Mr T Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 While we were at Duxford last Thursday, this Puma dropped in for an hour or so. It is XW224 and presumably one of the oldest Pumas left in service. It was marked up with all the unit badges that have operated Pumas over the years, and had the current fad for silly Union Jack shapes on the tail. This was not fairing well with a muck from the exhaust. Not the greatest photo, but it was parked a distance away and as always at Duxford, the sun was in the wrong place. It was taken on our Canon PowerShot SX720. Long since ditched my SLR after my stroke. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 A nice photo, nonetheless, Mr T! Thanks for sharing. Jonny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Yes nice phot ....even if it is a Puma 😬.....agree with that union flag stuff....too much for my tastes....mind you if someone zapped it with a white ensign then thats fair game😆😆😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Nice shot of 224, the tail boom always got mucky on the Mk1's, glad to see the Mk2's with their different engines are no better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Nice photo Mr T, good to take every chance of Puma photo while still possible. No doubt this photo will be used as a reference in the future. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 13 hours ago, Wez said: Nice shot of 224, the tail boom always got mucky on the Mk1's, glad to see the Mk2's with their different engines are no better. Looks very clean compared to the ones I've seen recently😆. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 That’s lovely, so good to see in proper camo not all over green too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: That’s lovely, so good to see in proper camo not all over green too. It's not quite there, the original scheme was DSG/DG/Black undersides, then it went to DG/Lichen Green then the overall green, this one looks like it doesn't have the black undersides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 30 minutes ago, Wez said: It's not quite there, the original scheme was DSG/DG/Black undersides, then it went to DG/Lichen Green then the overall green, this one looks like it doesn't have the black undersides. Although Mr T's pic above doesn't clearly show it, the undersides are indeed black as my photo beneath indicates. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 26 minutes ago, canberraman said: Although Mr T's pic above doesn't clearly show it, the undersides are indeed black as my photo beneath indicates. Thanks for that, the black had a much higher demarcation in my day, especially on the cabin. Still looks nice though and brings back some memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 So that's what it looked like when it was first done and still clean. Looking at the photo it never occurred to me that it was in the original scheme. Just my memory telling me that is the colours a Puma should be. That's why it looks so much nicer than most of the other Pumas I have seen over the last few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mr T said: Just my memory telling me that is the colours a Puma should be. You're right, it's how they were when I first started working on them. Some time in the early 90's they went away for a structural mod after which, they came back painted in the DG/Lichen Green scheme, unfortunately, one of ours needed to have its tail boom replaced and the only replacement tail boom was painted in the earlier DSG/DG/Black scheme. We the groundcrew liked our mix'n'match cab but the sqn boss wasn't too happy with it, eventually it went in for a Minor servicing and it came back with the tailboom either replaced or repainted with a green/green example. The boss was much happier. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Nice images but what we need is a reissue of the AIrfix kit (or a new tool which probably won't happen). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I seem to remember the demarcation line between the cammo and black in the early days wasn't a straight line but wavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 19 hours ago, Evalman said: I seem to remember the demarcation line between the cammo and black in the early days wasn't a straight line but wavy. You're right although it did vary an awful lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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