Definitely not the trundler then – skin is all plywood, fuselage and wings. Also, only one engine, a car one, as I said I think it’s an Morris 1100 but I’ll check with Andy over the weekend.

The plot thickens….!

Daz

Just to ensure no confusion, the phot I posted is a different beast to the other picture posted on this thread. The first picture shows a much better quality replica than “my” spit. Doubt they’re from the same production. Did you say you have some details on the PoC replicas?

Despite a declared disinterest in “smelly old metal things” (quote!), my ever loving wife bought me a trip in a Tiger Moth for Christmas!

As an aside, I was operating back from Frankfurt on the morning of my flight, home to Manchester and we were a bit late so I radioed Barton tower asking nicely if they’d pass a message on for me. There was a VERY lengthy pause when I called the tower using our Speedbird callsign before the ATCO replied. Part of me was just itching to ask for a downwind visual join to the circuit! I’d loved to have seen his face!

Missed this post first time round.

Just for your info…..

When the tower had is’s windows replaced it was stipulated that they must be of the contemporary pattern in design. Also, the paint scheme is a fairly exact reproduction of the original paint scheme as shown on the inside cover of Action Stations (Can’t remember which number), plus based on a number of contemporary photos in my collection. The actual colour was only what could be acheived with government paint – they couldn’t/wouldn’t justify the cost of exact colour mixing, a shame but better than nowt. The tower is used most often as race control for motorcycle race events but also used on flying days at the seemingly now annual air days in July. The interior doors are the originals and still have the original stencils visible under their paintwork, similarly the coat hooks are original as well along with the runway lighting box etc.

Incidentally, the shot of the runway with a hangar in the background right, clearly shows the repair work done to the hangar roof when a fully loaded Sunderland crash landed on the runway(!) and it’s load of depth-charges went up, fortunately all crew survived.

Just curious…how come you were on the Isle of Man? Did you visit our aviation & military museum at Ronaldsway?

The replica referred to belongs to Andrew Saunders (not the Sussex based chap). It is currently languishing in a hangar at former RAF Jurby. The exact history of it is unsure, although it was sold as being from PoC. The u/c is made from scaffold poles and has standard non a/c wheels. The engine is a Morris 1100 (as I recall). Does that help narrow it down? Andy is still hoping one day he’ll find it was used in BoB! The wings are standard ply on a tubular box frame. I’ll gladly pass any info on you may be able to provide.

Glad to see someone has been using the MAPS website Daz!