“Tommy” by Richard Holmes – excellent. Also reading “The Bear and the Dragon” by Tom Clancy. Next on the list is a couple of Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser wot I found on a charity book stall for 50p each (result!).

Workwise I need to look at EEC Directive 92/23 as amended by Directive 2001/43 – Motor Vehicle Tyres as applied to Directive 70/156. But I can’t be A*sed.

JC

Hmmm, needs to be in the “Instant Divorce” Category as well!

Seriously, would any of the parts be useable on the “live” airframes? Still only worth a few hundred at best IMO.

is it actually possible to take a vulcan apart. i meen in away that it will go back together. i have never seen or heard of it. i have seen it done with the not so delicate touch of a JCB

I think the wings separate outboard of the engines and that’s about it. IIRC the main fusalage is still far too wide to fit on a single carriageway without removing the lamposts (didn’t they have to hinge the lamposts to move the fusalages to final assembly?)

Will it be airworthy for Legends 2005? 🙂

JC

The lettering looks more like ARBJ to me. Wouldn’t have a clue what it means though!

JC

I’d love to, but I haven’t got the experience/quals/licences!

JC

When I worked at Lotus, there were rumours of a buried stash of B24 parts (including engines – brand new and in crates of course!) somewhere on the site.

As the actual airfield part of the site has been mostly left alone (apart from the test track, which follows the peri track and parts of the main runways) there is a fair chance that if this dump ever existed, it’s still there…

JC

Well, from what I saw at the last Cold War Jet bash at Bruntingthorpe, 558 looked like the world’s biggest jigsaw puzzle, but everything seemed as though it was moving forward. I spent a long time just trying to work out what some of the bits were!

Until I’d seen her in this state, I had no idea what a massive undertaking the operation is. No matter what polarized opinions exist about TVOC, they’ve got a lot of work to do, and it’s a brave decision to attempt it. Maybe info will be more forthcoming as the project moves forward.

JC
eternal optimist

The little blue Airfix Spifire was the first I remember – built for me by my father when I was about 4.

First I attempted solo would have been aged 6 – I started with a Scammel Tank Transporter (utter disaster). I must have built hundreds of planes, tanks and cars until girls and cars took over. Last kit built was an Airfix 1/48th Desert Storm Tornado (I think) in 1993.

Currently awaiting construction (and have been for 10 years now) are:

Monogram 1/48th B24
Airfix 1/72nd Buccaneer
Airfix 1/48th MiG 29
Tamiya Brabham BT56 (?)
Tamiya Alfa Romeo 156 DTM

What I really want is a LARGE scale WW1 fighter (ideally SE5a) – any ideas?

Oh for the time!

JC