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  • in reply to: Sea Fury Roundup challenge… #1294300
    Mark V
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    At least one owner has painted his R3350 Fury, an acknowledged composite involving ISS and German TT20 parts, in a deliberately basic, anonymous livery to avoid implying the Fury has a specific history…very cool it looks too, but what variant would one call it? Dunno! 😀

    S.

    Would that be the one near you with the folding wings?

    in reply to: Spitfire XIX structure #1300398
    Mark V
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    Essentially, I’d thought it was a pressurised PR equipped Mk.XIV, but someone said it was based on the Mk.V with a Griffon fitted

    You are right – they are thinking of the Mk 12 (I am not suggesting a Mk 12 is pressurised though).

    in reply to: WW1 Filming 'Victoria Cross' @ Sywell 6.9.06 pics!!! #1302111
    Mark V
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    Is the pilot of this aircraft going to get a mention?

    Hope so, although in the caption on the profile the spelling of the word Captain is unfortunately incorrect.

    in reply to: The Spitfire also ran – discuss #1302275
    Mark V
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    Merlin XX

    Think Hurricane II.

    in reply to: Goodwood Revival #1302285
    Mark V
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    The workmanship on the Walrus looked good, chaps with the aircraft said it was off to ‘somewhere in the Hastings direction’ for work tawards airworthiness.

    It looks ‘good’ because all the work done so far (years of it) was to airworthy standard :rolleyes:

    in reply to: Hornchurch Lives Again? #1305194
    Mark V
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    Damyns Hall has been around for years but has received some investment recently. The callsign is born more out of nostalgia then geography, its not on the site of the historic aerodrome.

    in reply to: Spitfire JG891 (2006 thread) #1307560
    Mark V
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    BL628

    Thought I’d read recently that it had changed hands?

    You did, it went to Provenance and is now for sale.

    in reply to: Spitfire JG891 (2006 thread) #1308276
    Mark V
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    While on the subject of Spitfires and paint, has RW386 been repainted or is it still in the paint applied in 1992?

    Substantially yes – I looked at the aircraft in the container just over two years ago and it was in superb condition (the new external paint anyway), but I understand the fuselage interior paint did not fair so well having been applied prior to being worked on by HFL. There was some partial re-painting of, I think, roundels recently, prior to last weekend’s ‘roll-out’. Just waiting for the overhauled prop now I believe.

    in reply to: Spitfire T.IX Models? #1308475
    Mark V
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    There were some solid wood models of the Grace Spitfire available at one of the show stalls at Dx at the weekend. Not sure that these are ‘officially approved’ though.

    in reply to: Diecasts: Collecting WW2 aircraft #1309031
    Mark V
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    I have a dozen or so of the Corgi models in a large removal box. Seeing similar ones go for £40 or more on ebay leaves me to believe I will not own them for much longer.

    in reply to: Spitfire JG891 (2006 thread) #1309036
    Mark V
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    be grateful for enthusiastic individuals whose deep pockets

    Well worth the reminder Roo!

    in reply to: Goodwood Revival #1309500
    Mark V
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    ….unless Twilight Tear has had the nose checkers painted on….??

    TT has always had checkers on its nose, at least since it has been in its current scheme.

    From an earlier post in a different thread:

    TFC and OMFC p-51ds,flown by lee proudfoot and alister kay

    in reply to: Spitfire brake failure at Dx Sunday – a question #1309609
    Mark V
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    hi was at the airshow to did anyone notice the seafire when it was in the flypast one of the undercart legs was half down. and what would cause this problem?

    It was the port leg, just sticking out slightly, not an uncommon occurance as Bruce and Y11F have said, easily rectified by re-cycling the gear. ATC had informed the pilot as soon as it was noticed.

    in reply to: Mid Air (near) Collision #396713
    Mark V
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    Wrong colour for Janies Chippy – the one in the film was in the later RAF training scheme.

    in reply to: Spotted #1316126
    Mark V
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    two Mustangs displayed in the gloom with their nav lights on, very wierd.

    They do that every year as people are arriving at the banquet (around 7.00pm usually). It is awesome.

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