Nothing worse than a promotion…Great pics UNC,best damn pics I,ve seen for a loooong time.Now out to the museum tomorrow to let out some of this enthusiasm.Hmmm,hammer ,check……aluminium,check……drawings,check…tinsnips,check…..ruler,square,centre punch,check,check,check..

Best protection

Here in Auss the best protection against most pests is the old electric fence.Believe me,they only have to touch it once and they never will go near one again.Especially the high output ones that they use out in the scrub used against Brahman cattle,bush camels and brumbies….the odd tourist 😮

Damn this is the best hobby,livelyhood in the world.Cheers mate,great pics.

Hmm might consider putting up a Flak barrage over Amersham next time.

Hmm looks shorter than what I remember him looking like,or taller depending on how tall you are..

I think any decent remains of any aircraft is worthy of a rebuild.Be it a stuka,spitfire,Barra or Coranado.I think it really comes down to “a”.availability of parts..”b”.availability of drawings,reference material..”c”.availability of money..and “d”.availability of passion to pursue it through to the end..We have a container load of spit bits and pieces in a container,no original airframe,wings,tail,etc..but is it a spit when it is finished after we make new frames,longerons,intercostals(stringers ) and varius other metal thingies?Looking to the future nearly all spits will have to be new build.Metal fatigues,parts wear out and so forth and good airworthy Merlin cores will eventually become extinct…thats unless someone with a huuuge wad of cash reopens the foundries and makes new ones.”please Rolls Royce/Mercedes,we know you want to…”I would love to build a Stuka,or a He111 or anything that has historical value for the future generations to enjoy.Our time is now and unfortunately the mighty dollar is making it harder to make it happen.

LoL rivet counters,errr counting rivets.Great pics and thanks for sharing.

Great post mate.I don,t collect myself but if I came across a site I would be sure that the parts would go on display with full history of the aircraft and people involved.Plus a marker,plaque should be placed at the site to indicate what happened.Is this the normal practice of wreckollagy as here in Auss it is something that doesn,t crop up much.As many of our wrecks are in pretty remote areas up north.