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Gallery, Projects and General => How do I?? => Topic started by: John Hill on September 12, 2011, 03:01:36 AM
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Our small town aviation museum has 'scored' the front section of a Hawker Hunter jet trainer, it is not in the best of conditions. :(
Here are a few pictures of what we have and as you can see it is a little rough around the edges, apart from smelling of damp, apparently either someone left the lid up in a rain storm or water leaked in over a period of time but everything smells like those old English motor cars we used to love, only worse. :(
Not too bad from the outside:-
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6138686109_4e805e4862.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6138686109/)
IMGP9370 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6138686109/) by aardvark_akubra (http://www.flickr.com/people/25239206@N06/), on Flickr
...but inside..
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6138688049_3b70d1ec9f.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6138688049/)
IMGP9377 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6138688049/) by aardvark_akubra (http://www.flickr.com/people/25239206@N06/), on Flickr
...again..
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6139241534_966e237b44.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6139241534/)
IMGP9376 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25239206@N06/6139241534/) by aardvark_akubra (http://www.flickr.com/people/25239206@N06/), on Flickr
We have a few ideas for drying it out but restoration to a standard we would like to display is probably out of the question. I have been telling the other museum society members that we should display it in a darkened environment with careful lighting and I am hoping that UV, or something, would make the instrument markings 'come alive'. I am not sure I have convinced anyone yet.
Anyone got any ideas (that I can take to the next meeting and pretend they were mine :lol:)?
John
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The way I see it, the most cost effective way to fix 'er up is to let someone else 'score it' off you! :lol:
How about suspending it from above?
Actually if it were refurbed as a static, visual display it should not be too difficult to fix up.
When ever we had to 'de-oderize' the interior of a car\truck, we'ed strip it down and use the pressure washer with TSP (tri-sodium phosphate) which always worked well for us.
Good luck with your find,
Chazz