I've already whined and bitched about the mis-treatment of XM607 many times.
You would think that as the holder of a record (the longest bombing mission in the history of aerial warfare) until a B-52 beat it a few years ago, the aircraft would be assured of a safe future. But this is Britain of course, so the aircraft just gets pushed around in the cold and wet, year after year.
The Victor that used to be next to 607 was destroyed, despite being one of the tanker aircraft which enabled XM607 to perform its historic mission. There was no reason for the Victor's destruction, other than a decision made by some fool at the MoD, that RAF bases should only have one "gate guard" (not that 607 has ever been anywhere near Waddington's gate). Consequently, the Victor had to go for scrap, along with lots of other aircraft around the country that were hurting nobody, thanks to some arseh*le pen-pusher who had nothing better to do.
XM607 is in a poor condition, but the paint application hides a multitude of sins. However, the paint scheme isn't great either - the mission markings on the nose (which were re-applied a few years ago) look nothing like the artwork that was originally applied in 1982 - you'd think that repainting markings would be simple enough, wouldn't you?
Of course XM607 also had the distinction of wearing "desert camouflage" on her undersides during a Red Flag at Nellis, and it was a well-known display aircraft for many years, fondly remembered for some hairy take-offs at Greenham Common's IAT, courtesy of Joe L'Estrange.
No matter how you look at it, 607 is an aircraft which should be in a museum or at least a hangar.
Why can't someone start a campaign to build a shed for it? We do have a National Lottery Heritage Fund for this kind of thing, after all?