Of cours it looks magnificent and the last time a private group pulled off such a fantastic project in the UK. What I meant by short cuts in the Just Jane thread is the nose transparency, the props (as Peter said they only had a Merlin prop blade for reference at the time, who can blame them), the engine cowlings (Noratlas?), exhausts (you can really tell the front of them were made from workmen hard hats, ingenious but hmmm…) short rudders and there are no bombdoors. The wider span is not noticiable (the flatter dihedral is however).
I visited Elvington (again) last november and you can understand I was glued to Freddy. And it’s an fantastic monument for Elvington, the Free French squadrons who were based there and the Halifax as a type of course. But after the tailplane was rebuilt again because it’s was sagging, nothing more has been done to improve the “shortcuts” (as I call them). As mentioned in the Just Jane thread it would be great if the airframe can be given a thorough overhaul to check the condition, correct the shortcuts (even gradually funds permitting) and make sure she stands as a magnificent achievement for decades to follow. It would also be nice if a sort of coorperation can be set up between the Canadian team reconstructing a Halifax and sharing the cost of making duplicate parts.
And the nose section of PN323, well that has been discussed before but as YAM’s Halifax has wooden frames which really show when you go inside, it would make it a true representative of all Halifaxes.
But that is not nitpicking, if the nose transparency, the propblades and exhausts are sorted, those are the most needed things done in my humble view. But then again I have a very soft spot for the good old Hallybag.
Nothing negative about that is there?
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