Nice one Chris,
Interesting effort. I always liked these pre-war aero shows. Quite the period pieces.

Why should Chris ‘be careful’ because someone else might undertake shoddy research? Let’s remember we are all responsibe for our own errors. If someone chooses to fool themselves that this is a genuine pre-war colour photo, then they get the results they deserve. We all make mistakes, blaming others for our own shortcomings is poor show. Chiz.

Or were you joking? 😀

Of course it’s speculativve, but it looks good to me – I hope a Spitfire experten will be along shortly for more qualified comment.

Chris, what process / program did you use?

Yes, that’s what I meant! It looks so good that you could be fooled into thinking it was a real colour photo. I really meant that ‘others’ have to be careful not to accept it as such, in case someone uses it as a reference where no colour photo exists! Speculation is a dangerous thing if taken seriously! :rolleyes:

The Midland Counties BEAGLE book is ISBN 0 904597 00 8 published in 1974 and is a complete production history and a much treasured item in my library.
Good Luck finding one!

VERY good…but colouring in an old b/w photo can only be speculation as to the correct colour. Be careful in case someone uses this as a reference for a model as some people can be very particular over their shades of blue :rolleyes:

Lovely shots Niall. Interesting to see the Druine Turbi in the flying display.

The York is MW100/G-AGNV taken at Staverton with the Skyfame Collection. Looking at the condition of the paintwork, I would say around 1970-71 before it was moved to Cosford

Ow! That’s horrible!

If you’d like a decent Auster kit, there’s a 1/48 scale kit of an Auster III by Sword. I supplied some of the references for the patternmakers, and backing up some of the comments above, sales were disapointing, hence no further kits have been released to date.

Thats’ a great shame as I bought one and have been patiently waiting for the long-announced 1/72nd scale version to be released, but it looks like they’ve abandoned it? 😮 This was a nice 1/48th kit of the Auster Autocar made by Lincoln International in the ’50s and later released by Kadar in the ’70s. I built two of these, one as G-AOIY and one as G-ARUG. Shame it’s now so rare (one just went on e.bay for around £40!).

Love the Italian Canadair 415. First really good shots I’ve seen of one those…now anyone going to ask RIAT to get one? :rolleyes: