“There is no real attempt to pass off the dataplate restorations as anything other than new-build aircraft complying with lunatic regulations from those in charge of aviation control / discouragement. It’s always nce though when at least some part of the aircraft other than the plate are incorporated.”
Not sure I entirely agree with this statement. I tend to think most owners of these rebuilds go out of their way argue that it is a restoration, as opposed to an aircraft 95+% new. The reason is a ‘replica’, regardless of how closely made to drawings will not have the $$$ value of a ‘restoration’ with some provenance (no matter how small). Even if the two airframes were made by the same company, side by side, and finished on the same day, and identical except for one has a datatag and maybe a few original bolts, the ‘restoraton’ will have a much higher value.
And i realize rules are different in UK and in north america…where authentic replica’s can fly.
IMO
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