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  • in reply to: Yellow painted Merlin bits? #1159314
    ian_
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    There was a red painted bit, but it wasn’t from the Merlin…

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158327
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    Von Braun would have been so proud…

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158334
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    Good call on the Hotspur canopy, I assumed it was Meteor so looked no further. It clearly isn’t. The dinghy is not fully original as it lacks the early 40’s air inside. Practically a fake.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158341
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    The tyre was labelled Lancaster so full points. Didn’t get to see what the leg was off unfortunately.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158359
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    Spot on Mark! Lincoln and Anson according to the little labels. Small is the image size rather than the actual barn. And Andy, you’ll need bigger locks.

    in reply to: Unpleasant Spitfire canopy for sale #1158373
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    Quite! I emailed the vendor pointing out the poor taste and unconvinincing nature of the canopy. I wait with baited breath!

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158216
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    You’re completely right there Pagan! He’s not really into jets so there could be a chance of removing it if there was a very good home. He let me have a JP stick top and I felt smug as until Gareth picked up a 43 dated rim wound clock.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1158258
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    Now that is unusual, the guy knows what pretty much everything is, hence the labels, but god knows where he got that from. Here’s a better pic, and the P38 blower.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1157779
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    Having seen yours Graham, I felt less of a man! You have an enormous shed sir. The contents of that barn would fill more than a few tables at Newark, and flatten a few others. Only had a brief peek this time but going back for more, with a big bag of swaps. There are couple of tractors in there that would spoil an agricultural enthusiast’s trousers as well. And a little bit of Mosquito came home again to Wales.

    in reply to: Unpleasant Spitfire canopy for sale #1157499
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    Is that a re enactment of the dams raid in the photo above. One of them has to punch the bomb out the way then it cuts to the Carling Black Label ad.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1157342
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    A patch of France that is forever England, if the caption’s right.

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1157096
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    I think you’re right about the 2800 Anon, although I didn’t look closely. Spent more time furkling than looking at the big lumps!

    in reply to: Identify the bits in the barn #1157105
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    Not the best trinkets by a long shot, but a goodly selection. Others were there long before us… Javelin, Seahawk sticks and the rest are non starters I’m afraid. All Mag alloy which turns to dust on contact with soil. Graham’s your man for the Javelin grip, what was once ‘How Much?’ is now mmm.

    in reply to: Spitfire spade grip? #1150509
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    AP1565B, or at least my reprint of it states that “the guns on the Spitfire IIb are fired pneumatically by a triple push-button on the control column spade grip”, it is also shown as the square button in a schematic. As a matter of interest, what was the difference between the grips themselves, minus buttons? was it just more room in the grip for the extra pipe. Here’s an odd one, Hendon’s Lysander has a Spit grip, photo from 4+ publication.

    in reply to: Spitfire spade grip? #1150222
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