Rzaff

I took the photos in Burra in about 1995 as I was passing through. Next time I visited, two or three years later, it was gone.

good question I have a feeling that ended up in lincoln notables museum at greenock will have to ask the grandfather

Hi Rzaff,I took the liberty of enhancing a couple of your images, just adjusting the brightness and contrast. Some have been rotated to normal view. To view a large version, simply click on the file name, or to see them in lightbox, click on the thumbnail.

 

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Nice one Rzaff, what happened to the donk sitting on the crate next to the bike?

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Fabulous photos! Thank you so much Ryan for posting them so quickly for us. We can turn them around the right way up when necessary so that is no problem and they come up large enough on our computers. How to get them to come up larger on the forum I'm not really sure....but for me what you have posted is just excellent. The newspaper articles are particularly interesting. I'm assuming that is your grandfather sitting in it?

I just tried and they were full images on my screen then they went small again

thankyou once again

how do you make the photos come up big on the forum

Not sure if you use an iPad or desktop but with the iPad right next to the post button is the upload a file button, click on it and then follow your nose:what the:

Hope that helps

:) all done hope this answers most peoples questions if you have any others please let me know

Kind Regards Ryan ps sorry the pics are upside down in some cases they were they right way round on my computer :)

sorry some are upside down

I also have the original plans he used to make the massive working model and the plans themselves were on a A4 piece of paper

Hi Ryan. You are a true champion! The mystery is solved at last! I'm sure everyone here will have greatly appreciated you making this post. I have found it hard to get this 'aircraft' out of my head in the three years or so since I first asked about it but now I can rest easy with most of my questions about it now answered. I will give a copy of your post to my hunter friend (he doesn't have the internet) and he will be very interested, especially the location as he had no recollection of where he had taken the photograph so long ago.Now, of course, I am going to ask you if you can post some of the photos of it being built. All of us will be looking forward to seeing them.

One thing is for sure.......your grandfather's work was remarkably accurate, so accurate that neither I or any of my flying friends suspected that it was anything other than a genuine Mustang from the side on shot that my hunter friend took of it. What a remarkable effort over so many years! And what a great mystery it has been for us to solve. Thanks again Ryan. You have really made my day. Richard

hope these pictures came through

Thankyou for the reply Richard it actually makes me feel really good knowing there is people out there who appreciate this like I do, I have very fond memories of the mustang going together and sitting in the cockpit, everything also works like the rudder and flaps and controls in the cockpit. it has had 3 or 4 different color schemes over the years, the very first being stardust. It is now painted in a different colour scheme but I will post a few pics for you all to have a look at if someone could please tell me how too :)Kind Regards Ryan

Hi Ryan. You are a true champion! The mystery is solved at last! I'm sure everyone here will have greatly appreciated you making this post. I have found it hard to get this 'aircraft' out of my head in the three years or so since I first asked about it but now I can rest easy with most of my questions about it now answered. I will give a copy of your post to my hunter friend (he doesn't have the internet) and he will be very interested, especially the location as he had no recollection of where he had taken the photograph so long ago.Now, of course, I am going to ask you if you can post some of the photos of it being built. All of us will be looking forward to seeing them.

One thing is for sure.......your grandfather's work was remarkably accurate, so accurate that neither I or any of my flying friends suspected that it was anything other than a genuine Mustang from the side on shot that my hunter friend took of it. What a remarkable effort over so many years! And what a great mystery it has been for us to solve. Thanks again Ryan. You have really made my day. Richard

Kind Regards Ryan

A hunting friend of mine stunned me recently when he showed me this photo. It was taken on a hunting expedition in South Australia, probably in the 1970s. This aircraft looks to be in such excellent condition. I have researched Aussie Mustangs as well as I have been able to but I haven't found anything to match this one.Under high magnification the name STARDUST can be seen on the cowling and the number 072 just before that word. The number 4706072 is on the rear fuselage just before the 'A'.

Does anyone know anything about this aircraft? I thought I had a record of every Mustang which had been flown as a civilian aircraft in this country but this one is a completely new one on me. I cannot sleep for fretting about this. Please help!

The pic would have been taken in late 80s as that is when the mustang was completed Brian W Rister is the man responsible for this work of art

A hunting friend of mine stunned me recently when he showed me this photo. It was taken on a hunting expedition in South Australia, probably in the 1970s. This aircraft looks to be in such excellent condition. I have researched Aussie Mustangs as well as I have been able to but I haven't found anything to match this one.Under high magnification the name STARDUST can be seen on the cowling and the number 072 just before that word. The number 4706072 is on the rear fuselage just before the 'A'.

Does anyone know anything about this aircraft? I thought I had a record of every Mustang which had been flown as a civilian aircraft in this country but this one is a completely new one on me. I cannot sleep for fretting about this. Please help!

Regards Ryan ps I have plenty of pics of it during the build process