| Craig Grady | 09 Nov 2009 6:10 a.m. PST |
I have posted a few pictures over on the Critical Mass Games Forums from my visit to Duxford and thought you might like a look. link Craig |
| Partizanmeister SloppyJalopy | 09 Nov 2009 6:44 a.m. PST |
Always worth a visit – I love the way they hang real planes from the ceiling, like so many of us did with Airfix kits as youngsters…  |
| Jeff Ewing | 09 Nov 2009 8:56 a.m. PST |
Those are terrific pictures, particularly the close-ups of weathering effects. One rivet-counting quibble: I'm pretty sure that that's the tail of a B-29. I don't see a B-52 in any of the photos. One of my friends worked on those SR-71s at Mildenhall! |
| nickinsomerset | 09 Nov 2009 10:49 a.m. PST |
Yep, there is a B-29, and the B-52 dominates the USA hall. – Not forgetting the unopend can of McEwens lager in one of the charge bins of the Chiefy in the Land Warfare hall! Tally Ho! |
| fred12df | 09 Nov 2009 12:38 p.m. PST |
Jeff – the black bit across the top left of the pic is the B52 tail. The whole hall is built around the B52 which dominates it. |
| marcus arilius | 09 Nov 2009 1:06 p.m. PST |
What no picture of the X-craft? I love Duxford It's like 5 Museums in one. it's well worth the time to see it. |
| Jeff Ewing | 09 Nov 2009 2:42 p.m. PST |
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| The Outlander | 09 Nov 2009 2:50 p.m. PST |
This vid has some shots of the displays at Duxford.
I liked it there, pretty big displays. YouTube link |
| Martin Rapier | 09 Nov 2009 2:55 p.m. PST |
The B52 is stunning, it is so…..big. Yes, Duxford is an outstanding day out, and warrants regular re-visits. |
| myrm11 | 13 Nov 2009 6:26 a.m. PST |
….hence my FoD card :) Actually the one thing that got me about the B52 was it was smaller than I had expected when getting to it, but the B29 was bigger. Expectations can surprise you…. |
| By John 54 | 13 Nov 2009 6:54 a.m. PST |
The cheftain in the land warfare hall is my brothers old mount, we went there a coupla years ago, unsuspecting, and when we saw it he said, 'wow, haven't seen one of those for a while, hang about, it is mine!' it was actually quite a brother moment! he showed me the cut-off oil can with duck tape around the top for 'number twoses!' he said it was named 'general bastard' when he had it, but that had been painted out, you can see where it used to be on the side front of the turret. great stuff, great day out. John |
discovers a better way to fill in hollow plastic bases.