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Originally Posted by markjsheppard
ChrisS
Assume you mean Bf109E 3579 and 1407 'restorations/rebuilds'. They are definately not replicas.
MS
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Mark
I did mean replicas. Virtually no original material in them excepting outsourced engines and ancillary equipment. Virtually nothing on original airframes could be used other them as formers. Fuselage, wings and enpenage all new build. Same goes for all the Hurricanes, Spit's and P.51s 'rebuilt' in the last 20 years. All formed around a makers identity plate. If you tip up at some of the 'restoration' companies armed with a swatch of identity plates you can have a brand new aircraft. I note that one of the FlugWerke FW 190's has now 'surfaced' as an original.
It would be nice to think of an original Bf 109 flying out there, but the last one crashed at Duxford.
Chris