Excellent, I was wondering how to swear on the forum!

I have a plan I hope you guys can help with

Has anyone ever seen a pic of a Mosquito in civilian livery?

I am looking for an unusual scheme for 1/24 kit (arriving tomorrow, I am in bits) and would love to do a silver/white version or something like that

It would be a heavy conversion if it is glass nosed, but hell it will take me a couple of years anyway

Here’s hoping…

BOAC operated Mossies, but in the camo with civilian registrations and the large national stripes applied to the rear sides and wings, they seemed to have had a mix of bomber and fighter variants.

For silver painted, there were the RAF post-war PR Mossie variants in use right into the 1950s, not to mention the lovely liveried TT variants used into the ’60s at Exeter.

No, please, no….the Cold War Museum at Cosford is a disgrace, a shameful waste of public money that turns aircraft exhibits into 1/1 scale Airfix kits. The damage has been done there, the money’s been poured away and that folly will probably outlast most of the members of this Forum.

For Hendon to go the same way would be an utter tragedy. Where’s the consultation in all this? This is the premier national collection for goodness sake! Let’s hope the parlous state of the public finances puts a stop to it.

Jeepman, you’re spot on with your reference to honours by the way. It’s all about vanity and big egos….

That is your opinion DD, mine is that it is the finest collection of aircraft in the UK, with very thoughtfully presented airframes and extremely helpful staff.
I think the landmark hangar is a very clever design with good layout aswel, to be able to house a Valiant, Vulcan, Victor, Hastings, and Belfast plus numerous other types in one well lit interior and space to take pictures is no mean feat.
BTW does anyone know if Hendon is actually going to go the same way, or is this the usual reactionary kneejerk reaction?

Hamble I reckon, I know Ensigns were assembled there and had to cross a road to get to the airfield site.

Here’s a start, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5030818

Note you can also look up ORBs of the various units based at a particular station aswel, DORIS at Hendon is also good for this aspect.

Odd collection, most pics featured are stock company photographs but some real beauties tucked away in there.
Types and manufacturers a little bit mixed aswel, such as de Haviland Tudor 8 and de Haviland Hercules C.1!

Your confusion is well founded as that hangar is at RAF Kinloss not St Mawgan! It’s an ‘austerity’ C Type, non of which were built at Mawgan, indeed the only hangar used by Nimrods at Mawgan is the distinctive and almost unique ‘cantilever’ hangar 404.
Unfortunately the K.Saunders book has many critical errors in it.

Can’t wait to see a decent St Mawgan add on for flight sim, if you need help with details and pics please let me know.

BTW there was never a hangar in the area that is circled in red, not until the far more recent (2003ish?) Skybus hangar.
The one referred to by the bowser driver sounds like 405 hangar, a T.2 which was by itself on the Treloy area.

Even as a Saturn and Apollo fan, I have to completely disagree with Nic.
The Shuttle has performed amazing work on its 30 years of missions, especially connected with the already mentioned International Space Station and Hubble launch and repair etc. Its value partly lies in being a fairly spacious combined flying space laboratory and workshop, as well as a very well laid out launch platform.
It shouldn’t be forgotten just what an incredible aircraft it actually is, it is quite easy to overlook as it entered in a period where the public didn’t care anymore, and missions became relatively ‘mundane’.

I welcome back the rockets, but weirdly I find myself asking are NASA going to loose another capability here, should they have developed a new Shuttle?