:
Just a quick thank you again to Edgar, Andy et al who helped with providing my build of P9374. Just finished so I thought you might appreciate some photos.
There are a few mistakes which I’m sure the experts will spot (!), but I’m generally pretty happy that I’ve captured the look of the Spitfire as she was when lost in May 1940. Kit is the Tamiya 1:48th.
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