On the Thursday afternoon I paid a visit to the RAF Museum at Hendon. With the installation of the Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b in the Bomber Command Hall and the building works almost finished in the Battle of Britain Hall, it was time to have a wander around with my wide-angle lens and tripod.
A black painted aeroplane in a dark part of the museum with blue building supports around it is not the way the display an aircraft like the FE2b. The BE2b was a bit more accessible now so why the FE2b couldn't have been parked where it was or even the vacant display area in front of the Lancaster where the Hawker Typhoon used to be would be more preferable that where it is now.
Having heard that new lighting was going to be installed in the BoB Hall during the building works, I thought, rather mistakenly as it turned out, that some one had seen the light (pun intended). What I wasn't expecting were multicoloured LED, ground mounted, available from any good DIY store, up lighters throwing horrible colours onto the undersides of the aircraft. A bad ambiance made even worse. On the plus side, the Walrus looks much better in natural light now that the other end of the hall is fully glazed. |
