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Of the Lancasters I've had the good fortune to photograph, the ones I managed to catch that area seem to support the fuselage color argument (use your own judgement for museum restorations) Lancaster B Mk.10 KB889 at the Imperial War Museum; Duxford - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lancaster B Mk.1 TW911 (nose section) at the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lancaster B Mk.1 DV372 (nose section) at the Imperial War Museum, London >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lancaster Mk.X KB726 at OshKosh AirVenture 2024 This one looks a little different, perhaps originally a silver Lanc painted in camo during the restoration? Unfortunately, this beauty spent a lot of time with the cockpit under cover when I saw her at Oshkosh last summer (but seeing her in flight more than made up for that!!! Hope these help, Steve

Wow, thank you for sharing... both locations. You have inspired me to expand thoughts on a future Europe trip.

I think the zero footage in question is at the 6:20 mark of the clip. And at 21:17 a zero peels away and the underside gray is very dark (result of the footage quality) Both those are repeated at the 39:40 mark I was watching at 2x speed so I saw it repeated again and just let it go. The amount of mis-matched footage was almost comical... but worth a watch.

I did see the Stuka in Chicago this past summer, and shot the Hendon on years ago, so I'll include a couple shots here before I add some other shots of the FHC Stuka Junkers Ju 87 G-2 RAF Museum 2008 - - - 1941 Junkers Ju-87R-2 Tropical Stuka Chicago Museum of Science and Industry 2024 - - Junkers Ju 87 R-4 Stuka Flying Heritage Collection 2019 & 2023 - - - - - - I better make an excuse to drive up to Everett (about 1-1/2 hours) before Paul's collection is gutted and scattered all over the country. The museum that was right across Paine Field already left and went to Spokane to get away from the King/Snohomish County overhead. Sadly, I can see the collection being moved (in whole or parted out) to a more financially feasible location. I'll try to get updated photos when I can, but I expect the project to be relatively unchanged -- I'll focus on the details.

My pics are from 1-1/2 years ago. I was talking to a buddy last night that it was about time to get up there again. I used to buy annual membership, but they ceased selling those when Covid hit, so now I'm less inclined to just drop in and visit. - - - - - - It was pretty much unchanged from my shots four years earlier, although its positioning on the floor was more open at that time -- you could walk all the way around it and see into some panels. - - - - - I'll post current pics when I get up to Everett next.

Before you cut into the clear half, will it be easier to see the interior when it is lit up? Is it possible to use those tiny/strong magnets so that you can display it with the clear half on, but remove it when you really want to show off the fantastic interior work? Your call of course, I'm just nervous about that first cut into that huge clear piece. Good luck.

If you're going to do the chain drill method (as mentioned above) and you plan to include the removed panel off of the plane, if there any rivet or handle details on the panel, you might want to take a small amount of Sculpey clay (or similar) and make a form of the shape of the plane where the panel will be. A quick low-heat bake in the oven will firm up the clay and give you a reverse mold that you can sort of reverse-vacuform from.

Some pics I have taken, in case they help narrow down the proper color... But as you'll see in my pics, the color/tonal value on the same airframe on the same day might appear both lighter or darker than the fuselage color based on the sunlight (especially the second plane 20-5585 at Oshkosh). F-35A Lightning II 20-5620 AF-380 (at Oshkosh) almost looks the same as body - maybe even darker F-35A Lightning II 20-5585 AF-345 (at Oshkosh) - - - - F-35A Lightning II 20-5609 AF-369 (Seattle, Boeing Field) - - - F-35B Lightning II 16-9164 BF-44 (Seattle, Boeing Field) - - F-35A Lightning II 18-5363 AF-254 (Oshkosh) - Don't think they'll solve your particular mystery, but they're what I've seen so I share in case they will be of some help. Steve

I take that as confirmation that this was indeed Re-enactors huddled inside the Yorkshire Air Museum's Halifax.

When I saw this, the first thing that came to mind was re-enactors taken during an air show or photo-op

A good look at the fabric lining as one large skin, and not small sections pieced together in place.

Looking at the photo it looks like a thin layer of snow has been scraped from the field (yet grass not frosted?) ... just thinking that it might have been pretty cold when this photo was taken. Just a thought.

I already pointed my camera at a Scheuch Schlepper... trying to recall if I have seen the trailer end. OK, I looked one of those up, and @Wurzacher is right... that looks a lot closer than I expected The website this was on calls it a "towing cradle", so I'll search some more. Here is the one in Pensecola displayed upstairs as part of a display scene with a Wildcat. It definitely is shown with a bomb, so I'm still guessing it is a weapons loader.

Thank you @Talon -- they look so different, but now I see the family resemblance. Here's another item from Mobile -- obviously a bomb loader (like an un-motorized MJ-1) ... but I haven't seen one like this with tracks. This one was displayed with their F-86D, but I did see another one at Pensacola so it must be a standard piece with an item name/number. - I did try to find this through searching, but mostly come up with current equipment or wheeled loaders.

I just wrapped up a 2-week road trip that wound through 28 different museums and locations in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. I have started to organize the stuff I shot and already have some "mystery" things that I'll bet the experts here could help with. First two are from the air museum at the USS Alabama Memorial in Mobile. Markings indicate "Mk 4" "Mk 27" Any better way to ID these? Thanks in advance.