Spitfire Rebuild.

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Just found this browsing the web.

May be worth watching.

This is the Spitfire that crashed on the beach during the Dunkirk Evacuations.

Sunday Night Channel 4

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Gregg

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/guy-martins-spitfire-channel-4.28587/

Adrian

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http://www.scale-models.co.uk/commun...annel-4.28587/

Adrian

Must be losing it, and I even left a comment.ops:ops:ops:

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

That's made me chuckle now, lol

Adrian

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That's made me chuckle now, lolAdrian

Obviously my tablets aren't working!

[stona]

,The pilot was Geoffrey Stephenson who had a remarkable career in the RAF, including post war.

http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Stephenson_GD.htm

The Spitfire was/is N3200 coded simply QV (no individual aircraft letter) when shot down.

http://markonepartners.co.uk/coming-soon-n3200

N3200 took to the air for the first time, post restoration, on 26th March this year.

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/03/26/aviation-news-spitfire-mk-ia-n3200-flies/

I shall definitely be watching this, or setting the box thingy to record it, not least because my next project is a very similar Mk.1, N3290. GR-U, of 92 Squadron. Both were built to the first Air Ministry contract for Spitfires, excluding the prototype.

Cheers

Steve

[stona]

I watched the programme.

Guy Martin, top bloke. Spitfire Mk I, beautiful aeroplane. Channel 4's programme, rubbish.

How in this day and age with all we know about the Spitfire and the history of the period programmes like this get made is beyond me. I'm afraid I spent most of the programme imagining what a wonderful show could have been made of this story, but wasn't.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I've recorded it on the box thingy I hope it's better than you say Steve.

[BBdave]

Not sure that qualifies as a rebuild looked all new to me.

Dave

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Wasn't that 109 actually a 108? It looked kinda funny at the front

Adrian

[stona]

Not sure that qualifies as a rebuild looked all new to me.Dave

It's a technicality Dave. It's called a frame 'whichever one the original data plate is attached to (and I can never remember)' rebuild. By retaining that original plate the aeroplane retains the identity of the original.

I've seen N3200 in the flesh and they did a beautiful job of it. It's a shame that the programme makers didn't do the same

Cheers

Steve

[Dave W]

Wasn't that 109 actually a 108? It looked kinda funny at the frontAdrian

That was a Hispano Buchon.Spanish built,Merlin engined 109.

[stona]

Wasn't that 109 actually a 108? It looked kinda funny at the frontAdrian

It was a Buchon. From the fire wall back it's pretty much a Bf 109. From the fire wall forward it definitely isn't which is why the front looked funny to you. It actually has a Merlin engine!

The Merlin engine version was built in Spain in the mid '50s.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I'm afraid I find Guy Martin a bit over the top and definately does not seem to have the presentation skills for such a topic. Apart from the shots of the build, which were interesting to see the techniques used, it fell well short of what I was expecting.

Maybe I expect everyone to live up to Raymond Baxter's standards!!

[Dave W]

Despite its faults I still enjoyed the program.I bet it was fun firing that .5 machine gun.Would have preferred to see a 20mm cannon in action though.Not even a mention of it!.