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I know that there are a few of you who collect K&C wooden planes and have lately been campaigning for more, including a Lysander. It has taken a while for me to get round to take these photos, but at last I can share them with you. This 1/32nd scale Lysander was made for my Father by a friend of his, who completely hand carved all the pieces from wood. Other materials used are Perspex for the canopy and wing lights and tin plate cut from a coke can for the wheel covers. The finish is Humbrol enamel paint and the roundels etc are all hand painted.
I should have taken a figure with me to show the scale, but in the excitement of Christmas I forgot, also the photos aren’t that great, but that’s red wine for you :D .
Anyway, hope you like them and I will post some more photos of the other planes he made shortly.
Best regards for 2007.
Jeff
 
Very nice, Jeff. Your father's friend appears to be a very talented model maker, would love to see more.:)

Fred
 
Thought you did a real find job with the photo....Joe
 
Jeff: Thanks for the pictures. What a fine craftsman your father's friend is. To make a replica of a model by hand is a gift. I have enough trouble with a plastic kit. Leadmen
 
That plane looks every bit as good as the ones produced in the Philippines today. What a remarkably talented individual your father's friend is. Did he have a special reason for producing a Lysander, like perhaps having flown one in the war?
 
Hi Guys. Thanks very much for your kind remarks regarding my Fathers friend’s skill at model making. He fought out in Burma during the war where he found Buddhism and subsequently converted on his return. He would not have a television and so spent his leisure time listening to the radio while he made his models. It is quite incredible that all of these planes are carved from solid pine and other materials using just a set of scale plans and a basic set of woodworking tools!

Louis, in answer to your question, why a Lysander? My Father chose this particular plane because as a child during the war he would watch Lysanders practice landing and taking off near where he lived. An ideal place where the railway line and river ran together with fields on either side. I presume they were practicing for drop offs in France.

I have yet to download the photos of the other planes, which my Father now has in his possession, and I will post these later.
Meanwhile
Best regards
Jeff
 
aujj65 said:
Louis, in answer to your question, why a Lysander? My Father chose this particular plane because as a child during the war he would watch Lysanders practice landing and taking off near where he lived. An ideal place where the railway line and river ran together with fields on either side. I presume they were practicing for drop offs in France.

Best regards
Jeff
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Dear Jeff,

What a wonderful reason for choosing the Lysander, and what an interesting history behind the man who made it.

Thanks again,

Louis
 
Louis,
I’m glad that you like the photos of the planes. My father has them laid out on the bed in their attic room, the only safe place for them. A bit more info on his childhood war memories…where we live in the south east of England there are loads of reminders of the last war. There are hundreds of the small concrete pillboxes built to defend railways, rivers & bridge crossings all around us. These are just big enough to take a rifle section, never used thankfully, as I doubt the effectiveness of this type of fortification would have been much. During the Battle of Britain my father used to watch the dog fights overhead and collected some of the spent machine gun cases that fell to earth. He also had part of a V1 Doodlebug flying bomb, which landed harmlessly in one the woods nearby. Unfortunately other flying bombs found targets. Where I live there is a memorial on the golf course to the Canadian soldiers of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment who lost their lives when a flying bomb fell near their tented encampment, a service of Remembrance is still held annually to commemorate their lives.
If you can make the trip this year to the London show the offer is still open to go to the Tank Museum and we can count the pillboxes on the way!
Best regards
Jeff
 
Jeff,

Thanks for writing about where you live. Is there any chance you could take some photos of some of these pillboxes, your father's souvenirs and the memorial and post them here? I'd love to see photos.
 
Jeff,

I hope to take you up on your offer next December. I hope you try to come to the Symposium in March.

Regards,

Louis
 
jazzeum said:
Jeff,

Thanks for writing about where you live. Is there any chance you could take some photos of some of these pillboxes, your father's souvenirs and the memorial and post them here? I'd love to see photos.
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Brad

It would be well worth the trip.

Jeff, I got very interested in the WWII Pillboxes in 1999 when I has at Bodiam Castle at Bodiam, near Robertsbridge, East Sussex. I found quite strange these small pillboxes were along the small stream there. This stream or river did lead to the English Channel. The English Government did expect the Germans to use these water ways to invade England.

The pillbox sure looked so small and puny with the large Castle luring beside it

Quote from WWW.PILLBOXESUK.CO.UK

“In 1940 a network of defenses was hastily built all over the British Isles to prevent an anticipated German invasion. The most common of these defenses were called pillboxes”, squat concrete forts that were sited at road junctions, canals and other strategic points.
With the passage of time it is estimated that less than 6,000 of a total of 28,000 pillboxes built still survive. They remain as permanent monuments and a silent tribute to the courage and tenacity of the British people during the dark days of 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. This site attempts to show some of what still remains today.”
Book: Pillboxes - Images of an Unfought Battle
 
Guys, Thanks very much for showing such an interest, it’s nice to share this kind of information with you.

Brad. I will certainly take some photos of the pillboxes and the memorial and post them. I’m not sure if my father still has the bits from the flying bomb, if he has I will post photos of them too.

Chuck. Happy New Year to you. Last time I was at Bodiam Castle I think the pillboxes were full of sheep crap :eek:. But you’re right they look small and puny compared to the castle. An interesting web site, we tend to overlook and take for granted our local surroundings, not thinking they are of interest to others.

Best regards
Jeff
 
I would also like to see some shots of these pillboxes. By the way, did you ever locate the photos of the B17 and the P51? I would really love to see them as well.
 
Louis, sorry I haven't taken them yet, but next time I visit my parents I will.
Jeff
 
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