my latest acquisitions

[Rory Schultz]

I need your opinion on this jacket guys. The seller says it is 1930's French made, the zipper has no name but a square of dots on the puller. Does this look period and authentic? The label says Byron and Co. Paris....but anyone can sew on a label post years.

 

[Rory Schultz]

What? No one is going to help identify this jacket for me? I am trying to figure out if this authentic so as to purchase or not.

 

[B-Man2]

Hi Rory
Sorry ... nothing here. Not familiar with this maker.

 

[Flightengineer]

Actually I love what it’s become! I think it’s perfect! Everyone’s acquisitions are of much interest!

Not a completely new acquisition, but re-polished today С-47 engine cowl flap.

 

[ausreenactor]

Shiny! Love it!

Is the intent a repaint and some 'nose art'?

 

[B-Man2]

Never would have given that a thought if I’d seen it in a shop. Interesting choice.

 

[ausreenactor]

Dudes make a fortune replicating this stuff!

 

[Smithy]

I'm with Couchy, I'd be tempted to paint some "nose art" on that Dmitry.

 

[Flightengineer]

Thanks friends.
But on this type of plane's parts in real never painted any art.
It's engine cowl flap (and that flew a lot).





I don't want to draw anything on it, it is beautiful as it is.
It stand back on my desktop, and I like that it is simply polished and how the models on my table is reflected in it, which from time to time I change from one to another.



It surprised me that despite this flap spent many hours in the sky, when I washed it on the back side with the partner number, the Douglas Aircraft factory decal from the 1940s good preserved.

 

[ausreenactor]

Presents well as is. Don't touch it....

 

[Flightengineer]

Presents well as is. Don't touch it....

That is exactly what I mean.
It is already an art in itself.

 

[ausreenactor]

Did you do the polish job?

 

[Flightengineer]

Did you do the polish job?

Yes.This time re-polished by myself (it faded a little for two years). First time we did this together with my friend in his workshop. Together with him, we polished my blade from the C-47 also.
But unlike the blade, this flap was easily polished. This is just a piece of skin. The blade is much more difficult to polish because of its complex shape.

 

[ausreenactor]

Very impressive. In hindsight the flap on the flat surface looks like a reflection from clouds. Thought it was the finish on it.

 

[Flightengineer]

Very impressive. In hindsight the flap on the flat surface looks like a reflection from clouds. Thought it was the finish on it.

Thanks Couchy , yesterday there were beautiful clouds when I finished polishing it. Therefore, this photo with clouds. Mirror

 

[B-Man2]

Keep this up Dimitry and you’ll have a complete C-47, piece by piece in no time

 

[Flightengineer]

Keep this up Dimitry and you’ll have a complete C-47, piece by piece in no time

Good thought my friend, but I can’t live so long

 

[ausreenactor]

Good thought my friend, but I can’t live so long

We have the Bismarck and Terminator publications getting advertised. One part each week. Well over $2000 to knock them all together, over a period of four years or something like that...

How do you eat an Elephant? One bite at a time..

 

[Flightengineer]

We have the Bismarck and Terminator publications getting advertised. One part each week. Well over $2000 to knock them all together, over a period of four years or something like that...

How do you eat an Elephant? One bite at a time..

The real plane is bit larger than the Bismarck model

 

[ausreenactor]

And will be considerably more expensive!