I have a nice complete mk.iv ggs available.

We’ll have to be careful – the Flypast forum is morphing into the Flyperscale forum…..

I think a lot of these new companies are interconnected – for instance, the recent M20 tank transporter was announced by Hobby Boss but ended up being marketed by Merit International. Also a lot of the mould cutting and production for some of the newer eastern European companies is undertaken by some of the Chinese companies – they also share box art artists.

The actual toolmaking isn’t the problem. A toolmaker will only cut what the designer has told them to do. All the inaccuracies are down to poor research or design these days. Several model companies I could name-check also use 3D digital scanning as well as original manufacturers drawings, so you can guarantee their accuracy.

This is what this forum is really good for. Great thread.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Would love to see your Ar 396 too!

David, it appears to be a part of the starboard rear fuselage. Note the remains of the fuselage cross on the first photo.

You are right, I can see it now. What a nice piece to find and conserve. Looks good considering its ~70years old now!

Within our extensive collection of control columns, there are several which we cannot identify, or of which we have some doubts about the stated identity at the time we acquired them.

I thought it would be useful (and of interest) to post photos on the forum as I’m sure the collective knowledge on here will make short work of some of the “mystery” items.

First up is this dismantled column. All the parts seem to be there but not necessarily in the right order at present! It looks to be a late 1940s or 1950s column. There are clues on the casting (see photo) and on the chain guard. The longest of the 2 part numbers on the chain guard seems to be 22149 R8800 1. The R8800 part is very faint and it could just as easily be R8000. I suspect that 22149 is the real clue anyway.

Over to you Cold War era experts as I have a feeling this one will be fairly easy?
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Looks very de Havilland to me.

I would say that your event is ‘on the up’. Having been to the majority of them throughout the noughties, this was the first year I felt I wasn’t looking at the same parts again.

A few Hornet F1 specific parts were to be found, what else could I ask for! Good to meet and talk to many folk I consider friends now too.

Long may it continue,

A list of complete airframes on display is (usually) easy enough. These come in the form of original aircraft with know identities, or composites assembled from parts.

Next comes “restoration projects” which can be anything from a firewall to a complete dissasembled airframe. This is often the grey area.

Thirdly, an appendix of significant surviving relics, ie. Henley wing, or a pair of bi-plane winge, etc. Much like the Preserved Axis Aircraft website, it is surprising what unique parts are lurking around, and a book can help preserve their existence.

Like all worthwile endeavors, starting at the beginning and working through bit-by-bit pays off in the end. The Spitfire Survivors book is a magnificent example of this. A Hawker book can be equally good.

In the now-canned Spitfire Survivors thread, there was some discussion about a possible Hurricane – then Hawker – survivors book project {snip}

What do people think?

I’d definitely buy a Hawker survivors book.

It would be great to see all of the various Hawker bi-plane projects shown in one place, all the Hurricanes, Typhoon and Tempest cockpits, Sea Fury, Sea Hawks, Hunters, etc.