From: Jim Webster (james.webster@iomartdsl.com)
Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 15:28:30 PDT
STUART BEENEY wrote:
> Dear list.
> Here in England a relative of mine makes film props for a
> living and over the years he's done some interesting jobs and made some
> great props. One job he had to do many many years ago was to make 1 to 1
> scale Spitfires and Hurricanes that were used as Gate Guards for RAF
> Airfields and sites. These are absolutely correct and the original cast's
> were taken from real aircraft and not from blueprints like some. As the
> cast's are now gathering layers of dust he wondered if there was a demand
> for this sort of thing in the re-enactment / collectors world? He dosent
> know cost as yet but he says if theres enough interest he will start to look
> into things deeper. He can also make parts of the Aircraft form resin and
> glass fibre, so if you want just a Spitfire propeller or wing then that
> fine?
Now that is interesting... How much for a Spitfire then?
Talk about ultimate lawn ornament!
-- TTFN Jim'Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vicendarum!'
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