Proper British behavior

[LondonManc]

Disappointed. Thought this was going to be a thread on tutting, queueing and complaining.

[OwlHoot]

The real spitfire was smaller than you think, if the one I drive past at Duxford Museum is full size.

Talking about size, I guess he knew what he was doing. But I'd have thought scaling down the thing would very badly adversely affect its aerodynamics, given that the wings were quite stubby anyway.

[greenlake]

I get that it was home made, and cheap. And huge respect for that, I couldn't do it.

But apart from the wings, it's a shocker.

Based on the bubble canopy, it looks like a replica of the Spitfire Mk XVI....



RAF BBMF - Spitfire TE311 (Mk LF XVIE)

[PurpleGorilla]

it was built in a garage for 1/6945 of the cost of a eurofighter
it is 1.5 times the cost of an original spitfire but a bit of inflation in 76 years will probably take care of that.

£12,604 (Estonian order for 12 Spitfires in 1939) [nb 1]

diary

I get that it was home made, and cheap. And huge respect for that, I couldn't do it.

But apart from the wings, it's a shocker.

[Flashman]

Good story. But AMERICAN spelling !

behaviour

[vetran]

Huge respect an all but it's less of a war bird and more of a chicken nugget.


The real deal:

it was built in a garage for 1/6945 of the cost of a eurofighter
it is 1.5 times the cost of an original spitfire but a bit of inflation in 76 years will probably take care of that.

£12,604 (Estonian order for 12 Spitfires in 1939) [nb 1]

diary

[PurpleGorilla]

Huge respect an all but it's less of a war bird and more of a chicken nugget.


The real deal:

[Mordac]

Awesome!

I would have put machine guns on it, personally...

Have to applaud him though.

[Cliphead]

Awesome!

[vetran]

Model plane fan builds working replica Spitfire in his GARAGE for £18,000 | Daily Mail Online

The flatpack fighter: Model plane fan builds a fully working replica Spitfire in his GARAGE for £18,000 after buying an engine from the Netherlands, seatbelts from America and wheels off eBay
Alan James, 63, found it cost £5,000 to do a two-day course that gave 40 minutes of flying in a Spitfire
So the driving instructor from Reading, Berkshire, decided to build his own in his garage for £18,000
He paid £150 for plans and gave up his business to focus full-time on his project which took three years
Isaacs Spitfire, 6/10th model of Supermarine Spitfire, designed as single-seat replica to be home-built

you have to admire someone like that.