Replica Spitfire Anyone ?

peter james · Apr 9, 2013

Nice post that Sev,some posts make me feel good some piss me off,yours was a feelgood post .

JR45 · Apr 9, 2013

The Merlin engine in a car thing has been done more than once - The earliest one I can remember was called Jamieson Concorde. I'm pretty sure there was a Jamieson Concorde 2 which had two Merlins at an angle acrtoss the chassis driving two back axles - trouble was it kept breaking the drive-shafts. Also, one of the car magazines - "Retro" I think - did it a couple of years ago with a Merlin in the front of a Bentley...

Lightning_650 · Apr 9, 2013

Sev said: ↑

the kits are actually made in the USA this particular one is from this mob, and at 80% apparently are much more forgiving and easier to fly than a full sized spitfire, which ultimately is a combat aircraft, and all warbirds - much like your genuine factory works race bikes are a pig to use when you're not using them as nature intended.

that said, a genuine battle of Britain pedigree spitfire now weighs in at around the 3-5 million mark - the two seater trainers are a 'kin sight more, however there are a couple of places that will do the biposto conversion if you had a monoposto spit

However, here's one from platinum fighter sales, and absolute bargain I hasten to add!
Platinum Fighter Sales - Warbird Aircraft Sales

As for the merlin, the later spitfires were fitted with Rolls Royce gryphon engines, - imagine a merlin on stroids and you get the idea.

Merlin were made in the states for a while, under licence and were called Packard merlins. One, generally sets you back around 50k depending on condition.

Old warbirds, like race bikes also are priced according to pedigree, for instance Battle of Britain survivor or WW2 vintage = arm and a leg, whereas one of the later spitfires, say 1950's or the indian airforce ones weigh in much less .... when they come up for sale.

Running costs, oh around the 2-4k per flying hour all said and done, oh and don't forget that the airframe and engine will need overhauling (rebuild) at some point, which is why XH558 is at risk of not flying anymore :frown:

not that owning a warbird is a wet dream of mine or anything! (SM spitfire, DH Mosquito, EE lightning or harrier... any of... i'm not fussy!)
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When I was a kid I lived half a mile from RAF Henlow...Shackletons dropping dummies on chutes from about 300 ft..prototype Harrier (P1127?) practicing STOL/VSTOL daily....playing about in an old Airspeed Oxford waiting to be used for fire practice.And Open days with flypasts from Vulcans,Lightnings etc....and our ATC Squadron had our inauguration parade in front of a dusty old late-mark Spitfire with the blister canopy...all British built aircraft,world beaters in their day...

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