Evalman Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 After many years of building plastic kits it has been a totally new experience and a pleasure to be involved in the restoration of a life size example of one of my favourite aircraft. WT722 has been with Classic Air Force at Newquay for while, stuck outside and rather neglected it was decided to repaint her in the colours she wore during the 1970s. The departure of Classic Air Force from Newquay has been well documented, the remaining aircraft will form part of a new museum at Newquay. WT722 will be kept under cover along with the Harrier GR3 and another airframe in a HAS which will be open to visitors. The VC10, BAC111, Varsity, Canberra, Sea Devon etc will be parked on the disused runway. January, removal of old markings. All the old markings were measured and photographed prior to removal: Further preparation and application of primer was carried out in HAS5. Due to uncertainties with the future location of the museum we vacated HAS5 and moved back to 404 Hangar in April: April 28th, back in 404 Hangar and the first coat of Light Aircraft Grey: Masking: This is where we are at the moment, the fuselage roundels were masked and sprayed during the last couple of weeks. Wing roundels, codes, serials, stencils all planned for the next few weeks. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzH Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Now that is good to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 hi, Great to see restoration in progress - is there any more you can share with us about the new museum set up? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgregor Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 What scale is that then? Wonderful project, well done she looks superb. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Lovely work you guys are doing.................any more pics??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 What a beautiful and very professional looking repaint,.......I`m very impressed and congratulations to all concerned, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 WIP paintwork step, scale 1/1!)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Excellent work, and one of my favourite schemes too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That's going to look quite sharp when it's finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Quick update, some vinyl codes, serials etc have been ordered. Meanwhile a few stencils have been sprayed on: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Wonderful work. Thank you for sharing the progress. Please keep us updated on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 A few more additions this week: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Looking really tidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logical Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Looking forward to the RFI thread on this. Almost looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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