Operation Cosford 2012

[kitbasher]

Captured types - there's no He162 but several were tested at Farnborough post-war, there's one at Hendon (which has of course now been moved to Cosford for the purposes of this build!) and I have a Revell (ex-FROG) kit ready for the off.

[Martin H]

I have something in mind to replace the Me 410:)

[kitbasher]

I have something in mind to replace the Me 410:)

A Ta154?

[Martin H]

nah, same stable as the 410. The old Toad resins Me 265.

[Nick]

For those struggling for ideas, here's the lists of the aircraft, missiles and vehicles RAF Cosford has;

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/cosford-aircraft-collection.cfm
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/vehicles/vehicle_collection.cfm
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/missiles/

Blackburn Beverley XH124 
What about the Avro 707A?
We could do a selection of missiles and nuclear warheads!

[NARSES2]

We could do a selection of missiles and nuclear warheads!

Or a big hole after an accident ? Didn't they find that a Tallboy used as a gate guardian wasn't a dummy but a live one somewhere once ?

Must admit I was fascinated by those German AA missiles at Cosford, especially the unguided one. It appeared they just got one working then abandoned it to move onto the next "uber" weapon  although for us it's a case of 

[PR19_Kit]

Or a big hole after an accident ? Didn't they find that a Tallboy used as a gate guardian wasn't a dummy but a live one somewhere once ?

Must admit I was fascinated by those German AA missiles at Cosford, especially the unguided one.

I've heard about the live Tallboy story too, I think 617 found one of their squadron gate guardians was live when they were planning to move it to Lossie.

I like the German missile at Cosford with the concrete wings! I'm amazed it even 'flew'!

[Aircav]

Your both wrong................................................................it was a Grand slam. 
"Apparently when Lincolnshire County Council were widening the road past RAF Scampton's main gate in about 1958, the 'gate guards' there had to be moved to make way for the new carriageway. Scampton was the WWII home of 617 Sqn, and said "gate guards" were a Lancaster...and a Grand Slam bomb.

When they went to lift the Grand Slam, thought for years to just be an empty casing, with an RAF 8 Ton Coles Crane, it wouldn't budge. "Oh, it must be filled with concrete" they said. Then somebody had a horrible thought .... No!..... Couldn't be? ... Not after all these years out here open to the public to climb over and be photographed sitting astride! .... Could it? .... Then everyone raced off to get the Station ARMO. He carefully scraped off many layers of paint and gingerly unscrewed the base plate.

Yes, you guessed it, live 1944 explosive filling! The beast was very gently lifted onto an RAF 'Queen Mary' low loader, using a much larger civvy crane (I often wonder what, if anything, they told the crane driver), then driven slowly under massive police escort to the coastal experimental range at Shoeburyness. There it was rigged for demolition, and when it 'high ordered', it proved in no uncertain terms to anyone within a ten mile radius that the filling was still very much alive!

Exhaustive investigations then took place, but nobody could find the long-gone 1944, 1945 or 1946 records which might have shown how a live 22,000 lb bomb became a gate guard for nearly the next decade and a half. Some safety distance calculations were done, however, about the effect of a Grand Slam detonating at ground level in the open. Apart from the entire RAF Station, most of the northern part of the City of Lincoln, including Lincoln Cathedral, which dates back to 1250, would have been flattened. "
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?123197-Grand-Slam-bomb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Scampton

[TsrJoe]

it was once (stil is?) quite a 'regular' occurance finding things that were once thought deactivated but since found to be 'live', eg. the rear seat on Cosford's TSR.2 which Jens Brandal and I noticed stil had its charges, oops, cue the hanger being closed for a few days!!! (we made sure we got access to the openable panels and took plenty of snaps first tho
ah the good ol times when the airframes were well looked after as actual aircraft and the chaps from 2 SOTT next door would regularly use them for instruction !

[PR19_Kit]

Your both wrong................................................................it was a Grand slam. 

What's 10000 lbs of RDX between friends? 

[Martin H]

lets keep it to Hangers one and two.............................. IRC that lanc that used to be on the gate at Scampton is due to fly again some time soon

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Ooohh no, please let's include the (What If) Cold War Hall... or is that classed as Hanger #2 ??

Ian

[Martin H]

we have 3 tables tops. one is earmarked for those who dont take part in the theme display

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Ohhh OK,  - can't blame me for trying !!

Ian

[Martin H]

yes very trying lol