Ok, im off my high horse now.

Its just ive read a few threads that Ollie has been a part of and people are always having digs at him. Its ok to have aims in life isnt it? Hes only young so still plenty of time do different projects.

Tim

ill just have to see what happens when I get there. Maybe the yard owner has had so many people come round asking him for plane and other parts he’l just set his rabid alsation on me on sight.

I have some involvement with the scrap metal industry. I know that some of the larger yards like E.M.R do not allow visitors anywhere near their yards, and if you are there on business, i.e weighing in some scrap you have to have the hard hat, boots and high viz shirt or you wont get past the gate and could find yourself blacklisted.

Other smaller yards often dont seem to mind too much about health and safety and allow anyone in for a mooch! It often takes an accident like the one described to turn them into a health and safety fortress!

Trading Name:F Watson & Son
Published Name:Watson F & Son
Line of Business (LOB):Scrap Metal Merchants
Std. Industrial Classification (SIC):5157 Wholesale of waste and scrap
Number of Employees:8 (04/11/2004)
Company Executive:Mr J Watson (Partner)

ROSE COTTAGE
LICHFIELD ROAD
STONE STAFFORDSHIRE
ST158QU

Found it on 192.com. does anyone want their phone number?

Im trying to find out where in Stone Watsons is. When I find out ill pop along, in my oiliest overalls and take a digicamera.

If I see anything interesting ill try the old “ill give you £xx for it now and then it will be out of your yard and out of your way” line.

Or the “they are making it illegal to scrap aircraft due to the radiation so you may as well give it me” line, although im not sure that will work.

Tim

Being a big fan of ‘Raspberry Ripple’ and stripey target-tug schemes in general my favourite Canberra scheme has to the combination of both,as applied to the pair of B.2’s once operated out of Llanbedr. I was disappointed that both were chopped up rather than offered for preservation when they came up for disposal-does anyone know why this was done??
Photo from airscene.co.uk…

I spent many a summer day in Barmouth or Fairbourne, looking up at these canberras with their fantastic paint schemes. Theyve been cut up????

That really is a shame!

Are all the canberras that come out of RAF service simply scrapped?

lanky and ollie

Grow up will you, these things are not Airfix kits. It takes some serious dedication and back-breaking engineering to make a good presentable cockpit section no matter what the aircraft – in some cases it takes years.

Please, no more of the patronising posts. Ollie and I may be new to this forum, but this doesnt mean that regular users of this forum can take it in turns to snipe at us. You were new to this forum once too.

I am fully aware that a cockpit section is not something you restore in ten minutes and does indeed take lots of time, effort and money.

Yes, we have been shown a selection of cockpits that are for sale, but I for one am not going to just buy the first one I see. I need to find out more about this area before making an educated decision. Thats why im posting here to start with, for advice.

Ollie and I are aircraft enthusasts, like yourselves. Some of the members of this forum seem to treat ownership and restoration of a cockpit section as a kind of “club” that only a few are entitled to become a member of.

Ollie- theyre not airfix kits? I didnt know that, did you?

Stoke on Trent discount spitfire centre is where I do all my piston engined fighter shopping

sorry, I had only just read it.