NASAM Update as of the 22nd Aug 2023

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What’s In This Edition

A short edition of the blog this time around.

From Around The Museum

First up this week is the update from Barry in the Paint Team. Still working on minor parts of the Hunter, they are now involved with some remedial work on aircraft painted last year. Also, the Trojan is now getting a new coat for the summer.

Vintage Motorcycles @ NASAM

Sunday the 13th of August saw a large number of vintage and other motorcycles at the Museum. We have two sets of photographs taken on the day. John S and Joe both provided a good record of the many attendees.

Pete S

Around The Museum

Painters Update

15/08/23 – The Great Depression continues…

Yes fellow Hitchhikers, Marky Marvin the paranoid android was still “very depressed” this week as he looked to ‘fix’ the imperfections in last year’s lifting Javelin repaint. The more he looked at it, the worse it got! So, Mark decided that he would concentrate on fixing one section of the ‘camo’ pattern at a time, starting with the green tail section (see pic 2308 20). As the day progressed, he started to make his way forward across the top of the centre fuselage (see pic 2308 21), fixing the grey sections, as well as the white on the fin flash.

In the middle paddock, the Skipper (Cliff) and Gwen completed their strip back of the T28 Trojan by midday. After lunch, they broke out the grey primer and proceeded to prime the port side. Gwen started at the back and worked forward (see pic 2308 22) while Cliff…yes, you’ve guessed it (see pic 2308 23). By the close of play, the port side had been finished, with the markings left visible; intentionally (see pic 2308 24).

Up by the Main Hangar, Barry finished off the last little details on the Hunter, blacking off the gun ports on the port side (see pic 2308 25), plus the tail skid at the rear. The Hunter is now complete, save for the fitting of the decals (see pic 2308 26). After lunch, Barry went off to join Marky Marvin in the front paddock. Adding to the general air of depression, the boys looked over the Whirlybird and were disappointed to find several areas of the red fuselage (repainted last year) where the clear coat, topcoat and primer had all lifted off into the ether. The boys also noticed that the Exhaust/Keep Clear decal on the port side had been ‘ripped’ when the front panel had been opened to access the side door key. Barry therefore set about repairing the decal by cutting off the jagged edge and tucking the rest behind the edge of the panel with the help of some duct tape. Barry then repainted the black crescent section at the 3 o’clock position on the panel to the right and by the close of play it was hard to see the join at all (see pic 2308 27)!

Earlier in the day, there had been a lengthy debate with John S. about the colour on the bottom half of the Valetta, as recently applied by the Buckenham Blast Company. The RAL 7001 Silver Grey colour selected unfortunately turned out to be more grey than silver, but the paint finish is superb. Various opinions were expressed as to whether we/the BBC should repaint it in high speed silver, or whether we should leave it as it is, in view of the quality of the finish. In the end, it was decided that the matter should be referred to the Trustees for a final decision.

Barry

(Photos) Painters Update

Vintage Motorbikes @ the Museum

Following are photos taken on the Vintage Motorcycles Day at the Museum on Sunday, the 13th of August 2023. The first set of photos are from John S, and the second set from Joe. Many thanks guys for sending these in.

John S said, “Last Sunday (13th Aug) we had a vintage motorbike (and others) event that was very well attended. I lost count of the bikes, more than 60 anyway, some I’d never heard of let alone seen – New Imperial was one. There was a Douglas bike with a horizontally opposed engine but north-south, not crossways.”

(Photos) Vintage M/C @ NASAM Pt I

(Photos) Vintage M/C @ NASAM Pt II

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