Three photo trips now done, more editing carried out, desired word count within touching distance, and one more museum to visit to complete what’s needed for Volume 1.<\/p>\n
That the final museum is in London, which means a train as there’s no way I’d drive there, \u00a0not that I’m driving far after the last photo shoot as the car came back making a nasty noise which I correctly identified as a wheel bearing. \u00a0I may have the engineering skills to do the job, but lack the relevant tools to actually get the bearing out, but critically, a garage with adequate space to get a modern car into, let alone a flat drive way and favourable weather. \u00a0So pay through the nose it is as the main dealer was the only place able to do it. \u00a0There goes a new lens….<\/p>\n
You’d have thought museums would be happy to help people essentially give them free publicity by including their exhibits in books? \u00a0Certainly the RAF Museum has no problems allowing photography for this, yet others want a donation, on top of you paying to get in. \u00a0If they all asked for a donation, the only people making anything out of this project would be them and the publishers and it certainly makes you think twice about bothering. \u00a0Note to self, take photos first and let them ask questions later. \u00a0As for answering email when the relevant address is posted on a website, I can appreciate some places are run on a shoe string so you might get delays, but if the big boys can’t be bothered to reply, what chance does anyone stand?<\/p>\n
The hardest part in putting my book together has been identifying if \u00a0a prototype aircraft for a type that entered service still exists and if so where. \u00a0This primarily because I can guarantee some bright, anorak wearing, soul will come calling once it’s published and say “there’s one here”. \u00a0Part of me says, it’s my book and I’ll include what I want, the other part says if I’m doing the job, it’s done properly and I include everything. \u00a0Consequently I now need another trip “down south” to take photos of something mounted on a plinth! Hopefully this will be another work assisted trip, doing a job that needs doing while putting me near enough to get photos. \u00a0We shall see.<\/p>\n Three photo trips now done, more editing carried out, desired word count within touching distance, and one more museum to visit to complete what’s needed for Volume 1. That the final museum is in London, which means a train as there’s no way I’d drive there, \u00a0not that I’m driving far after the last photo … <\/p>\n![\"Harrier](\"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC3526-scaled.jpg\")
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