Quite a bit for a static, haven’t had a report as to what the belly is like though after spending all those years in the swamp.

Dave

Given that swampwater is usually acidic, the aluminium (sorry, alumINUM!) and alu-alloy parts may well be in better condition that you might think. Anything ferrous, and no doubt some of the more interesting alloys, will have reacted very badly to the acid water. However one of the techniques used to make aluminium last longer is caled anodising, and is achieved by dipping the parts into an acid solution. This leaves a layer of inert aluminium oxide on the surface which weather etc will not penetrate. So effectively much of the airframe may have been anodised!

Slightly off-topic, Messerschmitt used to anodise their airframes at the factory.

Adrian

It’s doing the rounds of the East Anglian press as I saw it in the East ANglian Daily Times last week. Hope someone can succeed where we haven’t!

ADrian

We await, salivating… 😀

Adrian

Melv, is it your next restoration project ?

(Although I’m not sure what you’d buy to top your Red Beaver)

Oh come on, surely I’m not the first person to find a gratuitous single-entendre-snigger there? 😀

Oh. Fart! I’ll get me coat…

Adrian

Steve,

If all else fails, keep an eye out on ebad for stereoscopic cameras and take your own…

The better ones eg the Edixa or the Super Realist are rare and cost a small mint, but Coronet stereo cameras surface reasonably often, a plain black one seems to make less than thirty quid, and it would be a slightly dodgy print, motion blur etc… Not unlike the real thing! You would need a good photography shop for your developing though, as 127 is rare nowadays.

Good luck in your quest for the real McCoy, though!

ADrian

While on the subject of medals my Grandfather serviced in the 1st War, I know he was decorated and I want to find out want medals he had. How do i find this info the quickest way using what information and from where?

Paul

Paul,

Head for the Great War Forum at: http://www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/

Go to “For New Members” three-quarters of the way up the screen to the left, and have a good read and a good think. There is a LOT of useful info there. Then join up, & tell us how you get on!

Quick hints: If you have his medals, they will have his service number and regiment on the rim. I’d suggest PMing me, but I am away for most of the next three weeks (thank God!), so probably best ask over on the Great War Forum.

SHall we let them discuss selling relics now?

Adrian (Over there, J T Gray – and not the only denizen of both fora either!)

And this large lump has also just appeared! It should all be donated to the Stirling Project.

DS

Anyone trying to research this could do with knowing that it’s from Haverhill, not Haver Hill! (pronounced “Hayvrul” by locals). Though with the plethora of Parsonage Farms round there, if it’s from a Parsonage Farm NEAR Haverhill you could be in trouble…

I hasten to add that I know Haverhill, not the crash site, just in case anyone thinks it’s anything to do with me!

Adrian