Today it is the province of intellectual thugs, short-sighted reactionaries, and many of the other dimmer lights of our species.

Are you sure you aren’t talking about Australia? 😎

[I” these are not designed to inflict damage or kill”.][/I]

You’ve obviously never had an H&H on full volume then!

I really want to get a clean example of an IC100 S head. I tried one a few years back with the studio/stage switch, through an old Burman 412 cab. Loud enough to stun a whale!

I take it you will be equally happy to see the authorities take similar action agains anybody going about any other completely legal activity but that any one of us sees as ‘perverse’!

Name any hobby or interest and I’m sure someone is against it.
I’m sure some environmental activists are against flying warbirds…polluting, dangerous, noisy etc, etc.
I have vintage autos, so the same could be said about my hobby.

I personally don’t share his interest, but I’m always a bit concerned when some are willing to take away some other guy’s freedom.

You maintain there is a legitimate need for action on this guy’s hobby…but who will we elect as our hobby “czar”?

You only managed to get one freedom into your hysterical spiel. You are letting your country down and failing in your duties in conforming to the standards required by your wonderfully free nation!

I see it as fairly cut and dry. There are a few things I would consider collecting; vintage guitar effects pedals, obscure off-brand Japanese bass guitars from the ’70s and ’80s, vintage HH Electronic guitar amps etc… these are not designed to inflict damage or kill. The vast majority of things people collect, as a hobby, are not designed to damage or kill. If the Police get a tip off that some basement dweller has a massive collection of weapons then it would be foolish of them to assume automatically that they were deactivated historic relics. In fact, I wager a ‘look what the stupid pigs did this time’ thread would appear in General Discussion faily quickly if some junior plod gets shot having been sent round to the next Tony Martin’s house because the postman spied a few grenades through the letterbox.

As for a ‘perverse’ need to collect old weaponry, and your apparent freedoms to do so, I wager the bulk of these guys are autistic. Look at Ken Ward as the posterboy for these guys.

I was impressed with East Fortune the last time I was there, as I visited a lot when I was a kid. Back then it was two hangars, and the Vulcan and Comet outside, and that was about it. However the last time I went it did feel slightly cluttered, especially the fast jet hanger with the Spitfire lobbed in a corner next to a Mig 15. The restoration hanger was good to see inside, but it did look a bit like a rogues gallery. There was another hangar with the Scottish Aviation twin pioneer, and the newly acquired Nimrod fuselage section, that seemed a bit fusionless. The restored parachute hut was interesting as was the East Fortune exhibition itself, covering the WW1 airship and WW2 Beaufighter roles at the site itself.

What they really need to work on is getting the Viscount! The fuselage is indoors, but the wings are loitering up by the bins.

You are so right – I could not agree more. What happened to apprenticeships? In my teens they were widely available and highly desired by those not choosing higher education.

A large contributory factor is, I am sure, the obsession with the need for every youngster to go to “uni” however irrelevant the course and the conversion of polytechnics into universities.

I think we can thank a certain philanthropic gay icon for that one.

Now that the Canadian Lanc thread has been cut adrift, I think this thread should be pinned. A fascinating thread that charts the progress of the restoration of a significant Avro aircraft from basketcase to ground-runner, serving as a testimony to the perseverance of the crew.

BLUE !, also i think it makes your aircraft look a truer may I say copy of the real thing, call it The Shrew !

And attach some floats for good measure.

Astonishing work! I love some of the dioramas I’ve seen online, but the water looks the most realistic in this one here.