I believe the scheme is as it flew in 1958 at Kidlington. I must say that personally I think the previous blue and silver scheme (as flown by Dick Emery) looked better.
When it originally arrived it was going to be painted in trainer colours but oil seeped through the paint and next time I saw it it was in the civil scheme.
The Pilcher Hawk, I understand needed a full restoration and if I remember correctly I was told that after a previous restoration it had been assembled incorrectly. Its
a great looking machine.

Thanks, Robert. Totally agree that the Tiger looked better in its previous scheme. Can’t quite understand why they would abandon the plan to paint it in wartime colours after the oil leaked through. While I generally like to see aircraft in authentic colours I feel, in this case, that the all-white scheme is totally insipid and uninspiring and does nothing to reflect the history of the type in Scotland. They could’ve gone for a lovely orange and silver Scottish Aviation Ltd colour scheme instead – now that I’d like to see 🙂

Be nice to see the pictures.
A quick search of the net seems to imply that it just…disappeared. Probably scrapped, for shame.

Sorry for the delayed reply, snafu. Yes, it does seem that it was most likely scrapped – a real pity. I’m assuming, with the age of the mag and there is no mention of the photos being copyrighted, that it is ok to post them –