Argonautical
31st Mar 2005, 11:12
Hi Everyone
Sometime in the late 1970s I went with a group of people to a RhAF officer's house in Salisbury.
The officer, who I think was a Wing Commander, was building a Spitfire in his garage. I am not certain of the actual scale but it may have been half-scale.
From what I remember, the airframe was about half done but I don't think an engine was fitted.
I also remember his wife mentioning that he had to get a move on with it, as they were due to be posted to Grand Reef (FAF8).
Does anyone know if it was ever finished and flew, or did it, as I suspect, end up being used for firewood ?
thanks
Sometime in the late 1970s I went with a group of people to a RhAF officer's house in Salisbury.
The officer, who I think was a Wing Commander, was building a Spitfire in his garage. I am not certain of the actual scale but it may have been half-scale.
From what I remember, the airframe was about half done but I don't think an engine was fitted.
I also remember his wife mentioning that he had to get a move on with it, as they were due to be posted to Grand Reef (FAF8).
Does anyone know if it was ever finished and flew, or did it, as I suspect, end up being used for firewood ?
thanks