OK, an update on the Oxford. As can be seen, it's pretty much finished with painting and decals. I've decided to do all these areas before I start adding the engines, their nacelles and props, the undercarriage etc., in other words anything which "sticks out" and may get damaged when masking and painting. And talking of masking, bit of a cock-up near the port wing root when taking the masking strip off the wing walkway area. Ouch!!
The paint scheme is very striking with it's bright yellow wingtips and triangles. These were of course to highlight the fact to other aircraft in the area that the pilot may be flying "blind" as he struggles to master to blips and beeps of the beam pattern approach system.
Yesterday was a lovely bright sunny day, so Lins and I jumped onboard the BM and rode up to Bibury in Gloucestershire, which is where this very plane was based, and where the eventual pilot of Lancaster ME453 did his training with 1539 BAT Flight whilst attached to 3 (P) AFU.
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Views across the old airfield site. Its location on flat ground but on the top of all the surrounding countryside makes it ideal for an airfield.