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  • July 9, 2011 at 5:44 pm in reply to: So why aren't *you* at Legends then? #1033646
    12jaguar
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    THE BEST EXCUSE OF ALL!:D

    Oh no – that’s terrible.:mad: I hope nothing went astray?

    ds

    Thankfully they didn’t get into the workshop proper as our extensive security stopped them going further:rolleyes:

    The toerags still damaged the lock so that we had to get a new one and also repair part of the access way. Did still manage to get some work done; maybe some photos later

    John

    July 9, 2011 at 5:02 pm in reply to: So why aren't *you* at Legends then? #1033805
    12jaguar
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    Working on Stirling bits Daniel:D

    Not helped by the fact that we had an attempted break in to our workshop:mad:

    John

    July 6, 2011 at 7:59 am in reply to: Surviving Gun Turrets #1040392
    12jaguar
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    Forgot to mention that we have got an FN7 (Cupola only) which is also on display at the PFF MUseum at RAF Wyton

    John

    July 2, 2011 at 5:38 pm in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1046907
    12jaguar
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    Hear Hear! :diablo::diablo:

    July 2, 2011 at 12:17 pm in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1047207
    12jaguar
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    Tangmere 1940

    They’re welcome to my services free of charge at any time – after all I was there at the time.

    12Jaguar

    Wrong ‘here, here’. You need: ‘Hear, hear’.

    John Green

    my bad!:o

    but Andy’s comment rings true too as Producer has been invited to view our Stirling items:D

    July 1, 2011 at 8:28 am in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1049362
    12jaguar
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    Here! here!:)

    June 30, 2011 at 8:20 am in reply to: How do they do that ??? #1051654
    12jaguar
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    Some good advice here:cool:

    Personally I prefer the mdf former method for making flanged frames, but then again most of the ones I’ve made are ‘U’ section so not really suitable for shringer/stretchers; I have use thos on L section formers with some success though.

    Keep the good ideas flowing 😀

    June 29, 2011 at 10:53 am in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1053329
    12jaguar
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    Although in danger of taking us away from the thread I would make one important point. This is a BBC documentary and so does not need to be “commercially viable”.

    It’s being made by a commercial production company so needs to be viable to sell it to the BBC, but I understand your point in principle:)

    John

    June 29, 2011 at 9:29 am in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1053389
    12jaguar
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    I think you have to see things from the TV companies perspective as any undertaking has to be commercially viable. The vast majority of people on this Forum understand the harsh conditions under which the aircrew operated; however for Joe Public, access to grainy black and white footage produced under wartime censorship conditions and with outdated production values may make it harder to understand what aircrew went through. For a lot of our contemporaries clipped english commentary can be a turn off (as many tv comedy’s take the proverbial of this anyway) so the opportunity to see ‘real’ people albeit actors portraying real life events with modern production values should be welcomed.

    It may not be to everyones taste but we are an insular community and such an undertaking must also appeal to the masses. If it raises awareness of Bomber Command and it’s people that can only be a good thing if done properly and from what Andy has already posted it looks like this will be done tastefully.

    June 29, 2011 at 7:54 am in reply to: Surviving Gun Turrets #1053627
    12jaguar
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    The FN5 is a Frazer Nash John,not a Boulton-Paul.

    I know that Martin, but the original question was all gun turrets:)

    June 28, 2011 at 10:37 pm in reply to: Surviving Gun Turrets #1054178
    12jaguar
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    FN5 (Stirling) currently on loan to the Pathfinder Museum at RAF Wyton.

    June 28, 2011 at 10:36 pm in reply to: BBC Documentary "Bomber Command" #1054187
    12jaguar
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    Dare I say it chaps, but all Producer has asked for is some assistance and most of the posts have been dissing the product before filming has even started. I realise that the subject matter is close to many of our hearts but perhaps we can help matters by being positive from the outset and influencing rather than denigrating.

    In response to his original post, I should think that the Air Gunners museum at Elvington would be the best bet for a complete turret (ours isn’t quite unfortunately:() although I’d think that a working one with hydraulics etc would be quite a find. We purposely didn’t make the hydraulics workable on ours for Elf and Safety reasons.

    June 21, 2011 at 8:22 am in reply to: CockpitFest 2011 – June 18/19th #1066559
    12jaguar
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    Us hangar pilots seem to have been overlooked:(

    So here’s some pics of our Stirling display, the keen eyed amongst you will recognise our very own dcollins103 who brought his Hornet masquerading as a Sea Hornet 🙂

    John

    June 19, 2011 at 9:14 pm in reply to: CockpitFest 2011 – June 18/19th #1068511
    12jaguar
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    Any fuel gauges DC????:diablo:

    June 18, 2011 at 9:36 pm in reply to: CockpitFest Australia #1069343
    12jaguar
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    Sounds like you had a great day Paul, a good day was had by us too oop north from you and a Jag in both locations what could be better!!

    John

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